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EL&U 2014 Election

EL&U 2014 Election

Open Discussion for http://english.stackexchange.com/election/3
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Shog9
Jun 19, 2014 17:19
@yoichioishi and @fracturedretina - don't forget to answer the questions here: meta.english.stackexchange.com/questions/4857/…
MrHen
Jun 19, 2014 16:51
I do find it amusing how none of the candidates are running under the platform of, "I have a ton of free time and want to use it to do the junk work that only moderators can do."
medica
Jun 19, 2014 14:42
Things are hard enough to find around here!
KitFox
Jun 19, 2014 13:56
You can see them, you just can't see them unless they are revealed to you.
medica
Jun 19, 2014 13:12
@Mari-LouA yes, he did. He said it would encourage a rash of similar requests.
Andrew Leach
Jun 19, 2014 13:11
Might be a candidate for a revised Help text, perhaps.
medica
Jun 19, 2014 12:55
@Mari-LouA Regarding edits first: No, I don't think we are doing enough edits. I haven't done many myself; I feel intimidated messing with a poster's questions. But I don't know how to increase the number of users editing. I can only bring it up in meta, and not everyone reads meta. I think the reality is that mods can only do so much. The community needs to act as a whole to effect change, yet that can't be forced.
Yoichi Oishi
Jun 19, 2014 12:45
In three years and five months since I’ve joined this site, I’ve never casted down /close vote except 2 down votes I placed by mistake, because I believe everybody has the right to ask question about what he or she doesn’t know, or unfamiliar. We have an old adage – It’s a temporarily shame to ask question (about what you don’t know or unsure). It an eternal shame not to ask question (about what you don’t know or unsure). The thing what appears silly to you can be very important to others.
If you ask a question about the usage of Japanese language which seems to be very primitive to us, I …
Mitch
Jun 19, 2014 12:04
@YoichiOishi: are you going to try to answer the questionnaire for the mod elections?
Mitch
Jun 19, 2014 12:04
We're all curious about your ideas on those things.
tchrist
Jun 19, 2014 02:02
@medica People who come from a background of social networking sites where only upvoting is possible, never downvoting, and where topics can never be closed out as pointless but just drivel on in perpetuity, do not understand how SE works and therefore take extreme umbrage over the normal workings of things here. No, we are not going to be able to resolve that set of misexpectations.
medica
Jun 18, 2014 20:20
@phenry "Vote for The Return of the Summer of Love"
Matt Эллен
Jun 18, 2014 20:19
"Let me help you unlearn English"
phenry
Jun 18, 2014 20:15
Vote for me. You'll be sorry if you don't.
StoneyB
Jun 18, 2014 19:57
"Two, four, six, eight, ELU must medicate"
medica
Jun 17, 2014 21:17
@KitFox What I rely on is my behavior as a physician. We have to keep our emotions in check under horrible circumstances in the ED. If I can do it there, I can do it here.
Shog9
Jun 17, 2014 20:17
...unless it's about those wretched single word request questions, in which case y'all should totally start listening to me.
Shog9
Jun 17, 2014 20:16
OT reasons on EL&U could use some love. Y'all should not be trusting me to define what is on/off-topic here
MrHen
Jun 17, 2014 19:13
I think that our current close reasons are kind of muddled and not terribly practically useful.
MrHen
Jun 17, 2014 18:35
@medica I don't think you should have to apologize for asking if something is appropriate. I think those kinds of questions are always acceptable.
medica
Jun 17, 2014 14:32
@MattЭллен - I don't think kindness is shortsighted. I agree with down voting bad answers, but every new user who sees our comments requiring effort and context plus down voting will get the message about the kinds of questions we want here, and will not, by virtue of kindness, be able to blame it on elitism. Ending the unkindness in our comments is necessary, I believe. But you don't believe we're unfriendly, so on this maybe we don't see eye to eye.
Matt Эллен
Jun 17, 2014 09:39
Niceness is orthogonal to quality, @kapa. The problem is one of volume - so wasting effort on indiscriminate fly-swatting is as much a part of the problem as wasting effort on indiscriminate hand-holding. The most efficient way to discourage someone asking bad questions is to just ignore them: don't fix their post, don't leave comments, don't close or answer - downvote it so that fewer people see it, and focus your efforts on questions that can be of use to others. — Shog9 ♦ Jun 4 at 15:19
KitFox
Jun 11, 2014 13:38
@njboot I'm not sure if you know, but the existing moderators are not replaced. These elections are for additional moderators.
Grace Note
Jun 9, 2014 19:31
If you have questions about the election process itself, please ask your question on the ELU Meta Site. Remember, folks stepping up to lead this community are committing a significant amount of their time, please keep all discourse civil and constructive.
Grace Note
Jun 9, 2014 19:30
Welcome all! This room is intended as a place to converse with candidates, discuss moderator traits, etc. For general discussion related to the English language, go here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/95/english-language-usage
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