2019 Moderator Election

nomination began

Aug 5, 2019 at 20:00

election began

Aug 19, 2019 at 19:00

election cancelled

Aug 19, 2019 at 19:00

candidates

positions

Nomination Phase

In the nomination phase, any community member in good standing with more than 300 reputation (and 18 or up) may nominate themselves to be a community moderator.

Nominees are required to construct a small introduction to describe why they might make a good community moderator. Comments are active during the length of the nomination phase – please comment freely, particularly if there is any way a nominee introduction can be improved or refined to be more clear.

All nominees are displayed in reverse order of nomination.

Nominations are not binding; nominees may withdraw at their discretion at any point during the nomination phase.

After 13 days, the top 30 nominees, ordered by reputation, advance to the primary phase. However, if there are 10 or fewer candidates, we skip directly to the election phase. If there are not enough eligible nominations at the end of the nomination period, it will be extended by one week. If there are not enough nominations after an extension the election will be canceled.

On Stack Exchange, we believe the core moderators should come from the community, and be elected by the community itself through popular vote. We hold regular elections to determine who these community moderators will be.

Community moderators are accorded the highest level of privilege on our community, and should themselves be exemplars of positive behavior and leaders within the community.

Our general criteria for moderators is as follows:

patient and fair
leads by example
shows respect for their fellow community members in their actions and words
open to some light but firm moderation to keep the community on track and resolve (hopefully) uncommon disputes and exceptions

Every election has three phases:

Nomination
Primary
Election

Please participate in the moderator elections by voting, and perhaps even by nominating yourself to be a community moderator!

1 Candidate

Nomination Primary Election

My name is Rubén. Here is the link to my 2019 election questionnaire answers.

I think that all users that are able to vote are moderators and ♦ moderators have a great challenge to use their superpowers wisely. As a community one of our biggest challenges are to help new users to make a good enough on-topic first question and to follow the SE Q/A model (say thank you by accepting answering questions, post comments to their own questions' answers if they need clarification, etc.)

IMHO the most important "superpower" of a ♦ moderator is the first impression that they give to new users. Something that helps to give a good impression is to help them to understand the scope and the ropes of Web Applications.

I started on the SE network four years ago, then I found Web Applications, hopefully soon I will get the gold badge on google-sheets. On WebApps I'm one of the most active users over the last years, both on the main site and Meta.

As a new ♦ moderator I will be eager to learn from others ♦ moderators as fast as I can and work together to keep the site in good health.

posted Aug 11, 2019 at 15:30

Rubén - Volunteer Moderator -♦
member for 9 years

candidate score 40/40

reputation >= 20k
moderation badges: 8/8
editing badges: 6/6
participation badges: 6/6

reviews | meta posts

Add a comment |

Stack Exchange Network

2019 Moderator Election

1 Candidate

This election is over.