2015 Moderator Election

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!

Election chat room - discuss the election, candidates, etc.
For questions about the election process itself, visit Meta.
The candidates answer your questions

This election ended Oct 20 '15 at 20:00.

Anyone may download the election data. Voters have access to pre-built OpenSTV software to audit the results; all others may use this source distribution.

1,888 voters were eligible, 506 visited the site during the election, 338 visited the election page, and 192 voted

2 Candidates

Nomination Primary Election

I'm a high rep, experienced user who is very active on Stack Exchange and a seasoned moderator on Video Production, Sound Design and Community Building. I'm also a part time professional wedding photographer. I have not had as much time recently to post answers as I used to, but I check in on photography regularly and check moderation queues for my moderation sites several times a day. I've withdrawn a bit from this site to focus on the sites where I moderate to make the most of my time, but I love this site and would like to be able to make a bigger difference here.

I'm extremely familiar with the Photography.SE community and moderators and know how they operate. The main thing I bring to the table is my experience moderating artistic and subjective content on Stack Exchange.

My goals as a moderator would be to keep things running smoothly and finding ways to integrate "Good Subjective" questions on artistry with the community. I want the site to be welcoming to newcomers and make sure that we maintain a high quality repository of questions and answers for photographers of all skill levels.

posted Oct 5 '15 at 22:21

AJ Henderson♦
member for 8 years

candidate score 35/40

reputation >= 20k
moderation badges: 6/8
editing badges: 4/6
participation badges: 5/6

reviews | meta posts

comments disabled on deleted / locked posts / reviews |

This is my fifth year on the site, and third time participating in a moderator election. I have been consistently very active throughout, visiting the site daily except when camping or travelling. Being in New Zealand, I'm in a different timezone from the other moderators and able to provide coverage for the night shift.

Over time I have spent less time answering questions and transitioned more to editing, flagging and clearing the review queues, which I do many times during the day. I try to be welcoming to new users, and wherever possible comment or edit in order to salvage a question rather than closing it.

We have a knowledgeable and friendly community, and I would like to continue to help out in any way I can.

posted Oct 5 '15 at 22:09

MikeW♦
member for 9 years

candidate score 38/40

reputation >= 20k
moderation badges: 7/8
editing badges: 6/6
participation badges: 5/6

reviews | meta posts

Wow, you aren't kidding. You are already extremely active with reviews/revisions here. I have to say I appreciate what you have done already for the site! – dpollitt Oct 6 '15 at 2:49

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This election is complete.

nomination period began

Oct 5 '15 at 20:00

election began

Oct 12 '15 at 20:00

election ended

Oct 20 '15 at 20:00

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Nomination Phase

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

Nominees are required to construct a small, freely editable 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 most recently nominated first order.

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

After 7 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.

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2015 Moderator Election

This election ended Oct 20 '15 at 20:00.

Anyone may download the election data. Voters have access to pre-built OpenSTV software to audit the results; all others may use this source distribution.

1,888 voters were eligible, 506 visited the site during the election, 338 visited the election page, and 192 voted

2 Candidates

This election is complete.

2015 Moderator Election

This election ended Oct 20 '15 at 20:00. Anyone may download the election data. Voters have access to pre-built OpenSTV software to audit the results; all others may use this source distribution.

1,888 voters were eligible, 506 visited the site during the election, 338 visited the election page, and 192 voted

2 Candidates

This election is complete.

This election ended Oct 20 '15 at 20:00.

Anyone may download the election data. Voters have access to pre-built OpenSTV software to audit the results; all others may use this source distribution.