If I notice something which is obviously just a typo in an answer of a candidate to the questionnaire, should I simply edit it (as I would in the case of normal post), or is such editing frowned upon and we prefer in this case to make very clear that the content comes from the candidate and was not edited by others?

@quid I think there is a minor typo in your post: "On never can be sure $\to$ One never can be sure".

BTW I am glad to see you running.

@MartinSleziak thanks for the heads-up on the typo and the positive feedback. I will proof-read the entire post later today and fix this and some other things. (I confused "live" and "life" too.)

So if I missed that one, I'm not really too good proof-reader. :-)

Let's assume that someone nominates for 2017 moderator election; and suppose that community vote him/her to be a moderator. Is there any possibility to resign from being a moderator after 1 month; because the lack of ability and strength of moderation?

I mean that: the moderator abdicate, himself/herself; without any exterior force?

Usually the 3rd person with the highest number of votes is then elected, the runner up

@Famke Yes, it's possible. But if somebody considers that a more-than-theoretical possibility, they should think at least thrice about nominating.

@Daniel Fischer, I think you are right; thanks.

is there an explanation somewhere of how the "candidate score" is tabulated?

@user7530 Maybe here? What are the details on the “candidate score” which shows during an election?

@user7530 Here's at least the first version.

thanks

The post is two years old - I am not sure whether there have been some substantial changes since than.

@MartinSleziak Still the same. If one hovers above the badge count per category, a tooltip pops up showing which badges the candidate has. Since quid has a score of 40, his nomination shows all badges taken into account.

@DanielFischer Do you think it would be beneficial to have at least one moderator who asks questions on a fairly regular basis?

@RandomVariable I've never thought about that. But I don't think it would help "experienc[ing] this site from the point of view of the majority of its users" since moderators tend to be experienced users, and experienced users tend to ask other question than the majority of its users, which are a) fairly new to the site and b) fairly new to mathematics.

@MartinSleziak That's a good question; I've been wondering the same thing. I want to edit, almost reflexively, but I've resisted editing so far (strictly grammar/spelling etc), because it would name me as an editor, which I'm afraid may detract from the candidate's post and authorship of the post.

@RandomVariable What kinds of questions?

@SimplyBeautifulArt math questions

Ah, okay

I personally can't ask questions on a regular basis because I don't really have them :-/

@SimplyBeautifulArt so you haven't the needed profile to be moderator according to Random's point view xD

@user296113 I think RandomVariable's question was more an inquiry sparked by the comments here to better form an opinion on the matter than an expression of a point of view.

@user296113 :P

@DanielFischer I don't think it would be harmful, but I'm not sure if it would be beneficial. I get the sense that some people think that such a person would be unqualified.

@RandomVariable Well, many of us (most of us in any case) do not think that anyone who has ever asked a question, nor anyone who's asked a lot of questions, or anywhere in the middle is therefore unqualified. So asking a question on MSE is not at all a liability. And it's a form of contribution.

Where can we ask and what can we ask wrt those who've posted both their candidacy and their questionnaire responses? I have a very sincere concern regarding the positions candidates have about PSQ's, and also the answering of PSQ's. I've asked one candidate, in a comment, because it became relevant given other comments. Should I wait and hope the candidates come here, so I can ask them? (Kicking myself for not having post a question to include in the Questionnaire addressing this!)

@RandomVariable Moderators asking question surely wouldn't be harmful. (Unless they turn out to be terrible questions of course.) I think if it has benefits at all, these would be marginal, so making "having asked questions" a criterion for one's choice doesn't seem a good strategy to me. Could be a useful tie-breaker, though.

@DanielFischer have you enjoyed being a mod ?

@GabrielRomon Occasionally. It's a bit like washing up after baking, the washing up is rarely fun, but the cake is totally worth spending some time washing up.

@DanielFischer I didn't ping you, but in my last block of comments (two of them), I asked a question unrelated to the first comment. Any ideas?

@amWhy You can leave a comment under their questionnaire answers, you can ask under their nomination, and if they visit this room, you can ask them here. All are appropriate places to ask such questions. [But choose one place (at least per candidate) to ask.]

"Unqualified" was too extreme. What I meant is that it seems that some people think such a person would be less qualified.

@DanielFischer Yes, one place per candidate; thanks for the feedback.

@RandomVariable Really, I would have written the same answer in terms of anyone asking questions as being inadequate. Really. If someone has a lot of poor questions listed on their profile, they'd be no more/no less qualified than an answerer with poor answers.

Candidates chart: some statistics that give a quick overview of what they do on the site.

@Michelle It's remarkable how well votes line up with edits, Zachary notwithstanding

@Desire Yikes! My review circle size would take up a quarter of the graph! :)