[Andrew] Moderator Panel provides moderators enhanced visibility into user behavior and additional moderator features. The thought is that by providing better visibility to warnings, reports, thread bans, and ignores, moderators will be able to identify problem users faster and will rely less in impulse when making decisions on users. All features are permission controlled and can be enabled or disabled.
Features:

• User file, similar to a criminal profile, this displays key metrics about an user all in one place. The user file can be accessed by either selecting user file from the member card dropdown or by searching for the user in the moderator panel. The follow is displayed within the user file:
  • Current ban
  • Warnings
  • Reports
  • Thread bans
  • Ignored by
  • IP Addresses
  • Notes
    • Added to user file by moderators or user group with permission
  • Change log
• Require moderators to have "ban protected users" permission to ban users in a protected user group
  • This can be used to prevent moderators from banning users that more senior staff should be involved in banning
  • Can be enabled or disabled
• NEW: Moderators can discourage users
  • Permission to discourage users and protected users
  • Option is available on the user edit screen (this screen is not used by admins)
• NEW: Moderators can moderate users
  • Permission to moderate users and protected users
  • Option is available on the user edit screen (this screen is not used by admins)
  • Moderated user group needs to be defined in the ACP
• Require moderators to enter a reason for banning an user
  • This benefits site staff who may not understand why an user was banned
  • Can be enabled or disabled
• User data (reporting)
  • Banned users
  • Discouraged users
  • Thread reply bans
  • Moderated users
  • User notes
  • Recently registered users
  • Most warned users
  • Most reported users
  • Most ignored users
• Logs
  • Moderator log - same from admin panel
  • User change log - same from admin panel
  • User name change log - same from admin panel
  • Rejected user log - same from admin panel
  • Spam user log - same from admin panel
• Reports and Approval queue will display on the moderator sidebar

Admin Options:

• Add link to moderator panel
  • Adds links to the moderator menu
• Enable protected users
• Protected user group
• Require reason to ban
• Moderated user group
• Show spam cleaner users on banned users list
• Show banned users on most warned users list
• Show banned users on most reported users list
• Show banned users on most ignored users list
• First dashboard position
• Second dashboard position
• Third dashboard position
• Fourth dashboard position
• Fifth dashboard position

Permissions:

• View moderator panel
• View IP addresses
• Ban protected users
• Search users
• View banned users list
• View discouraged users
• Discourage users
• Discourage protected users
• View thread bans
• View recently registered users
• View warned users
• View reported users
• View ignored users
• View moderator log
• View change log
• View user name change log
• View rejected user log
• View spam cleaner log
• View moderated users
• Moderate users
• Moderate protected users
• View user notes
• Add user notes
• Delete user notes

Moderator Log

• Delete user notes