Yes, that's possible. (Even likely, considering that we had 11 candidates last time, and two of them were elected!) I don't understand why you mention it.
Because the elections have started for a new set of moderators, I think it would be a good idea to have a few words from the current moderators about what moderation means for puzzling SE.
Here are a few points that you can cover.
average time per day spent on the website strictly for moderat...
this user : puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/32543/calvt is going around changing all the http image to https from imgur.... I accepted the first one but this is piling up.... I'm not a mod.... yet ;P. Shoudn't someone do something about this?
@n_palum two ways: There's a dashboard, where we can see all flags, and if we go to a question that has a flag, there's a mini-dashboard that shows at the bottom.
And nothing against you Mith, while I feel you'd do a great job modding, I think the opportunity should be given to someone not already moderating a site as to allow them to focus on one site. Just my opinion though.
So that none of them are shown higher than the others - so it'll be random. That's what people try to do on other sites, anyway - it makes sure that people don't just pile on.
Haha.. Well, I would like to be a part. But, for now, I will wait. If I feel there are not enough candidates, I will jump in. But, I am very happy being just a user :)
But, I am looking forward to see a mod in my timezone..
@EriktheOutgolfer Thanks. But that totally depends on how convincing I am as a member of the community and off-course my answers :) All the current candidates are good and have a good chance to win.
@n_palum If everyone had the attitude of "I won't bother, because I don't think I'll win," we wouldn't have very many nominations. Make your decision based on whether you would like to be a moderator and think you would do a good job; not on anybody else.
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A reminder to everyone: the nomination phase is not a voting phase. Let's try to keep the votes even on all nominations. When it comes to voting, you can pick your candidate(s).
@Mithrandir You have the "power of pin". Go ahead, if you think it's a good idea.
@n_palum We voted on the questions earlier. We are not voting on the nomination responses. Once the nomination phase is closed, then we get a chance to actually vote on the candidates.
@EriktheOutgolfer But the responses get sorted (by default) in order of votes. So those with more votes are more likely to have their responses read. One could argue that that could influence the election.
Okay. @Mithrandir Are you sure you will be able to handle the duties of both sites at the same time?
Also, @GentlePurpleRain I don't see the other two in TSL much..Is that a factor to be considered while considering the candidates? A lot of things happen in rooms I think.
@Techidiot yes - Literature isn't very much work (for now, at least) and I'm pretty much hopping between Lit, SFF, Puzzling, Meta, Area 51 and chat the whole time I'm on SE. Chat takes the most time ;).
@Techidiot you can leave a comment asking them to come here to answer questions.
@Techidiot unless it jumps to SO size, I'm sure that it won't become an issue. (then again, there is the guy with 4 diamonds, one on SO (and another with 7 diamonds))
@Techidiot Personally, I don't think that's much of a concern. I think a candidate should at least occasionally be involved in chat, but people tend to ping a mod if they need one, and I don't think it usually takes too long for someone to respond.
@Mithrandir Those guys must be full-time moderators (i.e. no day job).
I think timezone matters, chat is usually almost completely dead by the time I go to bed; yesterday it was a little more active because Rubio went to sleep at 5, but there's certainly a dead zone there
politics is the study or practice of the distribution of power and resources within a given community as well as the interrelationship(s) between communities
Isn't distributing power in our community exactly what we're doing?
@ffao No, you are correct. The thing is politics has been demonised in such a way here it is assumed to be muck where everyone is just running behind power.
What actually is the most relevant thing in deciding mods?
I think most of the candidates (as far as I know them) can carry the responsibility of a diamond. What matters is how they explain their actions (if not blatantly obvious).
Because the elections have started for a new set of moderators, I think it would be a good idea to have a few words from the current moderators about what moderation means for puzzling SE.
Here are a few points that you can cover.
average time per day spent on the website strictly for moderat...
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