Timeline for 2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
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| Oct 19, 2020 at 21:05 | comment | added | Diego | Coincido con fedorqui. Glorfindel tiene mucha experiencia como moderador y será de gran ayuda en el sitio (aunque yo apenas le conozco actividad en este, aparte de aprobar sus edits a otros posts en las colas). Lo malo, peor en mi opinión que la escasa participación en Main o Meta, es que en esta comunidad tendemos a actuar sobre las consecuencias de los problemas y no sobre las causas. Pensaba que las elecciones fracasarían, lo discutiríamos en Meta y aprenderíamos algo, pero hemos encontrado la forma de solucionarlo sin enfrentarnos al problema de la falta de interés por las elecciones | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 13:53 | comment | added | fedorqui | @wimi yes, sure Glorfindel can and will do great if appointed/elected. Btw, some sites post a prenomination where people can suggest others to run for moderator (we tried this last year, then deleted). Also, note moderators of a site are not isolated: there are plenty of network wide resources for them: a chat (Teachers' Lounge), a direct contact system with CMs, and a Stack Overflow for Teams. So more than "network knowledge" what I think we need in a moderation team is "Spanish.SE knowledge", plus some women, plus some people in South America. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 9:41 | comment | added | wimi | @fedorqui'SOstopharming' On the positive side, we know that he knows how to moderate, so I do not think he would do a bad job. Of course, whatever the results of the election, I will accept them and work together with everyone (mods and non-mods) to make the most of the situation. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 9:33 | comment | added | wimi | @fedorqui'SOstopharming' About Glorfindel's nomination, I would also prefer someone familiar with the community, otherwise it's hard to apply his first sentence, "Moderators are first and foremost elected by the community to represent their interests in every way possible". Most important to me is that moderators have support from the community, as exercising "power" without support is very difficult. If it turns out that there is this support, then I am fine with the nomination. If Glorfindel is appointed with little or no support, then I think that something in the system should be changed. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 9:02 | comment | added | wimi | @fedorqui'SOstopharming' I had thought something like this might happen, that is why I asked the opinion of the community before nominating myself. There was an interest check a while ago where it was clear that very few people would step up... I think this could have been solved by opening only two moderator positions instead of three. Or by imposing a threshold in the votes for a candidate to be appointed, let's say some percentage of the winner's votes. But now it is too late for that. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 8:17 | comment | added | fedorqui | So the situation is: the site has some problems, one of them being lack of interest of people to nominate as moderators. Instead of going to the root of it, you suggest to have a random nominee (that anybody would beat, in your own words) so that we cover more moderator vacancies. I don't this is a fix but a workaround. You well know I appreciate your work around SE, we have "met" several times in Meta.SE around different issues, but I don't think this is the way to go. Good luck to you all. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 8:07 | comment | added | Charlie Mod | @fedorqui'SOstopharming' I'm also surprised by this nomination, and Glorfindel may not know how this community works, but he's already a mod in three other sites so he may help us with knowledge about how to handle some situations we may have not faced yet, and how to improve the way we work. And we can always help him with what he doesn't know, so he can get the grasp of our community as time goes by. Given the situation I'm glad about this nomination. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 6:13 | comment | added | Glorfindel Mod | I completely understand, that's why I wrote in my nomination Since I'm far from the ideal candidate, I've waited until now to nominate; I'm sincerely hoping other better suited users will take the job. Someone else might be holding back their nomination, fearing that they might end up last in the election. Rest assured, they'll beat me. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 5:32 | comment | added | fedorqui | I very much appreciate your job around Stack Exchange, but I cannot understand this nomination (that would currently mean you being appointed). In 4 years in the site you've asked 2 questions and answered 2 in Meta. I think this is far from enough to grasp the idea of the community. I would suggest spending some time on the site and then running for moderator in subsequent elections. | |
| Oct 18, 2020 at 20:12 | history | answered | GlorfindelMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |