Blender 2015 Moderator Election Chat

X-27

00:04

@ideasman42 Speaking of that comment, any idea why it was mysteriously removed? (I didn't)

GiantCowFilms

01:56

@ideasman42 It won't make you look good if you delete criticism... word gets around

(if it is you)

if not, @iKlsR, who is it?

gandalf3

"word" = random joke someone made that when viral and now everyone half-believes it.. :P

How very internet XD

NoviceInDisguise

lol;

gandalf3

@ideasman42 It's nice to have a dev as one of our moderators, but honestly I'm not sure that it's required. Most of the really cool things you do as a dev+user (e.g. implement features which people ask about here) don't really require you to be a mod. IMO you could still do most of the things which make you stand out as a user, without being a moderator at the same time. It would take some time pressure off you, as there's no way you have much free time ;)

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All that said, if you want to be a moderator and help our community, then that's great :)

GiantCowFilms

@ideasman42 Agreed! I'd rather have one less but then one less spam post

TARDIS Maker

02:23

This a reply to @David's request for me to mention a few edits that seemed unnecessary: I found one that I think isn't really necessary. blender.stackexchange.com/posts/19496/revisions while some good stuff like separating out the specs was there, I thought getting rid of the signature and the grammar correction of "here's" to "here are" wasn't really necessary, although in this case, it's a bit more of a case of "while your at it", lets quickly fix some grammar.

ideasman42

@gandalf3 I withdrew from moderator election, I like to see blender.stackexchange succeed but seems there are enough people wanting to help out with moderation - and as you say, I don't have to be a moderator to help out with edits. Also TBH I don't especially want this role, if it helps thats great but if others have time... even better.

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@X-27 Yep, I deleted your comment, in retrospect I should have let another mod handle it but included snarky comment to the effect of "You're only known around here for closing questions as bugs" --- this seems more like venting some personal grievance.

gandalf3

@ideasman42 Indeed, right now it seems we have things covered pretty well :) Plus as a user you have most moderation privileges anyway, and you'll have more time to make blender awesome and us users happy ;)

But it's nice to know that you are (probably) willing to commit the time if the need ever arise :)

@TARDISMaker See these:

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A: Must every question formulation be so formal?

There are lots of question on this topic, such as: Editing questions to remove "thank you" etc Should 'Hi', 'thanks,' taglines, and salutations be removed from posts? What should I keep out of my posts and titles? Editing for Brevity? Are taglines & signatures disallowed? What is the policy on si...

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Q: Editing questions to remove "thank you" etc

"Any help would be much appreciated" "Thanks in advance" etc. Should we remove them from questions, or just leave them? I know there are other meta post on this topic Should 'Hi', 'thanks,' taglines, and salutations be removed from posts?, What should I keep out of my posts and titles? and all ha...

Here on SE such extra greetings/signatures are considered extraneous and generally discouraged. Not strictly, but the kind if thing you'd likely remove if editing a post for some reason already.

Tag edits are quite important (a tag is defined by it's posts. If posts are tagged inconsistently, then our tags are inconsistent and so pretty much useless). Once you get moderator tools, there is even a button specifically for editing just the tags. So IMO that looks like a good edit, as it adds a relevant tag and even addresses the main posts

X-27