I'm only replying to the first four replies for now... I'll reply to others as they come in.
Your points are rediculous. Infractions are there to warn. You take em out all hell will break loose. Without infractions bans will work oddly. we dont need more mods. The inactive areas if gotten out of control can be handled with out moderators. If the mod is inactive then they will be sent an email most likely that need to do there jobs. If they have a reason that they are so inactive the igher up could give a helping hand and thats it.
Is my speeling ridiculous, too?
Where on Earth did I say anything about removing infractions...? lol, your post doesn't really even deserve a reply seeing as you ignored the purpose of everything I suggested.
And infractions as lightning stated dont play much role in who becomes a mod. Adding to the sprucer of an are or a very good member or are very capable if you become a mod of an area it also mans its the area you care for the most and love to help make a better place.
Telling me stuff I already know? Thanks.
Have you actually read the
forum leaders page? The only mod with more than one forum (subforums notwithstanding, but they don't factor in so much) is Aegis, and only a handful have two. Plus, regarding your point with the writing forums, Astinus has easily proven herself to be capable of handling the two, and while they are different the two forums have enough similarities to allow one mod to take care of the both of them. Your ideas seem to be based on the notion that one mod only has the mental/physical capacity to take on one forum, but that's a very limiting assumption that shouldn't be made in the first place.
Yeah, I used two as a "They can have two if they actually care about both of them, and they're not incredibly active." And sadly you didn't quite read me at all. I didn't say she wasn't capable... just that OW and Pokemon Writing can't be held to the same standards and shouldn't be treated as the same board.
The operative word is 'could', because frankly one wouldn't run the risk of modding a member who gets into trouble. A staff member should lead by example, and one can't go handing the positions out to members who simply have the potential to be a good mod - a mod candidate should already be showing such qualities, and ideally should have for a long time.
At least you're acknowledging this point... whether you agreed with it or not. (Although "long time" points to BB and Franceschi)
The moderators that are in charge of forums by themselves are usually both capable of handling the workload and active enough to convince the higher-ups that further moderators are not required. Or, there simply aren't any members who are quite up to the existing moderators' standards.
@your last paragraph, I'm not really sure what you mean. Handling the workload should not be the only responsibility of a mod... seeing as a few sections have "lock 'n' leave" mods.
Yeah I pretty much disagree with everything. :|
Why does that not surprise me in the slightest? ^_^
I dunno, I see it as writing is writing no matter what the topic is. If there's concrete evidence that another mod, or a different mod, is needed, we'll look into it. As for mods with more than one section, they've all shown they can handle it. If it turns out they can't, we remove them from the forums they can't deal with and look elsewhere for help.
Writing is writing... and posting is posting. Since all forums are generally based around posting information and opinions, should we just have digi-kun mod all the sections and can everyone else?
I'd prefer to have mods who can conduct themselves in a non-infraction-inducing fashion all over the board in the first place, thank you. There's no reason they shouldn't be mature enough to do so before we hire them. Plus it's not like we haven't modded people with infractions (or even previous bans) before. We go on a case-by-case and consider anyone with potential. Infractions are obviously going to be a hindrance but we don't automatically ignore someone who has any. They are, and will always BE, a heavy factor though. Moreso if they're continuous/recent.
Well, I wasn't really sure about this, glad to know that it's not as heavily weighted, as, you know, stuff that matters.
Most of the dead sections just don't get activity regardless. We'll mod someone there if we feel they can spruce it up and bring new life to the forum but otherwise we just check in and police the place, more or less. If someone stands out in a modless forum, we'll probably mod them. If not, it'll stay as is.
Wut? If all the mods left S&M (seeing as they do provide most of the permissions and are the only ones that can implement new ideas well), I think the majority of the members would follow right behind them.
Because when we have too many mods, there isn't enough work to go around, the mods feel useless and they quit. That or there's too much confusion as to who does what, it's hard to coordinate things, and it becomes a hassle for everyone involved. Overstaffing isn't good.
If a mod feels useless, they probably are. They CAN do things besides dictate, yell, and infract... they can post important stickies, implement new ideas to bring in activity, and all sorts of things that aren't affected by the number of trolls on the site.