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BZPower is the largest fansite and internet forum for Bionicle on the internet, and is most well known for its forum for discussion in all areas of Bionicle. It was originally two sites, "Kanohi Power", a Bionicle News site, and "BZCommunity", a discussion forum. The site and its forum aims to be appropriate for children ages eight and above, shown by its strict moderation policies regarding content, including punishment for the use of vulgarities. One of BZPower's claims to fame is the member's easy access to the Bionicle comic and book writer, Greg Farshtey, who is a member on BZPower, and regularly answers questions sent to him by fans, much like the no-longer running "Ask Greg" feature in the Kanoka Club on [Bionicle.com]. These queries and their answers can be found in the expansive pinned [Official Greg Discussion] topic in the [General Discussion] sub-forum.

Some other well-known features of the main site include an extensive and constantly updated Set Database, daily news, the BZPowercast (which is a sort of "talk show" or discussion by BZPower Administrator Dimensioneer that has not been updated since May of 2003), and their affiliation with the website [Bionicle Sector 01] and [Bionicle Sector 01 Wiki] , ongoing projects to record all aspects of the Bionicle line, created by BZPower staff member Crystal Matrix, now co-owned by BZPower staff member Pekel and BZPower user Swert. The BZPower forum and Bionicle Sector 01 are hosted on the same server.

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The Forum

The BZPower forum is the largest Bionicle-related board on the internet, with more then 30,000 members, although discounting inactive, banned, and post-less members, the number is somewhat smaller, though still substantial. There are on average anywhere from 200 to 300 members active every day. The forum formerly used Ikonboard, but then switched to Invision Power Board Software (due to its increased security), which includes private message systems and several other features. The BZPower forum currently runs on Invision Power Board v2.1.5. For a long time, the site was known to experience moderate to severe slowdowns throughout the day, but now that the site has been upgraded lag time is greatly improved. The forum is almost always active with large numbers of members swarming around, usually with at least one member per subject slot.

Staff

BZPower has a staff currently consisting of [47 members] that encompasses all areas of the web site. For a complete list of the BZPower Staff, visit its affiliate site's Wiki entry [here] on the Bionicle Sector 01 Wiki.

Administrators

The Administrator group is the highest staff position on BZPower. "Admins" own the site and have total power over all aspects of it.

BZP Administrators control the entire web site and pay for it.

Forum Administrators have total power on BZPower's Forums.

Global Moderators

The Global Moderator(often abbreviated as GM) group is right below Forum Administrators. They are basically moderators who have access to moderate all forums. In the past, they were discouraged from using their power in forums other than the ones they were assigned to, except for emergencies, but now they are encouraged to do so, as the population of BZPower has exploded over the last several months, requiring more and more moderation. These are the current Global Moderators:

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