BuddyPress Group Moderators Ability to "Moderate" pending member requests?

[vegaskev]

This is a follow-up to #4737.

Not to drudge up an old trac thread, but considering that a private group "moderates" it's new member requests, shouldn't a "moderator" have the ability to either "approve" or "deny" a new member request that is in "moderation"?

I completely understand why the ability to 'administrate' a group was removed from the group mod capabilities, however, IMO I feel (and as with anything, I could be wrong) that moderating new members of a private group should/could/would fall under the realm of a moderator's overall role.

[boonebgorges]

I don't have a strong opinion about this. I do know that adding capabilities to an existing role is potentially problematic for site owners who have come to depend on the current division of responsibilities. Do others have thoughts?

[sooskriszta]

@vegaskev You might want to try ​http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

[DJPaul]

I too don't have a strong opinion. I think if we were building the Private group role today, we would consider letting Private group Moderators manage invitations, but I am worried about changing this for anyone who expects the current behaviour.

Perhaps we can put this in FR until such a time we think about some kind of granular user capabilities setting for group members (whether we'd expose a UI for that in core by default is separate, but it should be possible under the hood).

[DJPaul]

We're closing this ticket because it has not received any contribution or comments for at least two years. We have decided that it is better to close tickets that are good ideas, which have not gotten (or are unlikely to get) contributions, rather than keep things open indefinitely. This will help us share a more realistic roadmap for BuddyPress with you.

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