@Jake Apparently not, since neither has nominated themselves.
I doubt babou would, to be honest, since he has repeatedly expressed dislike of the SE model. But by all means, ask him! He should by @-pingable in the main room.
Andreij Bauer is barely active in terms of community moderation. What makes you think of him?
Awesome! I was feeling like we only had 3 good candidates which rather bothered me. As for why I thought of Andreij, I've always found his answers extremely helpful. Perhaps I am conflating helpfulness with moderation ability however.
@Raphael @Juho and thanks to both of you as well (and @D.W. of course). I was surprised at the lack of nominations. I wonder if everyone is still on holiday...
@Jake 2nd that. B.s criticism of SE is nuanced. B. has complained a lot about voting in the chat room, but not nec/ exactly SE-specific (he seems at times not to be a big fan of democracy or mass opinion in general). re "SE model", in fact a mod is sometimes like the "ultimate voter". having veto power over other all voters of any rep (except other mods).
@Raphael Raphael is right. Since I am using the system, I do contribute to maintenance as far as compatible with my grudges against it. But I would be a poor choice for enforcing policies.
@vzn Well, democracy is as we all know the worst system, all others excepted. But that is not the point. Science is not a matter of democracy. My main problem with SE is that it makes believe that science could be democratic. My other problem is that I do feel that some ethical issues are not enough taken into consideration. But I will not go into more details.
Thanks to the candidates for offering to serve.
BTW, another reason not to run is that I feel my technical abilities and views are somewhat dated.
2015 Computer Science Election
