Instead of using different times based on geographic location, use different times zones based on what the time is related to. Physicists all over the world measure observations in the same time zone, but when they watch a movie it starts in the entertainment time zone.
See ^^ and following conversation(s) =)
Also, of general interest to this room, if my suspicion's correct:
There's nothing particularly magical about the number 5. A long-serving mod retired recently and we three thought that a deeper bench of experienced moderators would be good to have in the community, as other mods may choose to retire with little notice.
-doppelgreener, nitsua60, and mxyzplk
@Ben Yes, plus or minus an hour here and there. In 2017 I asked him if he'd run, as I figured he's a shoe-in (all four of them! :) ), but the response was "not at this time" or something like that.
I am running for moderator in the EL&U election.
I can vote for myself in the final stage of the election. I couldn't vote for myself in the primaries. Is this a feature or a bug?
@V2Blast I assume you can't vote for yourself. Same as regular posts. Reason I ask is I am considering nominating but would like to still be able to vote for you and @Rubiksmoose as I think you guys would be great.
@KorvinStarmast I do completely understand that. I suppose I feel that I need to be convinced that I could fill the role properly, which is probably a mark against me, for now.
A worked example of how those place-votes get tabulated can be seen here, where greener takes mod on the first ballot and ten ballots later I clear the bar by millivotes =)
@V2Blast I believe they follow the same rules as mainsite post-votes: if you can expand Q&A up/down, you can do so on the primary votes.
(The primary actually is a mainsite Q&A, re-skinned, IIRC. Up & down votes on any/all of the "answers", the "question" is the announcement, sort-order is by net vote, comments are enabled.)
@KorvinStarmast Thanks, but I think I'll pass :) I think I still need to do some self-development in the thing where I behave consistently courteously with the strangers on the internet
I don't think I have huge problems in that department, but after all, everything I say will be diamonded.
@kviiri I'm mostly used to reddit, where you can turn the mod-distinguish on or off (it's off by default), but I think I behave myself well there regardless. (On Discord, on the other hand, there's no turning it off...)
@linksassin would you mind if I asked you a question about your questionnaire? Specifically about your note about allowing questions that don't "fit the system"?
And just to be clear, my intent is simply understand your position, I'm not trying to play gotcha or score points.
@kviiri Not just that, but when you are in chat, your name is blue, which also has an impact even if you are just chatting in another sites room. And, people across sites also tend to know if you are a mod on the network. Tends to give a gravitas to whatever you say anywhere.
I find it amusing and slightly ironic that I am running on a site that produced my only suspension (which was a 10? 30? minute timeout chat suspension) on the network in 7 years.
@JohnP Feel free to ignore this advice, but since you put that bit of info out there on this public chat where voters might drop in, maybe it might help to explain it if it might help people not see this as a black mark for you?
Or maybe it is best to leave it alone. Just a thought I had.
@JohnP Since you've raised the issue, I think it's be fair to tell the room that it was a chat suspension, not a site suspension. I.e. something you said got flagged and validated which removes the message and suspends the user (for a couple of minutes, IIRC, in the first instance); it's not that RPGSE moderators looked at any mainsite or meta activity of yours and said "this guy needs a nap."
@Ben It's +. As you go west from from UTC (Greenwich, basically) you subtract hours per time zone. As you go east, you add hours per time zone. At the International date line, they meet and one side is -12 and the other side is +12. Not sure if that helps or not :p
@V2Blast Maybe my diamond mod campaign platform should be the fact that I want to fix silly typos in my comments that I see 5.01 minutes after posting them. ;)
I "ran" for department chair once on the platform that I'd do two things: buy two gross of whiteboard markers and put them in the stockroom, and resign. (Previously the 'system' had been to go get 4-packs of markers form the school store, at a ridiculous price, and they only ever stocked like 3 packs so half the time they were out.) I didn't get the job--there wasn't even an election, nor is that how our school determines dept. heads--but the current head bought two gross of whiteboard markers for the stockroom.
@GcL I despise mine. I pay $35 US (Which is pretty cheap), and as far as I can tell, all they do is nag me about my landscaping and house colors (They are slightly off from the "allowed" list of colors)
@johnP our HOA managed to cut down shade trees. Across the property line on the property of the neighboring golf course, as well as some that were acting as sound barrier for a major thoroughfare.
@GcL can't be done on reddit for a number of reasons: mods aren't elected, and mods can only demod those below them (and without demodding them, you can't ban them)
Maybe someone else has alreaady asked this and I couldn't find the answer, but any reason @KorvinStarmast hasn't nominated? I'd definitely throw a vote his way...
There's nothing particularly magical about the number 5. A long-serving mod retired recently and we three thought that a deeper bench of experienced moderators would be good to have in the community, as other mods may choose to retire with little notice.
-doppelgreener, nitsua60, and mxyzplk
I am running for moderator in the EL&U election.
I can vote for myself in the final stage of the election. I couldn't vote for myself in the primaries. Is this a feature or a bug?
Candidates can vote for themselves in the election phase, but in primary phase, they can't.
2019 Role-Playing Games Moderator Ele…
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