Author requests
Review contributor applications, verify identity signals, and approve author profiles before any publishing access.
Editor
The editor area is the planned control surface for reviewing author registrations, submitted articles, source tips, and moderation actions.
Vista previa: role login and publishing actions are intentionally disabled until the user/auth migration is approved.
Review contributor applications, verify identity signals, and approve author profiles before any publishing access.
Drafts and source tips should enter a pending state. Only editor-approved items become public articles.
Future implementation should record approvals, rejects, hides, and source changes in an append-only audit trail.