2016 Mechanics Moderator Election Chat

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Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

00:28

@MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop - Thanks for self-nominating. I was wondering if you were going to be able to make it.

@DucatiKiller - Thank you, too, for self-nominating ... I'd hate to have changed your name to slacker had you not!

2 hours later…

Zaid

02:26

What's with the Primary tab on the Election page? I see there are upvote/downvote buttons next to each candidate but they are locked

DucatiKiller

02:39

@Zaid If there are over ten candidates, they have a primary. If under, they go straight to election.

We had 9, I think.

Zaid

Ah, ok then. I was wondering why the primary tab want available before

DucatiKiller

I think that would be why. Only 9 candidates, which is awesome.

8 hours later…

JoErNanO

10:20

Moderator election votes for sale. Enquire within.

Zaid

11:18

@JoErNanO too late

Bob Cross

11:54

@anonymous2 there was a different set of mods back in the Before Times but for some reason they needed one more. @MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop suggested me as an interim mod. The rest = history

anonymous2

So it started with 2?

anonymous2

12:32

@JoErNanO Total fraud. Voter fraud. ;)

JoErNanO

@anonymous2 Why fraud? I'm not hiding anything. :)

anonymous2

@JoErNanO Ahem. No, of course not. <winks>

Move More Comments Link To Top

13:18

@BobCross I think I made a great choice!

Bob Cross

@MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop flatterer!

Move More Comments Link To Top

@anonymous2 3 if I remember correctly

anonymous2

Okay, and some of the originals are not with us to this day, I guess?

Bob Cross

@anonymous2 technically I was here since before the beginning. I just got the diamond some weeks after @MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop

Move More Comments Link To Top

@anonymous2 They are still around just not active much if at all. I didn't feel it was appropriate to call them by name

Bob Cross

13:34

@MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop totally. It's okay to say "hey, I can't handle this anymore. Need to hand it off to someone else"

anonymous2

@MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop Sure. We really don't need to know who they are.

Looks like I'll make a mod score of 9/40 before the elections close. Higher than I thought I would make. :)

I know, it's still way out in the sticks... :)

Say, when the rep needed for privileges goes up, I assume it does it in one fell swoop?

Move More Comments Link To Top

14:04

@anonymous2 Not sure. I haven't been through this on another site. My understanding is yes it's all at once and you will lose privileges that you have now, but don't have the new rep requirement for

Nick C

@anonymous2 I believe so, yes - I think it's as Larry describes...

so comparing current (mechanics.stackexchange.com/help/privileges) with graduated (security.stackexchange.com/help/privileges), you will drop back to "established user" based on your current rep

anonymous2

Okay, that's what I expected. Sad all the same. :)

Nick C

I think you'll only lose editing and tag synonyms

2k and 2k5 respectively

I'll lose site analytics and trusted user (for another 391 rep)

unless I get elected of course ;-)

anonymous2

14:21

Right. If I get elected, well now, then I'll gain some privileges. ;)

Just assembled some statistics.

Of the candidates running, @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 has awarded the most bounties: 19 with a total value of 1,850 rep.

@DucatiKiller has given away more rep in less bounties: 18 with a total value of 2,000.

Third place goes to @Zaid, with 7 bounties worth 350 rep.

Thank you for your investment!

Of course, the majority of us have undoubtedly given away more than that just in votes.

JoErNanO

15:21

@anonymous2 Let's be honest for a minute here: all those bounties were used to purchase moderator election votes. :P /cc @DucatiKiller @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 @Zaid

anonymous2

Lol, that's a good one.

JoErNanO

It's on all the newspapers. The FBI leaked it.

anonymous2

Really, do you have the link? ;)

JoErNanO

It's illegal for me to have it let alone post it.

Q: Is it illegal for regular US citizens to possess or read the Podesta emails published by WikiLeaks?

While referring to the the Podesta emails which were leaked by WikiLeaks this week, CNN's Chris Cuomo said on live TV: Also interesting is, remember: It's illegal to possess these stolen documents. It's different for the media, so everything you learn about this, you're learning from us. ...

^ This to explain the inside joke. :)

Myself

may I come to help? :)

anonymous2

15:26

Hmm, stolen data, eh?

JoErNanO

@Myself Who? You, Yourself and Irene?

Zaid

@JoErNanO like I said, too late :)

JoErNanO

@Zaid Oh damn. @Zaid is Nostradamus.

Myself

@JoErNanO One of the benefits of not being an US citizen

anonymous2

Yay! 10/40 moderator score!

That makes... 25%. Is that a pass?

;-)

JoErNanO

15:34

@Myself Find the leaks then! Be Mechanic's plumber. You're not Italian are you? :)

Myself

@JoErNanO There are days when I am not sure about who I am.

My passport says Italian

JoErNanO

@Myself Be careful then. I heard that if @anonymous2 wins he'll build a wall between Maintenance and Repair, and make plumbers pay for it. :)

anonymous2

Lol, I don't remember that one. But most politicians have bad memories... if I remember rightly.

JoErNanO

Zaid

@JoErNanO how's Roma?

Myself

15:41

Maintenance and Repair is something different? I was under the impression that both is just slamming a hammer on a defunct thingy until it works?

anonymous2

@JoErNanO Wait, I thought it was the other nominees who were supposed to pay. ;)

Zaid

@Myself unless it's an electrical problem :)

JoErNanO

@Zaid I'll tell you on Christmas once I go back home. :)

Myself

@Zaid And electrical problems get resolved my bigger hammers?

anonymous2

@Myself Read my lips. Electric problems don't resolve.

JoErNanO

15:44

@anonymous2 What you do with your wall is your problem. I'll be happy watching Maintenance burn whilst Repair thrives. I'm keeping @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 and @DucatiKiller though. You can have @BobCross and @Zaid.

OK I'm gonna get banned for that so here comes the delete.

anonymous2

@JoErNanO Lol. Unfortunately, even if I am elected, it remains to gain a majority vote among the moderators...

Bribes won't work, because 1200 points don't go far...

Myself

@anonymous2 Unless it involves a nice, big fire?

anonymous2

Well, that is a resolution, I guess.

anonymous2

16:00

@JoErNanO Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. -Robert Byrne

Bob Cross

16:35

Jocularity detected. Human humor will cease. You have thirty seconds to comply.

My winning demeanor will win the election. That and my shiny metal exoskeleton!

DucatiKiller

17:27

@BobCross Exoskeletons are a form of voter intimidation.

Bob Cross

@DucatiKiller it's only voter intimidation if you put the exoskeleton on the voter against their will.

DucatiKiller

I see. That makes sense

Bob Cross

@DucatiKiller I read about that in my Understanding Humans manual.

Fun! My icon just changed!

DucatiKiller

Is this the new @BobCross ?

Bob Cross

I've used that icon for a million years. I just had it over on one profile and clicked push to all.

I'll see if it generates confusion and delay.

DucatiKiller

17:33

Perhaps this is finally the real @BobCross ?

After so many shenanigans.

Nick C

18:12

@Myself No, that's just repair. Maintenance is slamming the hammer on a working thing, so that it needs repair...

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anonymous2

19:33

@BobCross, what do you expect to be the biggest difference between the site as it is now and the site as it will be after graduation is completed?

More specifically, as far as your moderation would be concerned.

Bob Cross

@anonymous2 very little difference actually. The only thing I can imagine being an issue would be review queues gettinnlong becsuse privelege thresholds have changed.

This is kind of an arbitrary line with regards to the day to day. It's not like the first days of SO when things went from closed to open beta.

anonymous2

True, I hadn't thought of that. High rep users will probably have a bit more reviewing to do, eh.

3 hours later…

Rory Alsop

22:54

Just catching up - excellent event this evening...

As regards review queueueueues, there may be a fractional increase, but we didn't notice it on Security or Music

And as we currently have 2 mods here and will end up with 3, I can't imagine it causing any issues

We have 11 people over 10k, so that's sufficient for most purposes, and 24 over 5k

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