Yes, an "Applause" smiley would be nice!
Andrew wrote:
BTW Richard, do you have a choice in determining the names for the various ranks and after how many posted messages each change is made.
Yes, the board administrator has full control over the rank titles and the minimum number of posts required in each case. In addition, the board administrator has the ability to assign a "special" (i.e., "sticky") rank to individual users. For example, on the
sudocue.net forum, Ruud gave Glyn the special rank "Major Major Major". In the typical case, where no such special rank has been assigned to a particular user, the automatic ranking system based on the number of posts applies.
Andrew wrote:
If there was a way to do it, I would recommend that any messages containing puzzles ought to count as multiple messages.
This sounds much more difficult. I'll leave that one for Richard! But do we really want such a system? I agree with your sentiments that certain posts are worth more than others, but this is also very much a matter of subjective opinion. In order to not upset anybody, it's probably better in any case to rate the posts identically, regardless of content.