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Gerry

May 2, 2017 20:11

Winners are doppelgreener and nitsua60.

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BESW

Apr 26, 2017 20:57

I think it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the Stack Exchange is a privately owned service that we've all been gamified into curating for free.

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A_S00

Apr 17, 2017 20:38

@mxyzplk described his mod activity as 10 minutes in the morning, 15 minutes to an hour in the evening in this answer:

https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/a/6141/30299

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Grace Note

Apr 17, 2017 16:56

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

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Shog9

Apr 26, 2017 22:16

The folks running in this election who think their time on the site wearing their new hat will be filled with lofty discussions of rules and policy are similarly poised to fail: the small soapbox will provide a modest amplification to their voices, while simultaneously providing a vantage point from which to view a thousand little tasks that they'll neither be recognized for nor ever see fully completed.

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Shog9

Apr 26, 2017 22:09

I don't follow this site particularly closely, but a couple of folks have brought some of the more visible complaints about mod activities to my attention... And the thing that struck me was that the complaints were extremely esoteric.

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MadMAxJr

Apr 21, 2017 16:32

Ask your question into the void. The void listens.

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mxyzplk

Apr 20, 2017 00:58

In general the diamond should be validating that someone's doing what the community wants already, it's not an aspirational goal.

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doppelgreener

Apr 19, 2017 13:12

I have just now considered it and I consider it would be excellent.

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BESW

Apr 19, 2017 10:57

Winning that election was kind of like getting promoted because Darth Vader Force-choked your superior.

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Oblivious Sage

Apr 17, 2017 21:15

The membership of the Moderators' Secret Police, on the other hand, is not public knowledge.

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Grace Note

Apr 17, 2017 16:56

Welcome all! This room is intended as a place to converse with candidates, discuss moderator traits, etc. For general discussion related to roleplaying games, go here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11/rpg-general-chat

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mxyzplk

Apr 28, 2017 20:24

Main election's open! Enjoy all!

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nitsua60

Apr 27, 2017 16:01

For those who haven't seen, there are now four moderator slots, meaning two will be elected this time 'round.

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BESW

Apr 26, 2017 12:02

in RPG 2015 Moderator Election Chat, Apr 6 '15 at 21:51, by BESW

Yes, well. One thing that any nominee should consider is that becoming a moderator makes everything you say get heard by the citizenry in a GREAT BOOMING VOICE FROM ON HIGH, in addition to taping a big "KICK ME" sign on your back.

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SevenSidedDie

Apr 24, 2017 19:14

@JoshuaAslanSmith I am excite about a primary, but I know that's mostly just because I'm an elections geek and it will be neat to see a primary has happened, not because I actually think it will be exciting. In practice I expect it will be an anticlimactic, predictable process.

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Joshua Aslan Smith

Apr 24, 2017 19:11

Nominations close in 48 minutes.

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doppelgreener

Apr 24, 2017 13:50

@MarshallTigerus #UnLivesMatter

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Miniman

Apr 24, 2017 10:08

@thedarkwanderer Oh, I know what you mean. It's deeply shaken my faith in the whole thing, especially as the second time since this election began.

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the dark wanderer

Apr 24, 2017 09:53

It just sounds really bad, and I feel like I ought to ask about it, because even if I don't think there's any malfeasance afoot when someone claims malfeasance and then is disappeared I feel like I've got a bit of an obligation to investigate, especially when it's someone I respect.

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nitsua60

Apr 22, 2017 21:41

@Mithrandir Thanks! We rushed to finish off a campaign about a week ago, expecting this, so the only cliffhanger'd be the baby's name =D

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Shog9

Apr 22, 2017 04:53

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, 3 hours ago, by Gerry

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MadMAxJr

Apr 21, 2017 15:47

On a more serious note, those of you looking to be mods, be prepared for the shift in how you're viewed. You have a 50/50 shot of being seen as an antagonist by new users if their first interaction with you is an action on their first question.

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MadMAxJr

Apr 19, 2017 14:23

Important question for all candidates. Rakshasa. Cool or absurd? Why?

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Lino Frank Ciaralli

Apr 18, 2017 06:50

If anybody has any questions that aren't on the list we already answered, I'm sure the others would agree when I say that you're more than welcome to post them here for us to address.

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A_S00

Apr 17, 2017 17:36

(jokes about lurking success rate: 0/1)

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Gerry

May 2, 2017 20:11

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Q: 2017 Community Moderator Election Results

Role-Playing Games' third moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 2 new moderators are: They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! For details ...

Shog9

Apr 28, 2017 18:29

Penalty for being a problem child: having kids of your own. Penalty for being a thorn in the side of moderators: becoming a moderator.

Tweeted by shog9 on January 27, 2015 at 2:00 AM

MadMAxJr

Apr 27, 2017 21:42

Mazes and Monsters

Mazes and Monsters is a 1982 American made-for-television fantasy drama film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game (RPG) of the same name. The movie starred a 26-year-old Tom Hanks in his first major leading film role. == Background == The film was adapted from a novel of the same name by Rona Jaffe. Jaffe had based her 1981 novel on inaccurate newspaper stories about the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III from Michigan State University in 1979. Media accounts differed substantially from Egbert's actual story...

SevenSidedDie

Apr 26, 2017 22:24

@Shog9 The wild and crazy days of '12 still kinda shock me when I come across those questions, let alone '10.

SevenSidedDie

Apr 24, 2017 19:42

@JoshuaAslanSmith The good kind of drama, yeah. (Grabbing hat from under the rapidly closing ~~stone door~~ nomination window optional.)

Mithrandir

Apr 24, 2017 18:06

@JoshuaAslanSmith And I have mod powers. FEAR ME *cough cough*

Joshua Aslan Smith

Apr 24, 2017 14:12

Nominations close in 5 hours.

the dark wanderer

Apr 24, 2017 09:45

Cause I noticed that a certain person was banned a couple days ago and it was kinda unsettling for me. Like, I figure there's probably a reason and I didn't see the behavior, but it's concerning to me because we had just implicitly held up not banning said user as an indication that the banning process was working well and banning problem users rather than people dissatisfied politically with our current moderation, so, like, them then being banned is.... weird.

Shog9

Apr 22, 2017 04:50

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Q: What do moderators do here?

There's an election going on right now, and as a result there's rather a lot of discussion about the role that moderators play on this site. ...actually, that conversation has been going on for quite a while. One of the hardest problems that faces those hardy souls who step up to nominate the...

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MadMAxJr

Apr 21, 2017 15:54

I think there's been at least two or three cries of witch-hunting that tried to oust @mxyzplk for simply doing his job, even when he bothered to go into Meta and explain his logic and reasoning. So you know. Be prepared for the possibility that moderating could be more than just another volunteer paperwork job of reviewing content, influencing site policy, and using mod powers responsibly. And That's all for my doom and gloom on another RPG.SE election.

doppelgreener

Apr 20, 2017 21:41

doppelgreener

Apr 19, 2017 10:55

I'm impressed we went from an election between only 3 people in 2015 to one of 10 already on the third(ish) day this year.

doppelgreener

Apr 18, 2017 17:37

@JoshuaAslanSmith awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=123013

A_S00

Apr 18, 2017 16:48

If exactly one person upvotes Michael's answer on the questionnaire, all the answers will be even: rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/a/6993/30299

doppelgreener

Apr 18, 2017 14:04

@KorvinStarmast That would be excellent. I hope we see him again sometime in the not too distant future so that we can do that. RPG.SE owes a lot to C.SE for its foundations.

SPavel

Apr 17, 2017 20:21

@KRyan You should throw your hat into the ring

John Grabanski

Apr 17, 2017 20:21

curious on the amount of time a moderate is intended to put in during the course of a day? a couple of hours?

2017 RPG Stack Exchange Moderator Election

2017 RPG Stack Exchange Moderator Ele…