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| Molly wrote: | | Which qualities should a person show if he wants to be "picked", or put himself up as, a moderator? |
It would be good if a moderator were someone who does not look at all of the people of a certain nationality as being "all the same", and who has an ability to recognize and accept that people are individuals.
I suppose one very basic desirable quality might also be the ability to identify who had and who had not participated in a given thread.
| Molly wrote: | | And, Jamie, do you think I'd make a good forum moderator? |
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:31 am Private and public: moderators' roles. |
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| Yankee wrote: | | I suppose one very basic desirable quality might also be the ability to identify who had and who had not participated in a given thread. |
If the ten commandments were to be written again, I'd include this post as number 11 
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:47 am Private and public: moderators' roles. |
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So...uh...who's here? Could we have a show of hands?
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:08 am Private and public: moderators' roles. |
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| Quote: | | It would be good if a moderator were someone who does not look at all of the people of a certain nationality as being "all the same", and who has an ability to recognize and accept that people are individuals. |
Really? What has the first part of your sentence got to do with moderating on a language forum?
| Quote: | | I suppose one very basic desirable quality might also be the ability to identify who had and who had not participated in a given thread. |
And what use would that "skill" be?
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Did you feel left out? Well, I can ask the same question to you. |
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:11 am Private and public: moderators' roles. |
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| Ralf wrote: | | Yankee wrote: | | I suppose one very basic desirable quality might also be the ability to identify who had and who had not participated in a given thread. |
If the ten commandments were to be written again, I'd include this post as number 11 |
What do you think Amy means by "participated" there? |
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:58 am Private and public: moderators' roles. |
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Hi,
As a paid up member of the awkward squad I get the feeling that this 'moderator' discussion is reaching the realms of the fanciful.
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Hi Alan
Really, shame on you for shaking your awkward stick at this intriguing debate.
Do you get a stick with membership to this squad?
Why a squad and not a club? Oh sorry it is to be awkward, got it. 
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:43 am Private and public: moderators' roles. |
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Yes, yes, Stew, but what does identifying "who had and who had not participated in a given thread" do for the forum? |
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| Alan wrote: | Hi,
As a paid up member of the awkward squad I get the feeling that this 'moderator' discussion is reaching the realms of the fanciful.
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Why? |
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Hi Molly
Thanks for elaborating, and therefore clarifying your question.
Will leave that to fair Amy to answer.
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Hi Molly
Since I feel sure that you understood my last post perfectly, I see no need for any "clarification". On the off chance that you actually didn't understand, I suspect that no amount of further "clarification" will do any good.
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| Yankee wrote: | Hi Molly
Since I feel sure that you understood my last post perfectly, I see no need for any "clarification". On the off chance that you actually didn't understand, I suspect that no amount of further "clarification" will do any good.
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Well, I didn't understand it, but if when given the chance to clarify, you decline, what can I do? |
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| Molly wrote: | | Well, I didn't understand it, but if when given the chance to clarify, you decline, what can I do? |
Have you considered putting on your top hat, tying up your white tie, and brushing off your tails?
(It is often strangely consoling.)
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