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moderators Wed Jul 16, 2008 17:30 pm  moderators
 

Hi

Ralf was recently made a moderator here. (Congrats again, Ralf.) There are also some other active members here who would make good moderators for the site, in my opinion. I don't know whether they'd actually want such a "job" or not, but I can certainly imagine Tom, lost_soul, or NinaZara, for example, taking on some moderator duties.

Any thoughts on this?
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moderators Wed Jul 16, 2008 18:00 pm  moderators
 

Hi, Amy

Thank you for your trust Smile
I wouldn't mind being a moderator, or seeing Tom or NinaZara as moderators, that's fine with me.
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moderators Thu Jul 17, 2008 15:10 pm  moderators
 

Oh, it feels nice that you thought that of me, Amy. But honestly, I don't think I can be a moderator if you are not one. Seeing all the work, time and energy that you've contributed to this forum, I think they should consider making you a partner.
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moderators Thu Jul 17, 2008 15:38 pm  moderators
 

Hi Nina

When you look at the explosion in new members here, it seems to me that a couple of new moderators might well be needed. (That's just my personal opinion.)

Even though I chose to give up my moderator status here, I think you'd make a great addition to the "green team".
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moderators Thu Jul 17, 2008 15:50 pm  moderators
 

Thanks, Amy. Hmmm, now you've made me wonder how I'd feel if my name was in green... Very Happy I must admit, I don't hate it. Razz
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moderators Thu Jul 17, 2008 16:45 pm  moderators
 

Dear Amy

First of all, thank you very much for the heartening suggestion. You really made my day. Very Happy

...but, Amy, I really believe that my language skills do not allow me to do a moderator's job on the forum. That said, I would love to see the following people as moderators here.

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1- Yankee
2- MrPedantic
3- Barb. D
4- Jamie (K)

I will wait for Torsten's take on this. Matters can always be facilitated--I mean, if Jamie remains busy with his schedule, he can be given one forum for instance, i.e. What do you want to talk about, and I assume that he likes to contribute here. And MrPedantic and Barbara can take responsibility of English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms, and so on and so forth.

I will come back after Torten's reply.

Amy, thanks again.

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moderators Thu Jul 17, 2008 17:17 pm  moderators
 

Hi Tom

Sorry, Tom, but you can't convince me that you don't have the language skills. Laughing
I do think you have the language skills to do it, and you certainly are a devoted member of this site.

It seems to me that the very nature of a team is complementary. Teammates complement each other. (Compliments are always nice, too. Laughing)
In other words, Mod A might be better at doing X than Mod B is. Mod B might be better at doing Y than Mod A is. Mod C might be too busy to do X on a particular day, but Mod D isn't. Mod E might have a different way of explaining something than Mod A. And so on.

Naturally, Torsten and Alan will ultimately decide what does and doesn't happen on their site, or how many moderators they feel they need. This is a very open site, though, and since the topic of moderators has been in the air recently, it seemed an appropriate time to make some suggestions.
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moderators Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:02 am  moderators
 

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Anyway, there is nothing to say that any particular level of language skill is required-- just a level head. Here is the definition that appears in English-test.net's FAQs:

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Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) whose job it is to look after the running of the forums from day to day. They have the power to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally moderators are there to prevent people going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.

A moderators' main job is not to answer language questions, but to be moderate and maintain a modicum of decorum.
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moderators Fri Jul 18, 2008 21:13 pm  moderators
 

Hi MM

Oddly enough, I was not aware that I could lock, unlock, move or split threads when I was a moderator. Or is that something new? I don't recall ever having seen anything that would have enabled me to do those things. Delete and Edit functions, yes, but not the other things.

I agree that a level head is very important for a moderator, and I must say you are one of the most level-headed people I've ever known.

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moderators Fri Jul 18, 2008 21:35 pm  moderators
 

Totally agree with Amy.

Though I've never met him in person, I feel I could entrust MM with balancing a handmade powder keg on one foot Wink
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moderators Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:01 am  moderators
 

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Ak! I hope I'm never put to that test, Ralf!

(I don't know whether the button has always been there, Yank, but I finally stumbled on the 'Move' etc access down at the bottom of the page.)
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moderators Sat Jul 19, 2008 17:43 pm  moderators
 

Amy wrote:
I must say you are one of the most level-headed people I've ever known.

Couldn't agree more, Amy!

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moderators Sun Jul 20, 2008 0:30 am  moderators
 

Ralf wrote:
Totally agree with Amy.

Though I've never met him in person, I feel I could entrust MM with balancing a handmade powder keg on one foot Wink

Although I've never personally witnessed the powder keg feat, I've seen MM balance several ESL forums with very short fuses on one leg while simultaneously bending over backwards to answer exhaustive questionnaires about the present perfect; which is considerably more difficult.

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moderators Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:25 am  moderators
 

It's amazing, considering you live in Japan, MM, where people tend to be long-winded. But I think that explains the patience. Smile
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moderators Sun Jul 20, 2008 13:59 pm  moderators
 

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I guess you're all too far away to hear me grinding my teeth, eh? But thanks for the strokes. Now let's see if we can get another Mod or two.
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