2016 Worldbuilding Moderator Election

Thank you, @MichaelKjorling and @Vincent, for being awesome mods.

Congrats to @TimB, @MonicaCellio, @HDE226868, and @SerbanTanasa!

Thanks to everybody who stood for election, knowing that only ten could go on. We have a wealth of strong candidates, more than the ten on the ballot. You all make this community strong.

@bilbo_pingouin I'm probably less awful than people think.

@MonicaCellio My sock drawer would be a good setting. Unexplored regions, mysterious things going on, and a rich biology.

@bilbo_pingouin if you want to check meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253781/…

If you have questions about the election process itself, please ask your question on the Worldbuilding 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.

Welcome all! This room is intended as a place to converse with candidates, discuss moderator traits, etc. For general discussion related to Worldbuilding, go here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/17213/worldbuilders-general-chat

@Zizouz212 I think gettting 20 rep is easier than really choosing the vote...

@overactor please stop saying that I don't have that many downvote ;-)

OK, so high point of my moderation career? Moderating a Russian chat. I don't even speak Russian.

I'll give you the same advice I gave to a couple of the other candidates with low Candidate Scores...don't be disappointed by the results this time around - look on it as a learning experience and the problems you face now can be gone by the time of the next election

This page, linked from the election page, is also pretty useful.

Oh, just a general reminder to all: Feel free to comment on the nominations, adding positive or negative remarks. If there are any issues you want to get out in the open, this is a great opportunity to do so.

[as HDE] "In my first act as elected moderator I will... resign. Because thanks, all, but I didn't expect it." (he he he)

I think @bowlturner was a casualty of the 3 vote limit. Considering he came 4th in the primary but serban had nearly twice as many votes in the actual election.

@Undo try not to be dead. That would make a lot of people unhappy, and I don't think ctrl-z works for that.

Well...I'm being careful not to make any assumptions. We may have a 50% vote bump in the primaries but that doesn't mean we'll get the same in the election proper. Especially if people think we're in for sure and don't vote for us

what I'm saying is that people should vote for me :)

For a second there I thought I'd landed in the SO chat

that's an interesting question... can a candidate vote for themselves in the main election?

It's a star free-for-all in general chat. Click the star at the end of this message to see what's happening!

Crap, I'm looking for the Fjords section... But don't think I'm just a fanboy, I liked them before it was cool.

Gee, @bilbo_pingouin doesn't have very many upvotes so far, does he?

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Someone should write a blog post on the election :)

...on worldbuilding

I'm a mod not a politician, have mercy on me

Damnit why is everyone so well-behaved around here? I can't find any mud to sling.

Indeed. SFF's election has had enough drama to last the rest of the network several years, I'm sure we can manage without :)

Yep. I'd rather lose to a strong field than walk in because of a weak field...if that makes any sense?

@HDE226868 Ah, no, I'm saying people shouldn't judge based on one number. Clearly, if you've got lots of them in your nomination, you'd be an excellent mod.

runs for Meta

@MonicaCellio lol, there is a joke in there somewhere but the moderator election chat room is probably not the appropriate venue.