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Wekan is an open-source kanban board (Trello like) which allows a card-based task and to-do management.

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More Admin Users

More Admin Users

Wekan / General · December 17, 2020 at 4:24pm

So, I manage to make another user. Then I checked "admin" for another user. But some reason. I am the only one that gets the options like "+" for add boards. Which makes me only real admin user. Is that bug in my install. Or is there a difference between, me programmer main admin and other admins that I add to a board?

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December 18, 2020 at 7:58pm

So at board sidebar, you click that user avatar and change from normal to admin. Only that step.

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    And at Admin Panel edit that user and Admin: No

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      But really, why should normal user reorder swimlanes?

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        Normal user permissions were restricted exactly for the reason, that normal user would not mess up order of swimlanes, delete lists permanently etc

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          So I think you should not give normal users any admin permissions

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            Anyway, you can continue about permission discussion at https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3377 and https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3397 . For that 3377 I can open that issue after you have commented it.

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              I did test it. When I at board clicked other user avatar, changed that user from normal to admin, and that user reloaded Wekan webpage, that user got rights now to reorder swimlanes, add lists, etc

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                So it works for me

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                  But, that means, that admin user at board has right to delete lists permanently, so it loses data

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                    Another alternative would be, that I would add undo/redo for everything, and prevent all permanent deletion

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                      Anyway, in that issue because I got feedback that adding restrictions is critical, because some BoardAdmin did lose important list permanently, because Normal user deleted it, I did implement those restrictions for free, without any payment, ahead of any paying customers. The correct solution would have been for waiting for funding for https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3022 .

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                        So Wekan global community at GitHub issues can argue about what is the correct way to handle permissions.

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                          Usually when something is added or changed, it's some back-and-forth is something new better and worse than old behaviour how Wekan works.

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                            When someone asked for limitations, I already new at this comment https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3377#issuecomment-745115366 that I will receve some feedback about this :D

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                              Anyway, Wekan is combination of feedback from all Wekan global users

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                                I have continued maintaining Wekan for 4 years, because I got posifive feedback, sometime even a little funding, etc

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                                  First year I maintained Wekan as a hobby

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                                    After that someone at GitHub issues suggested bounties, so I added bounties and my Commercial Support https://wekan.team/commercial-support/ . Currently there is no bounties anymore, only Commercial Support is there.

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                                      Most of Wekan development still is by wordwide contributors of individuals and companies, and my free time. Only some part of development is funded by Commercial Support.

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                                        Also, I don't know what use cases other Wekan users have. I just listen to feedback at GitHub issues and Commercial Support, and implement what has been paid, or what I feel necessary.

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                                          Wekan has friendly welcoming community

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                                            Although, as a maintainer, when there is multiple opinions, I sometime need to decide what makes most sense.

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                                              (oops, seems I have been writing this like a book, just chatting with myself, maybe I should pause)

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                                                December 23, 2020 at 4:28pm

                                                There is a lot to unpack here. I will look at all the points. Then come back with input

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