Grand Rounds

1:26 AM

Hey everyone

@JohnP I'm gonna accept the nomination, I'm writing it up now

A: Who should our Moderators Pro Tempore be?

1:59 AM

michaelpri Meta I think michaelpri would also make a good moderator. He has experience, as he is a moderator pro-tem on lifehacks, and has been active (In fact, is the leading reputation person on the site) in asking and answering/refining questions, meta and in chat. He has been a primary d...

2:35 AM

@Jez made a comment about our history. Since this election isn't about him (it's about my fitness to be a moderator), I wanted to confirm that we do have a history that is from EL&U. Unfortunately he linked to a chat comment without the background.
Very briefly, Jez was picking my brain for [medical help in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/19281304#19281304), and I spent a long while explaining what I thought he had, which was different from what his doctor told him.

Long story short, he checked with his doctor (with whose diagnosis I disagreed - 'nuff said, lesson learned) who told him to do something different That's fine, but he then made comments questioning if I was really a doctor.

It wasn't just one problem.

It was several (scar revision, rashes, other).

That's it.

I just told him not to ask me medical questions again.

@anongoodnurse I understand why he downvoted, but the way he described you, as hostile and volatile, don't seem to fit what actually happened

Hi!

Well, people disagree.

I still think you'd make a good mod

It's hard from the written word to tell.

(Thank you)

One disagreement doesn't change anything to me

2:39 AM

You're kind. :-)

But I don't want to cause hard feelings, either, here.

I just came back tonight and saw that there was a link to EL&U chat and thought I ought to give a bit of background.

Well, you're not really the only one he doesn't like either

He went on a bit of a rampage earlier today

(...I'm not gonna touch that one with a ten foot pole! :D)

lol!

I don't think he likes me or @Tim

But his opinion, or experience, of me does matter because it's a possible factor in deciding.

Jez has a vision for this site that's different from a lot of people.

It's going to happen.

The question is how to resolve these differences.

That is for the community to decide, but for the moderator to moderate. :-/

Have you decided whether or not you will accept?

2:45 AM

He thinks I'd use my mod position to oppose his view of what the site should be.

Whether I'm a mod or not doesn't matter, I still don't want the same thing as he does.

I've been thinking...

I don't agree with what he wants either

sorry, my dog demands something...

brb

I haven't decided. I'll try to post by tomorrow.

Have you accepted?

How sweet that you had someone vouch for you already!

Yeah, I accepted

2:55 AM

You are in the lead, too.

Looking good!

Yeah, I just got upvote :)

You got 3 downvotes :(

Guess some people agreed with Jez :(

I'm dogsitting my son's puppy. I also have 2 dogs. That's a lot of fur at my house right now!

(Yeah, I saw that. It might be for the best.)

I love dogs :D

2:58 AM

Me too! Do you have one?

Yeah, a Golden Doodle

Good dogs!

I have two Border Collies.

And my son's puppy is one, too.

Goldens are beautiful and loving, chill. Poodles are smart. The mix must be a very nive one.

I love border collies! I almost got one

I'm not sure how much of the smarts my dog got

But she did learn how to play dead :)

lol!

brb

3:15 AM

Ugh. I'll have no peace until I put these dogs to bed.

Haha, are they crazy?

Poodles are always in the top 10 smartest breeds lists.

That's part of the reason we got a Golden Doodle

Yes. The puppy is riling up the other two. They're chasing each other around the house!

And the puppy is trying to tear apart my sofa!

Oh no! :P

3:16 AM

Thank God babies don't have sharp teeth!

:-D

I think I'll attend to the crazy dogs now.

Haha ok :)

As always, it's good chatting with you.

@michaelpri for moderator!!!

CU!

@anongoodnurse for moderator!!!!

Its a shame that someone is going through and downvoting without posting a reason

3:18 AM

Goodbye o/

normally downvotes don't bother me but for a thread like this expliantion is good

I think that explaining downvotes is most important for moderator nominations

I threw my hat in but haven't done any voting yet

Hi, Joe. Yes, it is. But maybe it's for the best. Night, Joe!

night

and i think all of the nomiations will do a good job

3:20 AM

It's a competitive pool of candidates

JohnP

4:11 AM

@anongoodnurse I wouldn't worry too much. I have +6/-3 as well. People just don't want to hear the truth sometimes.

5 hours later…

Jez

9:10 AM

@michaelpri yeah, God forbid we actually have a site that accepts as many questions as possible. the neutral might read that and think that "what I want" is something totally outrageous. i wish you'd stop painting it that way.

@anongoodnurse And you told me not to ask you anything again, not just medical questions.

3 hours later…

12:39 PM

@JoeW For some reason the even downvoted the actual question, the post! I mean really?! They think we don't need mods? :p

1 hour later…

JohnP

2:07 PM

@Jez I wish you'd stop taking it so personally. I have no like or dislike for those kinds of questions, I just don't think it's a good fit for the site. Even nurse triage lines and similar have very specific things they can and can't answer, the rest are "go to the er/doctor". And judging from the number of downvotes on the meta question, the general tone is agreement.

@Jez - I also suggested that if you word the question to make it less personal and incident specific, I would probably vote to re-open. You are correct, there are some questions that can be answered. I just don't feel that was one of them.

3 hours later…

Q: How frequently should non-alcoholic mouthwashes be used?

5:20 PM

How should a question like this be handled?

Foreword: Please beware that I ask this question only for mouthwash with NO alcohol whatsoever; so please omit alcoholic mouthwashes (which can cause cancer). My grandmother uses the Crest Pro-Health Rinse which contains 'anti-microbial agent, cetylpyridinium chloride.'. Yet USA Today in 2008 a...

where it makes a claim but provides no information to back it up

in this case that mouthwash with alcohol can lead to oral cancer

@Joew people here don't have to back up their claims in questions... :/ however that's a big one and I don't like to see it on the front page. I'll edit that part out.

Q: Are there proven natural treatments to kill bacteria that cause acne?

That poster has made that claim in two different questions

he also made a similar claim in this question

I ask about natural options only to kill bacteria in acne; these options should replace only antibiotics. Medicine such as topical retinoids don't answer this question and thus are off-topic. Although they help reduce acne, they don't directly kill the bacteria: [Source:] Topical retinoids w...

dermatology

While I do agree that in a question you don't have to back up all your claims but if you want to limit answers based on a claim then more information should be provided so it is known why you want/need the limitation

The cancer one? That's going too.

Shlublu

@michaelpri Hi Michael! I declined the nomination for the reasons I told you (I explained this in the post too). Thanks very much once again :) I had to think twice before deciding :)

@Shlublu There is always the future :)

5:35 PM

@JoeW I have edited out both of those controversial parts.