@fixer1234 we had 2 mods elected when slhck left - me and mokubai.

@JourneymanGeek, I think you were both mods at the time I joined. slhck left later.

@fixer1234 er.... I'm sure I replaced someone then ;p

But essentially we're running at adequete levels that we don't need an actual bump in the number of mods.

@fixer1234 eh. I replaced troggy - my bad meta.superuser.com/questions/7983/…

2 mods elected to replace 1, so when slhck left, we were still at more or less acceptable levels

Good luck to all the candidates!

@JourneymanGeek it was Troggy

Yeah, my bad, as I said ;p

My bad, should have read on :S

I am, wondering, looking at the field at present if I should have asked how they feel they would compliment/added on to the current moderator team

Maybe during the town hall ;p

Do moderators get paid by the site?

No

You get a hat and 2 t shirts

ok cool

And will the election be aired on TV?

@MrCSS I hope not :)

LOL :')

Goodluck David :)

@MrCSS Thanks ;p

Just dont build a wall ;p

I like my walls icy, keeping out undead horrors, and not paid for by mexico...

if any mod candidates want to ask existing mods about anything, well go ahead :P

@Sathya Thanks. I've been doing that in RA so far :)

@Sathya Ice cream, or pizza?

This dramatically affects who I vote for. Candidates please respond responsibly.

Also Star Trek or Star Wars?

Star Trek for me, for sure

Not sure I can make a choice between ice cream and pizza

Actually, I'm currently in the mood for pizza, so I'll go with that

@M.A.R.

@M.A.R. Icre cream for sure

@DavidPostill wow.. thats quite something

@M.A.R. Trek Wars and Pizza Cream.

@music2myear So you don't like Star Cream? Boo

@M.A.R. more of a Warscream guy, most of the time. And Pizza Planet, definitely.

I'm not voting for you, damn Pizza Planeter.

@M.A.R. Which do you dislike more: the Lampy or the Ball?

@M.A.R., can you explain what that chart is supposed to be illustrating? It looks like a grid of some community moderation activity counts rather than a reflection of election preferences.

@music2myear, are you going for the suspense factor? Jump in with both feet. :-)

@JourneymanGeek, if I had known you get a hat and 2 t shirts, I might have put my name in the ring.

There's still time!

@fixer1234 if you win. And scuttlebutt is you're a contender ;)

Some say you can get a SO shirt if you just ask for one (by emailing team@SO), but I haven't personally tried it

oops

I'm regretting not asking "What would you bring to the moderation team which you currently find lacking?" in the questionnaire.

Granted, I wouldn't be able to have answered that

@JourneymanGeek The only answer to that I can think of is consistency in commenting on mod-deleted posts, though TBH that's not super necessary considering y'all's swiftness in answering questions on meta, and the fact that the help center covers the majority of reasons things are removed

@BenN Its more for the candidates with a low "score"

Ah, that makes sense

I mean, if people didn't vote entirely by reputation (They don't right?) its a good way to express what they offer to the electorate

a good moderator shouldnt give up on someone for being stubborn

@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere We need to handle an entire site

We're janitors, not babysitters

it's just a good quality to possess, I know you have it Journeyman Geek

@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere as far as the main site goes, unless someone is an extreme trouble maker, we look at the behaviour, not the person. if they are, we look at the pattern when deciding on actions.

look out moderator nominees! for I am an extreme trouble maker, but mostly underflow maker