Programmers Town Hall Chat

Gilles asks the following question: I see that one candidate hardly ever downvotes, one candidate wants to close less, and one candidate cumulates the two. If you're so set against cleanup tasks which are part of a moderator's job, what makes you think you'll be a good moderator?

What do you consider the most important job of a moderator?

Gilles also asks: I'm a programmer but hardly visit Prog.SE because it has too many low-quality highly-voted questions and answers. What do you propose to do to improve the overall quality of the site?

Alright, so, we're reaching the close of our hour. Final thoughts from the candidates?

Opening Curly Brace - goes at the end of the last relevant line, or deserves its own line?

Is there anything in becoming a moderator that makes you uneasy or nervous?

What specifically do you think that the current moderators are doing well, and what do you think could be improved?

How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?

Two of you have expressed an interest in seeing fewer questions closed. Can you point to an example of a question you believe should not have been closed, and provide an explanation for why you think it should be re-opened?

Of the other candidates, who is the one user you think would be most qualified for the position of moderator, and why?

In the event of disagreement with another moderator, would you commit to their practices regardless of your perspective; disregard their practices; or something else, if so what? Please be specific.

If you had one minute to explain this site to someone, what would you say that it is?

Is there anything about the way the site is currently run that you would like to change? If so, what would you try to change if you were to become a moderator, and why?

What would you do in the event of a conflict between a relatively new member and a higher reputation member?

What have you personally done already to help moderate this site?

Do you feel like a representative percentage of the community participates in your site's meta? Based on that, how strongly do you think feedback presented on meta should factor into your decision making as a moderator?

In your opinion, what do moderators do?

My final thought: Regardless of the outcome of the election, all three of you stepped up and volunteered to help the community grow. That's awesome! Good luck to all of you.

Without being specific, do you presently disagree with any of the current moderators' practices?

@PearsonArtPhoto Hmmm... well I regularly edit, close, reopen, and leave helpful comments on posts. I helped out with the STCI a while back. I ask and answer in Meta, and generally try to help users however I can. And I vote!

@GraceNote Personally, I think it has to be a matter of "monkey see, monkey do". If I'm a new user on the site and I see bad, open questions, I'm going to think that this kind of question is allowed. If the question is obviously poor and not constructive, I'm going to jump on that thing fast and get it closed and then I might try fixing it, just to make sure it's obvious what we want.

This marks the end of our Town Hall. Thank you to all of the candidates for their time, and to all others who came here to ask questions and to support the candidates. Good luck to everyone as this election approaches its close!

Among candidates, I spy the following among us: @Dynamic, @WorldEngineer.

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