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Mitch
Mitch
00:56
@PythonMaster none of the nominees, by definition, has moderated yet. But they may have different levels of participation in the review tools, which are similar but not the same as the mod tools.
On the nominee page, you can see, next to the nominees name, some other quantitative information relevant to how active that nominee has been on the review queue. # of editing tags, # of accepted flags, etc.
Note that quality of answers/rep isn't a necessary quality being enthusiastic about English does help though. On top of review activity, I'd say the most relevant though is level headedness.
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CandiedOrange
CandiedOrange
02:32
Mari-Lou A for moderator! Of all the people who got after me for doing stupid things she was the nicest.
WBT
WBT
03:30
Let's do a Community Promotion Ad for the election!
@Mitch Existing or past diamond moderators can self-nominate for re-election.
 
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NVZ
NVZ
07:10
Hello, friends. I think it's nice to participate, although the chances of me winning are slim. I have therefore nominated myself. Hope that I have been helpful to the community so far and a diamond badge would help me help the community more. I hope I have the support from you guys. :)
 
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Mitch
Mitch
12:51
@WBT OK. Remove 'by definition'
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
13:36
@WBT We don't get re-elected, but we can be elected as moderator on an additional site.
 
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Lawrence
Lawrence
14:41
I'm thinking of nominating. Is it enough to want to help build community, or is it a 'you can do that without being a mod' thing? I'm happy to help with the flag queues, but I don't have any grand plans to overhaul the site (not that that's a criterion for being a mod).
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
14:52
Wanting to help build a community is enough. You can also do that without being a mod.
Flag queues is only part of the work. There's a lot of policy and networking kinds of background stuff, and of course, warnings and suspensions.
Helmar
Helmar
Good thing about moderator elections, the review queues are almost cleared.
Bad thing about elections tons of trolls being really active...
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
This has been the calmest election I've seen so far. Although there is still plenty of time.
Helmar
Helmar
@Lawrence I think you do not need to reinvent the wheel to be good moderator
Don't jinx it @KitZ.Fox ;)
Lawrence
Lawrence
@Helmar Good :) . As a site that's been up for several years now, it has had the benefit of numerous changes over time. Not set in stone, but also not pioneer work, either.
@KitZ.Fox I'm happy to help with policy, but I'm not very good at networking. Work involving warnings and suspensions I understand come with the territory.
Mark Hubbard
Mark Hubbard
15:11
Can we nominate others? People like John Lawler, Edwin Ashworth, StoneyB, and FumbleFingers come to mind immediately. I'm sure I will think of others too modest to nominate themselves as well. We have many helpful, erudite, kind and generous community members who might be willing to moderate.
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
No. you can only nominate yourself
Helmar
Helmar
@MarkHubbard It's not possible for a good reason. Only the persons themselves can decide if they want to invest the additional time. Community members of the activity grade you describe are most certainly aware of the elections.
Lawrence
Lawrence
@MarkHubbard You can, however, post names - as you have done - together with some notes about why each would make a good moderator.
Mitch
Mitch
16:03
@KitZ.Fox Also, the all-night parties, and secret break room with snacks.
Helmar
Helmar
@Mitch Is there a cake?
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
16:20
The cake is a lie.
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
The pie is a fake.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@MarkHubbard You could always post on Meta.
 
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tchrist
tchrist
17:38
@Mitch ftfy
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
Hooray!
tchrist
tchrist
As I may have mentioned, I'm looked up in a 12-hour a day conference in Pittsburgh till Friday. Didn't have time to write something up till now.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
So glad you made it before the deadline.
tchrist
tchrist
It's a week or a day?
A week, I think.
I didn't run that thing that calculates one’s um, canditatoriality beforehand. I didn’t even realize I’d maxed out the metrics.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
I checked mine. I'm at 35/40.
tchrist
tchrist
17:45
I don't have Illustrator, so figured I wouldn't have max badges, but I did. Maybe that old Taxonomist was worth something after all. :)
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
Yay!
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
I suppose I should brush up my mod badges. I'll never qualify for Marshall though, so you'll always have me beat.
tchrist
tchrist
Oh right, I'm in Eastern Early Time now so you're still awake.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
And it's not even tea time yet.
tchrist
tchrist
Yo quiero Café Bell.
Stupid hotel coffee has no oomph.
That's Object Oriented Miles Per Hour.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
17:51
haha
Mitch
Mitch
18:21
@tchrist you exercised the nuclear option
 
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Bookeater
Bookeater
20:43
What actually triggered this election? Workload, time passing?
tchrist
tchrist
Workload.
MετάEd
MετάEd
20:57
@KitZ.Fox It's pronounced tay-uh-timmy.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
21:19
@MετάEd Good to see your hat in the ring.

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