What names for standard website user roles?

user-roles
Xeoncross picture Xeoncross · Oct 21, 2009 · Viewed 12.1k times · Source

What are the standard user role names that a majority of sites could all use? Below is a list of the best roles that I could think of (in order of importance), but I am hoping to find at least ten role names for a user system I am working on.

admin:        Manage everything
manager:      Manage most aspects of the site
editor:       Scheduling and managing content
author:       Write important content
contributors: Authors with limited rights
moderator:    Moderate user content
member:       Special user access
subscriber:   Paying Average Joe
user:         Average Joe

Another thing that I'm interested in, is whether or not these names translate over correctly into other languages.

Answer

Drew picture Drew · Jul 29, 2010

Old question, answer already given, but hell, why not?

critic:      can rate and review content, but not create original content
ambassador:  site rep for external communications, has access to site email, PR materials
guest:       duh
emeritus:    retired key users who no longer contribute, but whose contributions are honored

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