2016 ELL Moderator Election Chat

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20:05

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Catija

20:34

Well, this is unexpected!

DEAD

22:22

Oh wow, seconding @Cat

I expected anything but this.

I don't think I would/should nominate this time.

But let's persuade snailplane!

Catija

I think that's going to be difficult. She seems happy with Japanese.

Rand al'Thor

@DEAD No, let's persuade @Catija!

DEAD

@Randal'Thor well, I couldn't if I tried

We could persuade Dam though.

Catija

@Randal'Thor Meh. I don't feel like my recent activity has been enough to warrant it.

DEAD

Neither is mine.

Rand al'Thor

22:31

Hmm, ELU and ELL elections running simultaneously ... this is going to be interesting.

There's already one common candidate in both of them.

Catija

Oh, did someone nominate? There weren't any the last time I looked.

Oh, Dog Lover ran in the last election, too.

DEAD

@Catija yeah, the guy that liked dogs.

Rand al'Thor

@Catija You'd have a candidate score of 26 - that's pretty strong.

But will you have time for ELL in the coming months?

DEAD

Hardly.

I wish I could nominate people.

Catija

That's my concern... I'd love to help but I'm not sure how much of an immediate assist I'd be able to offer... after December, probably more but I'd hate to commit and not be able to deliver.

DEAD

22:34

But I know Stoney would refuse.

Catija

@Randal'Thor Ah, thanks for checking. I was wondering and can never find that link. Can you post it with a "if you want to check your candidate score, go here" thing? We could pin it up in here for people to reference.

DEAD

I just got my caucus before my silver reviewer badge on chem.

Rand al'Thor

Check your (or anyone else's) candidate score here!

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DEAD

Oh dang, now I have five reviewer badges there, I think.

Rand al'Thor

@DEAD Oh, wait, I think I know you ... are you the user formerly known as M.A.R.?

DEAD

22:39

@Randal'Thor yup

Catija

@Randal'Thor Yes.

If you see a user with a chemical thingy as their icon, it's probably him :P

Rand al'Thor

I was thinking "ELU, ELL, Chem - this guy gets around, how have I not heard of him before?"

I got confused about you another time as well, after another name change.

PhMgBr or something.

DEAD

Yay

Rand al'Thor

At least you're not as bad as soup/sandwich/Bookend/NormalHuman/etc.

DEAD

Now I get the rewarding feeling of being confusing.

@Randal'Thor zaq now

The guy changes names exactly after one month.

At least I leave an indication.

And I don't do it that fast.

So, who else would nominate?

Catija

22:43

I bet Arau will.

DEAD

This election was unexpected, so I think we'd get less candidates.

@Catija yes, please!

Rand al'Thor

FumbleFingers? Araucaria? Stephie?

DEAD

We knew when the first election was coming, but this one I didn't expect.

Rand al'Thor

(I'm basically going through this list and picking the people I've heard of who haven't already been mentioned :-P )

DEAD

@Randal'Thor I haven't seen Stephie in a while, and FF seems too tired for this job.

Catija

22:45

I don't think Fumble has run... not sure they want the job. Stephie has regularly avoided running on lots of sites, so I don't think she'll run, either.

DEAD

BTW, I miss Maulik and his inaccurate answers. :P

So, no other candidates?

This could be bad.

Rand al'Thor

@Catija Well, if none (or only one) of the best candidates want to run, I'll get back to badgering you to run in a few days :-P

DEAD

Who are we left with?

@Randal'Thor you can count on my help too.

Catija

I wonder if jimsug is overburdened now... he ran in the last one.

Has he been around much?

Rand al'Thor

Didn't he just become a mod somewhere else?

Catija

22:48

opavote.com/results/6585248951304192/0

DEAD

He hasn't.

Catija

@Randal'Thor Law?

Rand al'Thor

Oh, he won the Law election, but he was already a pro-tem there.

Catija

Right.

DEAD

Oh wait, we have Nathan!

That guy must run.

Catija

22:49

I bet he will.

He'd be good.

DEAD

Yeah.

Securing a spot

Rand al'Thor

@DEAD Tuggy?

Catija

And he spends a lot of time on MSE, too... I think... Right?

DEAD

@Randal'Thor yeah, that black and white guy.

@Catija currently, none of the users that were active then are active.

But yeah, he used to regular there.

So, that leaves us with Dam T-2000

Catija

I wonder why not... hmmm.

Rand al'Thor

22:51

Dam & Arau 4 Mods?

DEAD

I'm listening to World War Z's soundtrack. Good stuff.

Catija

Maybe some new people will step up.

Dam was really reticent to run last time... it would take a lot of convincing to get him to stand.

DEAD

@Catija Oh, OK

Makes a new account

Tries to get rep

Catija

Meh... you know what I mean. ... oh, what about CowperKettle?

DEAD

I'm cool with him running, but I think he won't.

He drops out of chat thirty seven times in one hour "not to get distracted".

Catija

22:54

Or Colleen... she'd be great, really...

DEAD

Then he would come and run for a mod? Nah

Catija

It would be interesting if choster ran here and won on ELU.

DEAD

Then he'd act like a USB port.

Catija

At least someone who comes to chat would be nice... :P None of the mods ever come and talk in chat, which is odd because every other site I'm on has chatty mods.

DEAD

@Catija one can only hope

Rand al'Thor

22:55

@Catija A double mod would probably help a lot with the liaising between ELU and ELL.

DEAD

@Catija Again, Dam

Catija

Yeah, help... but I don't think it's necessary. It could be an overcomplication, really.

DEAD

23:23

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