Thread: What are Moderators and Administrators?

Originally Posted by vBulletin FAQ

Moderators oversee specific forums. They generally have the ability to edit and delete posts, move threads, and perform other actions. Becoming a moderator for a specific forum is usually rewarded to users who are particularly helpful and knowledgeable in the subject of the forum they are moderating.

Administrators are the people who have overall control of everything that happens on the board. They oversee how the board is styled, what forums to create and how to organize them, what information to require from members and who to appoint as moderators.

Bulbagarden also has a rank known as Super Moderator, which is between Moderator and Administrator. S-mods have moderators powers in every forum, as well as the blogs and social group sections of the site.