# Forum Ranking system **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16 "2006-03-31T05:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![admin1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@admin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/admin1)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/1 "2006-03-31T05:54:25Z")
I’m considering the following ranking system: [wiki.castlecops.com/CastleCops\_Forum\_Ranks](http://wiki.castlecops.com/CastleCops_Forum_Ranks) Cadet 0 Cadet 5 Trooper 10 Trooper 15 Trooper 20 Trooper 25 Private 30 Corporal 45 Sergeant 60 Lieutenant 75 Captain 100 Major 150 Colonel 200 General 300 What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/2 "2006-04-01T18:52:50Z")
Looks good to me! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![integrator\_adam72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f4b2a3/32.png) [@integrator\_adam72](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/integrator_adam72)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/4 "2006-04-04T18:41:21Z")
What does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/5 "2006-04-05T19:31:08Z")
The ranking system gives you a title and an icon next to your name based on the number of posts that you’ve contributed. It serves as a quick way to assess the standing of the person who replies to you. Doesn’t mean that much, I will probably give a user who’s posted 25 times more credibility than a user who’s only posted once. ---
**Author:** ![moltra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@moltra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/moltra)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/6 "2006-04-06T12:28:21Z")
Did you find a good Mod for phpbb2? If so where. I would love to add something like this on my site. ---
**Author:** ![admin1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@admin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/admin1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/7 "2006-04-06T19:19:28Z")
Didn’t need a mod for this one. Simply upload the images to your default images directory (Set in the admin page), and set up “ranks”, also in the admin page. It’s all built in. ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/8 "2008-02-08T17:43:02Z")
I’m seeing some Lieutenants and Captains around here - things are picking up. To all - post more! ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/9 "2008-05-03T00:33:12Z")
We have our first Colonel - congratulations mrtweaver. I’m seeing a number of captain, soon to be majors. Keep the posts coming! ---
**Author:** ![Megan\_Fleischl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Megan\_Fleischl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Megan_Fleischl)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/10 "2008-05-27T20:24:45Z")
I like the new layout. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/11 "2010-03-18T22:45:15Z")
I noticed the current ranking system has been tweaked a bit from the first post. Maybe somebody can update the chart? ---
**Author:** ![palmer\_md](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@palmer\_md](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/palmer_md)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/12 "2011-12-16T15:48:31Z")
[quote=“admin”] Cadet 0 Trooper 10 Private 30 Corporal 45 Sergeant 60 Lieutenant 75 Captain 100 Major 150 Colonel 200 General 300 What do you think?[/quote] Are we going to war with the other SCADA systems? Looks like a good starting point. Based on my experience with other forums, you’ll probably have to adjust or you’ll end up with too many Generals in the ranks. Or just add stars to the generals with doubling the number of posts each time until you reach 5 stars (300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800). ---
**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/13 "2011-12-16T17:33:03Z")
Yeah, especially since right now it looks like the ranks aren’t quite set up correctly. I went to look at how many Generals we currently have (not counting IA people), and found 12… but only 6 have more than 300 posts. Looks like the ranks are currently at Major-100, Colonel-125, Major-150. So… should we add new, multi-star Major levels, or should I adjust them and demote some people? 😆 Oh, and going to war with other SCADA systems? Maybe… but the less exciting explanation is that the guy who came up with it was headed off to the Navy and probably had Ranks on the mind… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/14 "2011-12-16T17:58:15Z")
Good thing he didn’t use navy ranks, nobody understands those. I like the doubling of posts to get another star. Of course that means I’ll have to post a whole bunch of trivial posts just to be the first one to get a second star 😈 ---
**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/15 "2011-12-16T19:13:54Z")
It seems a bit on the low side to me… Most forums’ top contributers are way up there. Maybe something like: Cadet 0 Cadet 15 Trooper 30 Trooper 45 Trooper 60 Trooper 75 Private 100 Corporal 200 Sergeant 300 Lieutenant 500 Captain 750 Major 1000 Colonel 1500 General 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/16 "2011-12-16T20:57:29Z")
Ouch. what a demotion 😲 ---
**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/17 "2011-12-16T22:41:15Z")
Haha I haven’t changed anything yet. I need to add a quick million to my post count first… ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/18 "2011-12-16T23:32:21Z")
You can add stars for generals so it’s more like… Colonel 750 Brigadier General 1000 Major General 1500 Lieutenant General 2000 General 3000 ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/19 "2011-12-17T00:19:08Z")
I’ve always wondered why a ‘Lieutenant’ General out ranks a ‘Major’ General. ![:scratch:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/76d1620bec252bfac07050c889ff5a91dc8a9c25.gif ":scratch:") ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/20 "2011-12-17T03:06:07Z")
It used to be “Sergeant Major General” dating way back… [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant\_major\_general](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_major_general) A bit confusing that a Major outranks a Lieutenant, but a Lieutenant General outranks a Major General. ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16/21 "2011-12-17T12:50:48Z")
Think of it going in the other direction. The lieutenant is really a second-in command, or one rank below. The Major is two ranks below. So you get something like: ## General Lt. General Maj. General ## Colonel Lt. Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forum-ranking-system/16.md?page=2)