What names for standard website user roles?

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What are the standard user role names that a majority of sites could all use? Below is a list of the best roles that I could think of (in order of importance), but I am hoping to find at least ten role names for a user system I am working on.

admin:        Manage everything
manager:      Manage most aspects of the site
editor:       Scheduling and managing content
author:       Write important content
contributors: Authors with limited rights
moderator:    Moderate user content
member:       Special user access
subscriber:   Paying Average Joe
user:         Average Joe

Another thing that I'm interested in, is whether or not these names translate over correctly into other languages.

I think the types of names you choose would depend on the context. Moodle (Learning Management System) uses roles like Teacher, Student and Course-Creator. A shopping website might use roles like Buyer, Supplier, Manager. I don't think this is a question that can be so easily generalised. — Zoe, Oct 21 '09 at 02:26
You are right that there would be no universal answer. However, as I said I'm looking for names that the majority of sites could all use. I think it's safe to say that most sites are content related (blogs, news, online company identities, etc..) and that as such they all can use some standard role names. — Xeoncross, Oct 21 '09 at 02:45

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 11 '16 at 16:32

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Old question, answer already given, but hell, why not?

critic:      can rate and review content, but not create original content
ambassador:  site rep for external communications, has access to site email, PR materials
guest:       duh
emeritus:    retired key users who no longer contribute, but whose contributions are honored

edited Mar 11 '16 at 16:32

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donor // :) You know who are they – Eric Yin Nov 28 '11 at 20:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 11 '16 at 16:31

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To get to the aspect of content production:

editors:       Doing some stuff beyond writing: scheduling and managing content
contributors:  Authors with limited rights

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answered Oct 30 '09 at 02:49

Nice, there can be more than just "authors" after all. – Xeoncross Oct 30 '09 at 03:04

What names for standard website user roles?

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