2018 Moderator Election Chatroom

amWhy

17:07

room topic changed to 2018 Moderator Election Chatroom: This is where users and candidates can interact in a constructive and informative manner, informally. Get to know who's running! And candidates: please do drop in! (no tags)

Welcome all! In roughly three hours from the time of this comment I am writing now, the 2018 Moderator Election will progress to the official "Nomination Phase" where those planning to run in the election for new moderators must announce as much. Also, we can expect that the actual questionnaire, with the highest voted suggested questions, along with at least two obligatory questions asked of every candidate, will appear in an official questionnaire.

Anyone interested in the 2018 Mod Election, whether as a voter, or as a candidate, or both, can keep up to date about the election and interact with one another, informally.

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amWhy

19:54

Hi, @GraceNote !

Grace Note

Hullo

amWhy

@GraceNote If I mis-spoke on any of the above, let me know, and I'll repost. (I can't edit :(). I would have liked to mention that the "Nomination Phase" will last through 20:00 UTC, August 6th. Is that correct?

Grace Note

That is correct

amWhy

@GraceNote TU!

The 2018 Community Moderator Election is now underway!

The official 2018 Moderator Election page

One final link: The Official Questionnaire

user7530

20:44

Is there a post somewhere explaining the "candidate score" and how it is computed?

Xander Henderson

@user7530 It is just the sum of the things below.

amWhy

It's based on four factors: Reputation, the number of moderation badges earned, the number of editing badges earned, and the number of participation badges earned. It is used across SE all sites during moderation elections. It does not necessarily represent who should be elected, but more, it's an attempt to provide a rough idea about a candidate's activity on this site.

user7530

oh I see. So it's not looking at flag or voting history, etc

Xander Henderson

No. It is just looking at the four things listed below. The last 20 points seem to come from rep (1 pt per 1000 XP)

Zachary Selk

21:41

Hi, I posted answers to questions

math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28778/…

Xander Henderson

Dang, dat was fast!

Holy cow... how do I end up ranked second in meta participation? I need to shut the f up.

quid

22:36

@user7530 it is, in that the relevant badges are attributed for this type of activity. One gets 1 point for each of a list of 20 particular badges (I'll give you the list shortly), a rough breakdown is given on the post plus 1 point for any 1k points up to a max of 20.

Full details are here:

Q: What are the details on the "candidate score" which shows during an election?

The way stats used to be shown during a moderator election have recently been changed. It now shows a "candidate score", which appears to be an amalgamation of total rep and certain badges, awarding a point for each badge and each 1000 rep. This change is retroactive, so all the previous and clos...

And here is a link to script that computes the score:

Q: What would my Election Candidate score be?

How can I find out what my election candidate score is? For example, on Ask Ubuntu I'd like to see exactly what score I'd have out of 40. A SEDE query would work but I'd like one nicely presented - an equivalent of flair would be really nice!