2022 MathOverflow Moderator Election Chat

Catija

05:30

Welcome all! This room is intended as a place to converse with candidates, discuss moderator traits, etc. For general discussion related to MathOverflow, go here: MathOverflow

If you have questions about the election process itself, please ask your question on the MathOverflow Meta. Remember, folks stepping up to lead this community are committing a significant amount of their time, please keep all discourse civil and constructive.

@SamuelLiew hey - I forgot to make this room for the election earlier. Feel free to move or add the election bot here. Sorry!

ElectionBot

06:33

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Martin Sleziak

10:33

@ElectionBot How many moderator positions in this election?

ElectionBot

@MartinSleziak To be honest, my love, I couldn't care less.

Martin Sleziak

@ElectionBot How many positions are there?

ElectionBot

@MartinSleziak 1 mod is elected

The Amplitwist

10:51

@ElectionBot Wow, that's some sass, haha. Reminds me of the famous line from Gone with the Wind, but maybe there's some other cultural reference I'm missing.

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Oleg Valter is with Ukraine

11:56

@TheAmplitwist you are correct, that response is a reference, and you got it right :)

Martin Sleziak

@ElectionBot How many users visited the election page?

ElectionBot

@MartinSleziak Based on the number of Caucus badges awarded, 491 users visited 3rd MathOverflow election and had enough reputation (150) to vote so far.

Martin Sleziak

I am not sure when was the last time that MO had three featured posts on meta at the same time. Maybe during the previous election?

in MathOverflow, Feb 4 at 7:13, by Martin Sleziak

Past questions tagged featured: https://data.stackexchange.com/meta.mathoverflow/query/1105163/questions-which-had-the-given-tag-including-the-editor-who-added-it?tagname=featured and https://data.stackexchange.com/meta.mathoverflow/query/1146497/number-of-tag-additions-per-user?tagname=featured

It's down to two now: meta.mathoverflow.net/posts/5440/revisions - probably it will take a bit until the community bulletin gets updated.

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The Amplitwist

13:13

Nomination post of zeraoulia rafik

Nomination post of Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda

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The Amplitwist

18:52

Q: Nominating other community members

Is there no mechanism to suggest other community members for nomination? If I remember correctly, last election there was some mechanism in place to suggest community members other than ourselves who we thought had the right stuff for moderation. I can't seem to find any appropriate place to do...