Travel 2013 Moderator Election

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Mark Mayo

03:11

@washu - er, because you only need 300 rep?

should rep be increased for nomination during elections

and indeed anyone with >150 rep can vote

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Andra

06:53

@AnkurBanerjee @MarkMayo are you running?

I would say don't change a winning team.

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RoflcoptrException

08:36

btw what happens if we have only 2-3 candidates. is there a vote then?

Dirty-flow

every with >300rep can nominate himself, I don't believe that there will be only 2-3 candidates

but that's a good question

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Andra

09:59

@RoflcoptrException What is keeping you from nominating yourself?

Dirty-flow

@Andra and you?

Andra

I lack the diplomacy feature

Martin Tapankov

10:21

I think most people are happy with our moderators, myself included. I wouldn't mind seeing a new face though. @RoflcoptrException: what are you waiting for?

Dirty-flow

@MartinTapankov you should also nominate yourself, you're spending a lot of time here, have stunk-and-white, convention and deputy badges

Martin Tapankov

@Dirty-flow: Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm not sure I will this time. I'd rather pester the current mods than do this myself. I think there's no shortage of suitable people to do the job.

Dirty-flow

the current mods are doing a great job, and the community too

Martin Tapankov

exactly my point. We managed to avoid serious conflicts although not for the lack of such situations, and with enough engaged high-rep users, it doesn't matter all that much who mods are

Andra

11:02

Well there is one new face. A VMAtm nominated himself.

But for now I would prefer the current moderators @MarkMayo and @AnkurBanerjee. They did a very proper job

Dirty-flow

new face? what do you mean?

VMAtm is a mod too

Andra

Really? I thought there were two mods

Dirty-flow

travel.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators

Andra

Kind of ironic for a mod being not that visible to nominate as first

Dirty-flow

11:19

what do you suggest, to wait until the other mods nomite theirself?

From the community blog: "But what do community moderators do? The short answer is, as little as possible!"

he is maybe not that visible for you, but it doesn't mean that he's not doing his job

Ankur Banerjee

11:52

@RoflcoptrException Noooo, I don't speak German. But I'd love to learn!

Yes you guys. I'm running for mod in these elections, but I'd love to see more members of the community running, that's what makes the StackExchange system so good - when we have community participation.

RoflcoptrException

@Andra @Dirty-flow I'm thinking about it and I would really like to do the job. On the other hand, there's nothing to complain about the current mods, so I don't see any reason why I should nominate myself :)

Andra

12:12

@Dirty-flow If moderators shouldn't be visible, that what is the sense in an election

I am perfectly fine with the current situation. But when there suddenly is this voting mechanism, we should question the capabilities of the moderators

@Dirty-flow If moderators shouldn't be visible, then what is the sense of an election

Dirty-flow

12:58

@RoflcoptrException nominating doesn't mean that you are not happy with the current situation

Ankur Banerjee