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2019 Moderator Election - why?
Without going into too much detail - it's not my place to say who may or may not be stepping down - we (the mods) were contacted by the community team for the simple reason that it had been 6 years ...
ChrisFMod
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Election check-in - Who's interested in stepping up to help being a moderator here?
I might be running, if no-one else steps up. Most of my activity lately has been reviewing and editing rather than answering, and in general I'm more of a flag-handler and being-a-general-Stack-...
- 2,339
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
Hydra's answers
How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?
I value healthy discourse over ...
- 6,095
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
Rubén's answers
How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?
The first thing that I will do ...
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Accepted
The Web Application 2019 Moderator Election page has obsolete links
We don't create these links until the election actually begins, which it did today. Part of the election process is updating them to the correct links, which has been done.
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
If there are fewer than 5 active/willing close voters at any given time on the site, how would you intervene and/or manage the close votes queue?
- 1,732
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2023 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
You may find yourself being the only active moderator and the only active contributer to Meta. How will you handle this? Will you take more time to gather the community's input, even when it trickles ...
- 832
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5
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Election check-in - Who's interested in stepping up to help being a moderator here?
I'm willing to run for a moderator position
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5
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Web Applications seems to have more than its fair share of "drive by" users; users who ask one question and just disappear. What are your ideas for getting some of those users to stick around and ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
The scope of Web Application was evolved over the years. What do you think about the current scope? Should we keep it as is over the next couple of years or should we discuss it before 2019 ends?
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Discussions about the site on Meta Web Apps always only seem to be among the same two or three users. How will you encourage other regular users to engage on Meta and help drive the direction of the ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
What is your basis for determining whether a comment is "unfriendly or unkind" versus one that's "harassment, bigotry, or abuse"?
- 1,732
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&A, while ...
- 101
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2023 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
As a community moderator, you might face situations where you must explain Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange norms.
Stack Overflow banned using ChatGPT's generated text; some other Stack Exchange ...
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4
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2023 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
The community has raised concerns that the "needs details or clarity" close vote reason is being misused. A community moderator has unilaterally closed dozens of questions using the "...
- 2,292
3
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2023 Moderator Election candidates: What's your approach to moderation in the face of community disagreement? Will you prioritize community consensus?
I would respect the community consensus.
In my opinion, the only time moderators should oppose the community is to fulfil the moderator agreement. This should be quite obvious, but even with community ...
- 1,509
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Many questions with score 0 get automatically removed because they had no answer and less than 550 views/year (over 90% of questions here don't get more than 550 views/year). Do you have any plan to ...
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2019 Moderator Election - We need more candidates!
Really? No one else wants to step forward?
I can think of a couple of good candidates.
If I were to step forward as a candidate and then decline to serve if elected, would people cry foul?
- 52.8k
3
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
If there are fewer than 5 active/willing close voters at any given time on the site, how would you intervene and/or manage the close votes queue?
If it's clear to me that the post is a fair ...
- 45.9k
3
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
What is an improvement project you want to take on that is only possible with Moderator tools?
- 52.8k
3
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Which criteria do you examine before migrating a question?
- 1,732
3
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
In your opinion, what is the biggest problem/challenge Web Applications is currently facing? How would you propose to solve it?
- 2,339
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2023 Community Moderator Election Results
After this election, the moderators of Web Apps are:
Blind Spots, elected in 2023
ChrisF, elected in 2011 (and never re-elected)
Rubén, elected in 2020 (and never re-elected)
Why do we have ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Should the reputation score of the user be a factor in any moderator decisions that you make?
- 1,732
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&A, while ...
- 101
2
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2023 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
Web Apps SE has a goal. How well do you think it's going? As a moderator, would you hope to see more of the same, or would you hope to guide the community through some changes?
- 832
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2023 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
A Theory of Moderation states the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange moderation principles. What are the conditions that make such a theory work?
Please focus on featuring the three most important ...
- 45.9k
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2023 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
Most questions have a score 0. Since many questions don't receive answers, Roomba deleted many questions on this website. Do you think we should make the auto-deletion rules of Roomba more lenient to ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible