2016 Programming Puzzles & Code Golf Moderator Election

6:04 PM

Though of course, I know very well exactly who the current mods are and how active they are, etc. Not all users voting will though, and perhaps they'll vote via their ideals like you said

Solver

I don't have enough reputation to become mod :(

Will nominate myself next year, though.

Dennis

@Solver Only 300 points are required. There's still time.

Digital Trauma

@Doorknob yep, you're right - someone did drop out. now we're back down to 10 noms. Who dropped out?

Dennis

Downgoat

quartata

Oh, didn't notice.

Nathan Merrill

6:15 PM

oh, why?

Digital Trauma

@Dennis oh, right

thats a surprise

Nathan Merrill

I am definitely reelecting our current active mods (as I like them a lot), but that leaves 1 spot open

No it doesn't. :PP

^

4 pro-tems, 4 spots.

6:16 PM

active is the key word

quartata

Hence the whole discussion above.

Helka Homba

@NathanMerrill No. Martin, Dennis, Alex, and Doorknob are all current and all active

Digital Trauma

Dennis, Martin, Doorknob, Alex are all very active (in no particular order)

Nathan Merrill

oh, hmm. then what about Chris-Jester?

I thought he was one of the 4?

quartata

He's one of the 6.

Helka Homba

6:18 PM

codegolf.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators

quartata

gnibbler and Chris-Jester are the other two.

Nathan Merrill

ah ok

Helka Homba

They are inactive

Digital Trauma

codegolf.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators

one of the six

quartata

gnibbler is active a little bit with mod things.

Nathan Merrill

6:18 PM

I had no idea that gnibbler was a user on our site, let alone a mod

Solver

I am definitely going to be voting for Dennis and Doorknob.

Helka Homba

@quartata Really? Maybe Chris is too since he just nominated himself, but those two are hardly as visibly active as the 4

quartata

Alex told me he still handles flags

Digital Trauma

CJY and Gn are both around some. I don't think anyone could argue that D, A, M and D are more active though

quartata

I don't know about CJY though.

Digital Trauma

6:20 PM

ha, we're DAMD with the current mods ;-)

Helka Homba

We'd be MADD to reelect them

quartata

@HelkaHomba You got my reply to your question right

Digital Trauma

;-)

Solver

Apologies everyone else, I've only been around,

since, I don't know, a week?

Martin Büttner

well, there you go...

Nathan Merrill

6:21 PM

hi @MartinBüttner when are you posting your nomination

:)

Helka Homba

@quartata Yes

Solver

My first question was terrible, (minus 13) and the rest are okay

quartata

@HelkaHomba k

Martin Büttner

28 secs ago, by Martin Büttner

well, there you go...

Solver

(+10 and +15)

quartata

6:22 PM

@MartinBüttner Wait, really?

Nathan Merrill

@MartinBüttner vtc, not clear

quartata

But...

Digital Trauma

@Solver you're still eligible to vote :)

Solver

Yes, I know.

I'm excited.

Martin Büttner

okay, time to read up on this transcript...

Nathan Merrill

6:23 PM

It'd be great if election posts didn't show the diamond

Solver

Why?

quartata

Bias.

Solver

Ah, yes.

Makes sense

quartata

Although personally I don't think that would help much since most people should know who the mods are + they'll probably say in their nomination post

It's not like it's that bad of a thing anyways.

Digital Trauma

@NathanMerrill Not a bad idea, though its generally pretty clear after reading the first sentence of each mod-nom who the current mods are

Nathan Merrill

6:24 PM

true, but it means that reading is required

Solver

Well I don't know half of them, since, as I mentioned, I've only been around a week :(

Nathan Merrill

also, for those that vote based on the statistics chart, it doesn't bias them

Solver

I vote based on personality. :P

Digital Trauma

@Solver I guess I won't get your vote then - I have very little of that ;-)

Solver

@DigitalTrauma You just proved yourself wrong. :D

I need to get a profile picture that is something different to the default.

Hmm, I'll do that now...

Digital Trauma

6:28 PM

Martin's in

I guess the rest of us can just go home now ;-)

Solver

I don't even know Martin yet, so don't give up yet ;)

Nathan Merrill

maybe I'll make a "I commit to considering all of the applicants" meta post

Martin Büttner

So much for not quoting stats... :D

Solver

@NathanMerrill I'll +1 it

Nathan Merrill

@MartinBüttner context?

Martin Büttner

6:32 PM

Helka's comment on my nomination

Anonymous

@MartinBüttner I may edit mine to not quote stats either - I was unhappy that quoting my stats left me with no room for other stuff

quartata

I'm thinking of composing a mother meta post to up the character limit on nominations from 1200 to 2000.

Geobits

Pssh. Golf em down!

Martin Büttner

@quartata I think the limit is a good thing.

Helka Homba

@MartinBüttner Hey, you should be proud of me for getting over that fact that you have more medals :P

Martin Büttner

6:34 PM

Oh yes, I'm very proud. :)

Nathan Merrill

@MartinBüttner wow, I had no idea, so thanks @HelkaHomba

quartata

I agree that there should be a limit but I feel that the current one is far too restrictive.

1500 might be good.

Helka Homba

Prevents filibusters

El'endia Starman

....not sure if you're joking or not... :P

Martin Büttner

I ended up cutting some stuff, and I'm quite happy I had to. 1200 characters seems just about enough to get your point across, but really means you'll have to condense it to the important things.

El'endia Starman

6:35 PM

Filibusters aren't just saying a lot; they're saying so much that a vote doesn't happen.

Geobits

The limit is fine imo. If I have to read 30+ nominations, I'd rather they not be all that long. It's easy enough to look up candidates I don't know enough about on their profile page.

Solver

If I ran for moderator, I wouldn't have anything to say, so the limit is good :D

Helka Homba

@El'endiaStarman kinda :P. I mean if the limit was 30k like posts, people might just blab on forever so no one has time to read anyone else

El'endia Starman

It's so easy to ignore them though...

Solver

That's not a good tactic

I just scroll straight past the long ones.

Digital Trauma

6:36 PM

yes, I found it difficult getting it into 1200, but on reflection I think its a good limit

Nathan Merrill

maybe I'll vote based on length of post

Solver

@NathanMerrill Noooooooo!

Nathan Merrill

if you can convince me in 100 words what others take 1200 words to do...

Helka Homba

18 hours ago, by Helka Homba

We need to make it so the shortest mod wins instead. Agreed?

Solver

I would win anytime if that rule was there.

Digital Trauma

6:38 PM

@NathanMerrill I was happy to get mine to exactly 1200 characters :)

Solver

Actually, I take that back. I don't have +300 rep yet :(

El'endia Starman

@NathanMerrill "Hello, I'm El'endia Starman. I'm already an elected mod on another site. People like me there and they like me here. Vote for me!"

That's sure to get me first place.

Anonymous

> People like me there

Anonymous

citation-needed

Nathan Merrill

nah, your name isn't golfed enough

you'd have to do a name change

:)

Anonymous

6:40 PM

Clearly I should be elected mod, because my username is the shortest (and has never been changed)

El'endia Starman

@Mego Wouldn't be hard to do that.

FryAmTheEggman

If you named yourself El people might mistake you for a Kryptonian

El'endia Starman

Or God.

Nathan Merrill

@Mego obviously.

Anonymous

Also we need more birds ~~controlling~~ moderating the site

Solver

6:42 PM

29 secs ago, by Mego

Also we need more birds ~~controlling~~ moderating the site

Very funny :D

Nathan Merrill

I'm actually most interested on how people answer the questions

this site has some pretty unique challenges

Solver

I don't have enough skills to answer any.

:(

Actually, I'll give it a shot now.

Wish me luck!

Anonymous

@NathanMerrill hue hue hue

Solver

@Mego

Why isn't your avatar the Linux penguin?

:D

Helka Homba

@Mego But your avatar has. Who knows what kind of penguin you'll be tomorrow?

Digital Trauma

6:44 PM

@Solver everyone here answered their first question at some point - give it a shot - you might not beat Dennis, but none of the rest of us do either :)

Anonymous

@Solver Because this penguin is more recognizable as a penguin at smaller resolutions, like in chat

Solver

@DigitalTrauma Thanks for the encouragement :D

Nathan Merrill

its a penguin? I though it was a fat airplane

Anonymous

@HelkaHomba Tomorrow I'll be a monochrome penguin

El'endia Starman

Y'all can't trust someone who changes their face on a whim!

Solver

6:46 PM

@Mego I'm allergic to monochrome.

@El'endiaStarman I can!

Helka Homba

@Mego Woah, you might technically be a gorilla:

Anonymous

@HelkaHomba I meant with transparency :P

Helka Homba

Invert colors and remove beak/feet

Anonymous

@Solver Also my love of penguins began before my love of Linux

Solver

Penguins rule!

noot.space

Goodbye.

Off on a mission to answer a question.

Anonymous

7:02 PM

@NathanMerrill Wrong chatroom

Dennis

^

Nathan Merrill

ah thanks

Bent Nee Humor

8:14 PM

After the election, what will happen to current moderators who are not reelected?

Dennis

They go poof.

El'endia Starman

@BentNeeHumor They lose their diamonds.

Shog9

And sent on the long walk into the cursed earth

Bent Nee Humor

@El'endiaStarman Does that apply to most elections?

Dennis

This is how the first election of a newly graduated site like ours works, since the current moderators were never officially elected by the community. Starting after this one, all mods will keep their diamonds until the decease, resign or get kicked out.

El'endia Starman

8:23 PM

^

Future elections will add moderators.

quartata

@Dennis I'm pretty sure SE has technology to let moderators mod after death

Trap your soul in eternal flag review

Dennis

> I'm pretty

quartata

>_>

Nathan Merrill

Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers

►

there'll be a tier 4: not ad supported, but flag review supported

El'endia Starman

8:35 PM

@NathanMerrill This is mildly terrifying.

Nathan Merrill

its one of my favorites :)

Martin Büttner

8:47 PM

@HelkaHomba Hermann Hesse - Stufen (usually translated as Steps or Stages if you wanna go look for it, but I don't know any single translation that really captures the tone of the original)

Nathan Merrill

poems are usually language specific

actually, that begs the question: does lojban have poems?

mw.lojban.org/papri/lojban_literary_forms