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Sunrise-Moon · 2010-09-12 11:47:53

rufflebee wrote:
iCode-747 wrote:
Ace-Of-Hearts wrote:
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
Teh average is 69.247 licks.
I got 106..

What are some traits you think a moderator should have?

They should be helpful, kind, firm when they need to be, quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry, and friendly.

Wolfie1996 · 2010-09-12 11:49:05

RobotKitty wrote:
How can or will you improve the protection of the Other Language forums? I've seen a couple of people exchanges e-mails there.

Hm - I'd say, as a community, if you see anything that looks like an email exchange, just report it - it's easy, helpful, and no mod powers required big_smile (you don't necessarily have to speak the language... I skim over the OL forums (even though I only speak French and English) occasionally, looking for commercial spam, and email exchange. Links and emails look pretty much the same, whatever the language )

One of the hardest parts of moderation is finding things to clean up - a report on spam might not seem like much to you, but it's a valuable resource to us. smile

Also, the biggest problem with the OL forums, IMO is that, because less people look there, spam, email exchange and such can go unreported for days or even weeks. So probably the best way I can think of to keep the OL forums clean is just by anyone taking a quick look through a few OL threads, and reporting emails, spam and the like smile

What's harder with OL forum moderating is finding and cleaning up arguments - machine translations can be misleading sometimes, and innocent discussion may be seen as an argument, or an argument might seem like a normal discussion... hmm

Telemachus · 2010-09-12 11:50:27

rufflebee wrote:
iCode-747 wrote:
Ace-Of-Hearts wrote:
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
Teh average is 69.247 licks.
I got 106..

What are some traits you think a moderator should have?

I'll leave that for the voters to decide. smile
Myself, I think that a moderator should be honest, understanding, kind, respectful, and above all, patient.

Sunrise-Moon · 2010-09-12 11:53:04

Wolfie1996 wrote:
RobotKitty wrote:
How can or will you improve the protection of the Other Language forums? I've seen a couple of people exchanges e-mails there.
Hm - I'd say, as a community, if you see anything that looks like an email exchange, just report it - it's easy, helpful, and no mod powers required (you don't necessarily have to speak the language... I skim over the OL forums (even though I only speak French and English) occasionally, looking for commercial spam, and email exchange)

One of the hardest parts of moderation is finding things to clean up - a report on spam might not seem like much to you, but it's a valuable resource to us.

Also, the biggest problem with the OL forums, IMO is that, because less people look there, spam, email exchange and such can go unreported for days or even weeks. So probably the best way I can think of to keep the OL forums clean is just by anyone taking a quick look through a few OL threads, and reporting emails, spam and the like

There should be a thread in the OL forums that shows a user how to report a thread.

Telemachus · 2010-09-12 11:53:22

Wolfie1996 wrote:
RobotKitty wrote:
How can or will you improve the protection of the Other Language forums? I've seen a couple of people exchanges e-mails there.
Hm - I'd say, as a community, if you see anything that looks like an email exchange, just report it - it's easy, helpful, and no mod powers required (you don't necessarily have to speak the language... I skim over the OL forums (even though I only speak French and English) occasionally, looking for commercial spam, and email exchange)

One of the hardest parts of moderation is finding things to clean up - a report on spam might not seem like much to you, but it's a valuable resource to us.

Also, the biggest problem with the OL forums, IMO is that, because less people look there, spam, email exchange and such can go unreported for days or even weeks. So probably the best way I can think of to keep the OL forums clean is just by anyone taking a quick look through a few OL threads, and reporting emails, spam and the like

Thanks for the tip, Wolfie. smile
I'll make sure to report any rule violating posts I find there. smile

fire219 · 2010-09-12 12:18:20

Does anyone else think that all these "Vote for Me!" topics are losing them votes?

Kileymeister · 2010-09-12 12:19:23

fire219 wrote:
Does anyone else think that all these "Vote for Me!" topics are losing them votes?

Possibly, that's why I made mine to announce I'd be running, but now I've let it die down by not bumping it at all.

fire219 · 2010-09-12 12:28:19

You could have made a topic called "Kileymeister is running for mod!" instead.

Kileymeister · 2010-09-12 12:41:54

fire219 wrote:
You could have made a topic called "Kileymeister is running for mod!" instead.

Mine was called "Kileymeister for Moderator" so close enough. But I'm gonna let it die down anyways.

iamrpk · 2010-09-12 13:50:28

JeanTheFox wrote:
Nice campaign slogan

tongue

iamrpk · 2010-09-12 14:19:19

rufflebee wrote:
How would you handle a general flame war?

I would kindly tell them to stop it, but if they didn't stop, I would close the topic and, if necessary, make some bans.

iamrpk · 2010-09-12 14:22:20

RobotKitty wrote:
How can or will you improve the protection of the Other Language forums? I've seen a couple of people exchanges e-mails there.

Excellent question! big_smile

I will post a few warnings and remind the users to follow the rules. I will also ask people to report inappropriate things. On top of this, I will use Google Translator to see any inappropriate material so I can remove it.

iamrpk · 2010-09-12 14:23:53

rufflebee wrote:
iCode-747 wrote:
Ace-Of-Hearts wrote:
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
Teh average is 69.247 licks.
I got 106..

What are some traits you think a moderator should have?

Kindness, responsibility, leadership, and open-mindedness. wink

terminator68 · 2010-09-12 14:25:37

Yep. I think moderators should have those traits too.

iamrpk · 2010-09-12 14:43:31

terminator68 wrote:
Yep. I think moderators should have those traits too.

Thanks big_smile

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