Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 21:23:39 07/24/00
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On July 24, 2000 at 21:06:49, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 24, 2000 at 20:35:28, Ratko V Tomic wrote: > >>> Anyway perhaps it would be a good idea to have a >>> Moderator Test Suite, in the same vein as chess position >>> test suites. List a number of very specific examples, >>> and ask each moderator candidate to explain what if >>> any action they would take in each example, and why. >>> This will give readers a better idea of what to expect. >> >>That's a great idea. We have had several "interesting" >>situations and personalities here that incited lots of >>passions. A questionare would ask how would the candidate >>rule in any of those cases. For the benefit of the newer >>members a brief description of a situation would be given >>(in two versions, pro and con). The borderline situations, >>just like this one, would be the most valuable ones. > >I don't think any of that is needed. We know enough about just about anyone >here who is likely to be nominated. > >Do they think clearly? Can they reason logically? Are they inflamatory? > >Quite frankly, I think *most* of the posters here would do a good job (though >perhaps not the sort of job *I* would like best). > >It's really not that difficult. Just busy-work mostly, and even that is fairly >infrequent. It seems to go in cycles of high/low, with new elections being a >very sharp spike upwards for some inexplicable reason. > >Any perceived lack of action by the moderators is surely the fault of the >regular CCC members for not using the moderator request form. If enough people >are offended by anything, the moderators surely will act -- even if it is >themselves that they must censor. Hi: In fact, the Moderator Test Suite already exists. Before the most recent moderator elections, CCC members were allowed to ask the nominated moderators any question. I read every nominee response, as well as there "platform" statements, and if I had any other questions, I was free to ask. I voted largely on the basis of the answers (as well as day-to-day CCC performance). And of course all of this was available well before the election. As a result I have not been surprised by the performance of any of the current moderators. Best regards, Mark
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