Code Review Moderator Election 2015

Ethan Bierlein

7:15 PM

Hello

Hosch250

You beat me to it, @EthanBierlein.

Ethan Bierlein

Hah

Vogel612

I think this room is usually created by CMs

Ethan Bierlein

@Vogel612 Shhh

This room will suffice

Hosch250

Quite the invasion.

Quill

7:16 PM

Imcoming users!

Close the flood gates!

Undo

Even if they use this one they're going to strip you of your room ownership :P

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rolfl

@EthanBierlein - don't take this per....

that ^^^

Feeds

rolfl has removed Ethan Bierlein from the list of this room's owners.

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rolfl has added rolfl to the list of this room's owners.

Ethan Bierlein

Aaand pow.

Undo

lol

Feeds

7:18 PM

rolfl has added 200_success to the list of this room's owners.

Mast

@StackExchange You added yourself?

Feeds

rolfl has added Jamal to the list of this room's owners.

Mast

Wait a minute...

Undo

@Mast moderators can do that

It doesn't actually mean anything, though

Ethan Bierlein

Now that this room has been created, there seems to be no talk.

Mast

7:18 PM

Well, they can shut people up, which is nice.

Lyle's Mug

doesn't SE create a room when they start the election?

rolfl

This room may or may not be the official election chat room...

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... but until we know, no point in having any favourites.

Undo

I think it's automagically created

Lyle's Mug

that is what I thought, or something like that

rolfl

I believe so to. At which point I will move all things in here, to in there.

Lyle's Mug

7:21 PM

sounds good

Mast

Select * From Users Where Clue > 0;
0 Rows Returned

Vogel612

getting increasingly impatient

refresh interval down to 3 minutes...

Grace Note

It's not automagically created unless I turned into a witch again some time in the past few years.

Mat's Mug

Hi!

Grace Note

I make them manually but since y'all made this one, I'm pretty much going to just usurp it.

rolfl

7:28 PM

great. Thanks ;-) And Hi, @GraceNote !

nhgrif

This room was created automatically.

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Grace Note

room topic changed to Code Review Moderator Election 2015: Open Discussion for codereview.stackexchange.com/election/1 (no tags)

Ethan Bierlein

@nhgrif Nope

nhgrif

Yup.

I willed it into existence.

Ethan Bierlein

@nhgrif No, I created it.

nhgrif

7:28 PM

I know.

Per my will.

I'm a swift-jedi.

Mat's Mug

lol

Ethan Bierlein

Well, okay then. :D

Grace Note

Welcome all! This room is intended as a place to converse with candidates, discuss moderator traits, etc. For general discussion related to Code Review, go here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/8595/the-2nd-monitor

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If you have questions about the election process itself, please ask your question on the Code Review 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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Vogel612

okay now that the formalities are finished...

@GraceNote what do you expect in this election?

nhgrif

I expect nominations, candidates, & votes.

Quill

7:31 PM

Lol

Mat's Mug

lots of votes

is there a character limit to the nomination post?

Mast

@Mat'sMug Probably 30k, just like the rest.

nhgrif

Yes, you may only nominate one character per post.

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Hosch250

LOL.

rolfl

You're on form today, @nhgrif

Hosch250

7:34 PM

25 minutes.

rolfl

No LOL autostar in this room, for the record !

Ethan Bierlein

Hello @Pops

Mast

@rolfl In form, not on form. On form would hurt the form.

Quill

Coming for the drama?

Pops

@EthanBierlein Hi!

Mast

7:35 PM

@Quill That was @Undo 's excuse

Pops

@nhgrif ...did I wander into the Code Golf election room?

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Hosch250

I suppose this is old for you guys.

I mean, @Pops and @GraceNote.

Ethan Bierlein

@Pops Nope

nhgrif

@Pops I meant an alternative definition of "character"... like character from a play... it was punny.

Mat's Mug

for some values of "punny"

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Vogel612

7:36 PM

s/nn/n

Mast

@nhgrif Some people would just invent a language in which every regular user of CR would represent a character.

Vogel612

#define regular

Hosch250

@Vogel612 That would be puny

Mat's Mug

@Vogel612 s/p/f

Vogel612

@Hosch250 which is ... exactly what I had in mind, you know??

rolfl

7:38 PM

funy?

Hosch250

Oh.

Mast

@rolfl s/n/r

Hosch250

What are we, the ELU election room?

rolfl

Well, we're not the perl room, all those regexes suck !

Mat's Mug

ok kids. enough small-talk.. we're T minus 20 minutes... community managers and @rolfl aside, is everyone in this room going to be a candidate?

Hosch250

7:39 PM

@rolfl I thought that was Linux?

rolfl

kids these days ^^^

Quill

Maybe post, and tell if you're not going to be a candidate

I am, becoming a candidate

Hosch250

@Mat'sMug Not unless you kick @Pops, @GraceNote, and @QPaysTaxes.

Vogel612

@Mat'sMug no, I'll pass from my side

Hosch250

And @rolfl.

rolfl

7:40 PM

s/nn/n should be s/nn/n/ and s/n/r should be s/n/r/

Hosch250

@rolfl Thanks for the correction.

Vogel612

then again this isn't perl :)

rolfl

See: perldoc.perl.org/functions/s.html

Mat's Mug

'cause I hope we have 11 or more good candidates, so that our first election requires a preliminary round

I know this community has more than 11 good candidates

Vogel612

that being said the CMs seem awfully quiet... #lurking :)

Hosch250

7:41 PM

@Mat'sMug We should.

Mast

@Mat'sMug We could rig it and nominate everyone. But wouldn't that be taking gamification too far?

Hosch250

I wonder if mjolka, Janos, and Loki will accept nomination?

Quill

@Hosch250 Janos is online, out of the three

Pops

I was originally just following along by reading the transcript and refreshing, but I quickly realized that would wear out my F5 key.

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Quill

and mjolka is in the same timezone as me, where it's 5:30 here

Hosch250

7:42 PM

Oh, I've got to nominate Donald McLean.

rolfl

@Pops Ctrl-R spreads the wear over two keys.

Hosch250

And I haven't started my nomination post yet.

Mat's Mug

I have a draft waiting in Notepad

Pops

@rolfl No, you still have to press both keys each time, so you just wear out two keys at the same rate.

Quill

@rolfl Or just spam click the circle-arrow

Mast

7:43 PM

@rolfl You're aware you're just doubling the trouble, not actually spreading it?

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Mat's Mug

just use the right-ctrl key, nobody uses that one

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Hosch250

I use them about evenly.

rolfl

People forget to check my chat profile ....~ o.o ~... <sarcasm /> .....

Mast

@Mat'sMug Hi, my name must be nobody.

rolfl

Oh, Nobody.... I wonder if he will nominate

Mat's Mug

7:44 PM

@Mast that makes you a sock puppet!

Vogel612

@rolfl shame on you, that self terminating tag isn't helpful :)

rolfl

then we can say, @Nobody ran for moderators.

Nobody, Germany

3.2k 7 30

c++ c++11 c performance optimization beginner primes

Mast

@Mat'sMug That escalated quickly.

Vogel612

random question for @Grace..

Mast

@Vogel612 Try parsing it with regex.

Vogel612

7:46 PM

your avatar around here is Kongou Yamato from Kancolle, right?

Mast

Something just hit me:
Are there any rules for nomination posts or can anyone just nominate anyone?

rolfl

@Vogel612 I never actually set my chat "about me"..... some other mod ( cough @hichris123 cough ) did that for me.

Vogel612

oh right, mods can clean up people's chat profiles

Mat's Mug

@Mast I'd like nominees to be self-nominated

Mast

@Mast That would be bad.

Vogel612

7:48 PM

question: can you also do that with people's about me?

Quill

@Vogel612 Yeah 

In your about me

Mat's Mug

I mean, if you don't know there's an election going on, you've been hiding under a rock right? (@Lyle'sMug)

Vogel612

@Quill no that's not what I'm talking about

rolfl

@Vogel612 yes.

Vogel612

(even though I forgot that feature exists)

Quill

7:48 PM

@Vogel612 Apologies, then

Mast

@Mat'sMug This election has not started yet.

Vogel612

eh no worries. Also I'm quite content with my current summary

Mat's Mug

T minus 10 minutes

rolfl

@Pops - the "word on the street" is that e-mails to site-members who have voting privs should go out when there's an election, but that this has not been happening for recent elections. Is that true, and can it be fixed?

Mat's Mug

hey @Jamal

3 minutes

Jamal

7:56 PM

D:

Mat's Mug

wow this is so much more exciting than I had anticipated

Jamal

waits for Caucus badge

Quill

Is @duck gonna miss the party?

Mat's Mug

he's not running

Quill

Oh, okay

Mast

7:57 PM

@Mat'sMug Neither am I, your point?

Mat's Mug

for the record, I'm currently sitting. so, not running either.

Vogel612

1 minute!!!

Mast

How many of us are currently running?

Mat's Mug

hopes to refresh when it says "just now"

Vogel612

40 secs

Quill

7:59 PM

30secs

nhgrif

I have no intentions of nominating myself by the way... if no one nominates me, I'll take that as sign enough.

Mat's Mug

@nhgrif prepare to get nominated then

Vogel612

waiting for page to go down under the heavy load

Mat's Mug

nomination period begins

momentarily

rolfl

nomination period begins

momentarily

Mat's Mug

8:00 PM

lol

Quill

Underway!

Yay!

Happy Election, everyone!

Vogel612

@Mat'sMug i.stack.imgur.com/BHCTj.pngs

Undo

@nhgrif you can't nominate other people

Mat's Mug

@Vogel612 nice!

Undo

(right)?

nhgrif

8:00 PM

Why is it called a nomination then?

Hosch250

Darn, I'm too long by 400-odd characters!

rolfl

@Pops - never mind - just got an e-mail

Mast

@rolfl I didn't.

Vogel612

@Mast probably gonna get sent in batches

Mat's Mug

> too long by 1881 characters

Jamal

8:02 PM

@rolfl Me, too

> Your temporary moderator appointment is ending

janos

oh, this room was a real thing

Quill

@Jamal ;-;

Vogel612

@janos well it became, when Grace Note made it the real thing

Grace Note

@Vogel612 What do you mean?

Jamal

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Q: 2015 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. Here's how it'll work: During the nominati...

discussion featured election

Vogel612

8:03 PM

your profile pic... isn't that from Kantai Collection?

janos

FGITW

rolfl

@Pops - please mind again

Ethan Bierlein

Done. I've nominated myself. Feel free to poke any holes in it.

Quill

@Vogel612 Is that any good, I was never sure whether to watch it

Vogel612

I never did watch it..

I'm just a proficient ID-Request answerer on anime..

Quill

8:05 PM

oh

Vogel612

which is why I sent the whole thing through google reverse image search and copied the suggested kanji into google translate to keep searching

rolfl

@Jamal - I regret to inform you, but even as moderators we cannot edit nomination posts.

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nhgrif

How much rep is required to vote in election?

Quill

@rolfl No Jamalising?

rolfl

150 ... I believe

Undo

8:06 PM

Welcome maybe to the young moderators' club @Ethan :)

Mast

@EthanBierlein Sure?

Jamal

@rolfl D:

janos

@rolfl that's not true, according to the @Jamal facts

Mast

@rolfl Yes, 150.

@EthanBierlein For starters: why should we vote on you instead of any of the other candidates? (Assume candidates here, you being the first to nominate doesn't invalidate the question)

janos

@Mast easy: he's the only candidate !

Ethan Bierlein

8:09 PM

@janos Not for long though.

Mast

@janos (Assume candidates here, you being the first to nominate doesn't invalidate the question)

Where's my [badge:caucus]...

janos

the candidate score box is interesting

Ethan Bierlein

@janos What's interesting about it?

Mast

@QPaysTaxes There is: data.stackexchange.com/codereview/revision/329991/426311/…

@QPaysTaxes Oh, your score is too low. See data.stackexchange.com/codereview/query/edit/329964

janos

@EthanBierlein nice summary

Ethan Bierlein

8:13 PM

@janos Thanks! :)

Grace Note

@Vogel612 Yes, but it's picked because game.

janos

wow, I'm not so good on this chart

Lyle's Mug

@Mat'sMug I was on vacation alright! lol

Ethan Bierlein

@QPaysTaxes Did you mean to post this in the 2nd monitor?

Hosch250

@QPaysTaxes This is the election room, not The 2nd Monitor, just in case you are about to post in the wrong room.

Grace Note

8:15 PM

You should instead be identifying the image I use for Code Review though

Hosch250

I'm up.

I'm going to practice driving, but I will address any and all comments when I come back.

Ethan Bierlein

I'm gonna go rent interstellar. Then I'll be gone for about two once I start it. I'll make sure to address all comments on my nomination though.

Mast

@QPaysTaxes I'm not going to say it.

Mat's Mug

> candidate score 36/40

interesting

Mast

@Mat'sMug Yea, where's your nomination?

janos

8:20 PM

nice score

Mat's Mug

@Mast on the nomination page. right-ctrl+r ;-)

Mast

@Mat'sMug Ah, good.

For those interested:

Quill

I didn't score too well ;-;

Vogel612

@GraceNote challenge accepted

okay was it really that easy??...

Mast

@Vogel612 Google knows everything.

Vogel612

8:26 PM

Cave Story's Curly Brace

nhgrif

@Mast How far down am I? I have almost none of the badges on Code Review.

Quill

Literally right click 'Search Google for this Image'

Mast

@nhgrif You have 24 points

nhgrif

Ah, that's not bad. I thought it would be way worse.

Mat's Mug

> @QPaysTaxes and an open source project. The guy is superhuman I think. – RubberDuck 3 mins ago

Mast

8:33 PM

For those who can't find themselves in the list and want to see their candidate score: data.stackexchange.com/codereview/query/298418/…

Fill in your own CR UserID

Grace Note

@Vogel612 They aren't meant to be hard

Mast

Currently 4 candidates, anyone else?

Vogel612

tehee, I like challenges, though

Grace Note

And yes. I picked Curly Brace because that seemed to be a very fitting choice for Code Review.

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janos

how thoughtful of you

Vogel612

8:35 PM

@janos soo... where's your nomination post?

Grace Note

If you want, this is outdated so for example my Maths avatar has since been swapped to someone actually math-related, but otherwise is accurate enough. Parens indicates no thematic ties to the site in question.

janos

I haven't decided to run yet

Grace Note

Again. Not meant to be hard. But it's a fun pursuit all the same.

janos

@GraceNote it's very nice you're fully using SE features like that

Undo

if there are only four candidates at the end of nominations I'm going to get ten points and nominate myself, just to make it interesting

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Mast

8:38 PM

@Undo You need 150 to vote but can nominate at 10?

That seems off...

Mat's Mug

nomination phase is a whole week

I like to think we're getting 4 candidates per hour

Grace Note

@Undo If there were only 4 candidates, we'd extend the nomination phase by 1 week and I'd have to ask myself how that even happened.

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Mat's Mug

^^

has @200 announced anything yet?

Vogel612

@GraceNote I have the feeling that many regulars around here don't want to step up, because they feel others are more suited to the job

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Mat's Mug

@Vogel612 cough

Vogel612

8:41 PM

At least for me that's a big reason to not run...

Grace Note

@Vogel612 Some sites like to host a thread where people can try to goad others into nominating by naming them and saying "Oi I think you should run for these very many awesome reasons"

Lyle's Mug

oh Hi

Mast

@Vogel612 I completely agree.

Lyle's Mug

@Mat'sMug your Score is one point higher than mine, I think because of the reputation difference

Mast

@GraceNote Why didn't we think of that...

Undo

8:42 PM

@Mast I'm at 289 right now

Grace Note

@Mast You've had all of 42 minutes so far to think about elections

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Mat's Mug

@Lyle'sMug saw that

Vogel612

Aside from my generally dwindling and inconsistent activity time and my personal assessment of my personality.

Lyle's Mug

Hi @GraceNote! nice to see you again!

Grace Note

Hi again~

Mat's Mug

8:43 PM

hi @tim!

Mast

in The 2nd Monitor, 6 hours ago, by Mast

@Undo Shows up in CR chat. Gets CR rep. Nope, nothing suspicious going on here.

Quill

@GraceNote As well as the last two weeks of speculation

Lyle's Mug

◄◄ Formerly Malachi

Mast

@GraceNote No, we've been aware of this for a while.

@Lyle'sMug Nice triangles.

Grace Note

I see

Lyle's Mug

8:45 PM

@Mast alt + 17

Mat's Mug

@Lyle'sMug at the end, there can be only one [mug]

Mast

@Lyle'sMug ◄↕►

Lyle's Mug

@Mat'sMug if we both become moderators I will change my avatar and nick back

Mast

@Mat'sMug Battle of the Mugs.

Lyle's Mug

@Mast ◄▼▲►

Maybe I should do it now.....

let me find where I hid the old graphic

Mast

8:48 PM

@Lyle'sMug archive.org/web

rolfl

@Lyle'sMug Also, when you edit your profile, I think it remembers previous images

Donald.McLean

@GraceNote Well, no fear there. Five candidates already.

Lyle's Mug

@rolfl I have it on this Machine. it's already done. everyone refresh! lol

Mast

@Donald.McLean Are you sure you won't be running?

You've had plenty of times to find your shoes.

Mat's Mug

@Donald.McLean 6

Malachi

8:49 PM

there we go. took me a couple of Refreshes and force Refreshes

Donald.McLean

@Mast No, I'm not sure. If there are an adequate number of people running who are qualified then I'll be happy to just vote.

Mat's Mug

@Malachi's back!!!

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Mast

@Donald.McLean Define 'adequate number' and 'qualified'.

Malachi

@Mat'sMug I still have stars in here!!!!

Mast

@Malachi Lyle, you're ugly.

Donald.McLean

8:52 PM

@Mast Well, let's wait a couple of days and see what the nomination situation is.

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Vogel612

I totally feel like the killjoy, with all the hard questions I ask our young candidates...

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Mast

I liked the picture of your mug better.

rolfl

I like having Malachi back

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Mast

@Vogel612 Don't, it's probably the best preparation you can give them.

Vogel612

hmm. now who deleted that..

Mat's Mug

8:55 PM

@Vogel612 $2 on he who owns the lawn in question

rolfl

Was not me ... promise, and I don't own the lawn ;^)

kids these days!

Malachi

@Jamal adjust your editing? Sell out! JK LOL

Mat's Mug

@Malachi he doesn't say if that's adjusting up or adjusting down ;-)

Vogel612

@Malachi nope.

Mat's Mug

@Malachi ask @Doorknob

Vogel612

8:58 PM

13 and you're good to go, since 13 is the minimum age

Undo

I was appointed when I was 14

There are a couple others that have done it younger

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