The amount of posts they've made. IIRC, the 'new forum user' tag disappears after 10 posts. I think that 'forum user' changes to 'super forum user' after 300 posts.

We can fly faster than s speeding bullet! ;-)

Nope! Just on those with no friends, life or anything better to do. ;-)

try writing them down instead!

Sean, it wasn't 'Super' that your Mum used to call you........ it was 'Special'! ;-)

No I am super the school I went to was special..... I think?

Being a chum of Sean's is useful as he knows things only a mad person could

But Zimmy if he knows things only a mad person would know, then tells you, by your own definition does this not also make you mad? I’m disappointed that the super user can’t go faster than a speeding FLT, and leap correctly height adjusted steps in a single bound. With vision that can see through lies and the strength (of willpower) of ten to make it to the end of the day without alcohol and drugs, (obviously coffee would not count as a drug in this instance).

I remember congratulating the 1st super user but cannot remember the name fire so you secret identity is still safe. There are now 64 excluding the moderators and administrators. Now for some real work this morning.

Almost half way there with a meagre 141 posts to my name.

I'd love to get to 'super' status, but I've got too much real work to do ;) But seriously, when I have a query, this is my first port of call. So far, I've had a 100% success rate in terms of useful advice on all my questions. Obviously this is down to the activity and quality of the people here - so thank you all very much, especially the 'super' (or special) users here :)

Hate to tell you this Bob but it may be 500 now. I am close to three times your posts and there has been no such invitation as yet.

nickh at #2 is correct in his information. The forum system automatically changes the rank shown under a forum poster's name from forum user to super forum user when they have notched up 300 postings. From a posting some time ago this information is contained within the FAQs about the forum but unfortunately the FAQs don't seem to be available at present. Though there is some merit in someone being shown as a new forum user for his or her first 10 postings, I don't think there is any benefit in indicating those who have become ranked as super forum users. Nobody should interpret the designation to imply anything about the experience, competence or qualifications of such people and the accuracy and reliability of their postings. Also, the rank is not related to the frequency of anyone's postings. Someone could become a super forum user after finally notching up 300 postings over a long period of time and remain so even if they subsequently submit only one or two postings say every year. The above factors underlay why I made an open plea on this forum almost a year ago to be re-ranked as a forum user after discovering that I'd just become a super forum user. As my plea went unheeded, please can anyone advise if they've been successful in asking to be re-ranked and add who they asked. In addition do any other super forum users wish to be re-ranked? ("De-ranking" would be an inappropriate term to use because there is nothing special about super forum users. They've done nothing more than submit at least 300 postings!) Now for a question which some might think provocative: If there is a reasonable consensus among forum users that the rank of super forum user is a pointless one, should it be formally abolished?!

Stuie - Despite having queried super forum user status, I care no more about it than perhaps half a jotlet. In relative terms it ranks as trivia amid other trivial matters. What do you mean by an edit function? Surely every forum poster has eyes, a brain and fingers which they should use to check through what they've typed as a draft reply and make any amendments needed before clicking on the 'post' box. Also, there's the option to use the spell check facility by clicking on the little box marked ABC above each draft response. It's handy for finding typing errors and also provides some unintentional humour through the alternatives it suggests for words it thinks are questionable. I've just tried it and wasn't surprised that it challenged 'Stuie' and offered several alternatives including Sauté ! However, I'll repeat my ongoing plea for the top listings page of this forum to include a visible disclaimer about postings. The forum rules do include disclaimers about various aspects of postings but unfortunately the rules are only visible to people who have i) registered with the forum AND ii) are logged on the forum. Surely a visible disclaimer is needed especially for those who view the forum for the first time or remain as viewers and never register and log on.

Edit functions are available on many forums and can be quite useful, not merely for correcting spelling mistakes, but for other bloopers as well, or even to add a post script. It would be a useful addition as would a 'bold' function to enable us to provide emphasis within our posts without SHOUTING! Of course if a post is 'HEAVILY' edited it might mean that subsequent posts submitted thereafter but prior to the editing might lose context or otherwise become 'less meaningful', or possibly meaningless (I can sense a response to that coming!) There have been any number of requests for both of these functions, and I suspect that many of use were hopeful that this might have been accomplished following the recent maintenance of the forums. Not to be. AS an aside, if you use Firefox then text input on 'forms' is spell checked 'automatically'