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##What do you think the main job of moderator is?

What do you think the main job of moderator is?

A Moderator is the site's representative to the Network.

On a local level, they make sure their members have the means to work through local issues where they can.
On a local level, they make sure their members have the means to work through local issues where they can.

They elicit help from us, and their moderator peers on the same site and within the network, as necessary.
They elicit help from us, and their moderator peers on the same site and within the network, as necessary.

If there's a feature request for a specific site, it's up to that community to vet the idea in their own meta. If the idea has merit, the Moderator would bring it to the Stack Exchange team.
If there's a feature request for a specific site, it's up to that community to vet the idea in their own meta. If the idea has merit, the Moderator would bring it to the Stack Exchange team.

##Do you have any previous experience as a moderator?

Do you have any previous experience as a moderator?

##Our site is a very new one. We can expect a lot of posts that are broad, but are about practical problems faced when learning a language. What is your opinions on such questions?

Our site is a very new one. We can expect a lot of posts that are broad, but are about practical problems faced when learning a language. What is your opinions on such questions?

##If you users fight over each other in comments, etc... how will you handle that situation?

If you users fight over each other in comments, etc... how will you handle that situation?

Your goal is to guide the community with gentle -- but firm -- intervention. Respect your fellow community members at all times; demonstrate fairness and impartiality in your actions.

...

In the case of serious disputes, communicate directly with users via email to help mediate and resolve those disputes.

##Some users who post great answers may not agree with the community. For example, they may want something to be included in our site which was previously agreed to be off-topic. How will you deal with such users? We surely don't want to loose their good answers.

Some users who post great answers may not agree with the community. For example, they may want something to be included in our site which was previously agreed to be off-topic. How will you deal with such users? We surely don't want to loose their good answers.

##You come across a question which you think should be closed. But major of the community people say the opposite. What will you do?

You come across a question which you think should be closed. But major of the community people say the opposite. What will you do?

##If a fellow moderator disagrees with you, how will you handle that situation?

If a fellow moderator disagrees with you, how will you handle that situation?

##What do you think the main job of moderator is?

A Moderator is the site's representative to the Network.

On a local level, they make sure their members have the means to work through local issues where they can.

They elicit help from us, and their moderator peers on the same site and within the network, as necessary.

If there's a feature request for a specific site, it's up to that community to vet the idea in their own meta. If the idea has merit, the Moderator would bring it to the Stack Exchange team.

##Do you have any previous experience as a moderator?

##Our site is a very new one. We can expect a lot of posts that are broad, but are about practical problems faced when learning a language. What is your opinions on such questions?

##If you users fight over each other in comments, etc... how will you handle that situation?

Your goal is to guide the community with gentle -- but firm -- intervention. Respect your fellow community members at all times; demonstrate fairness and impartiality in your actions.

...

In the case of serious disputes, communicate directly with users via email to help mediate and resolve those disputes.

##You come across a question which you think should be closed. But major of the community people say the opposite. What will you do?

##If a fellow moderator disagrees with you, how will you handle that situation?

What do you think the main job of moderator is?

A Moderator is the site's representative to the Network.

On a local level, they make sure their members have the means to work through local issues where they can.

They elicit help from us, and their moderator peers on the same site and within the network, as necessary.

If there's a feature request for a specific site, it's up to that community to vet the idea in their own meta. If the idea has merit, the Moderator would bring it to the Stack Exchange team.

Do you have any previous experience as a moderator?

Our site is a very new one. We can expect a lot of posts that are broad, but are about practical problems faced when learning a language. What is your opinions on such questions?

If you users fight over each other in comments, etc... how will you handle that situation?

Your goal is to guide the community with gentle -- but firm -- intervention. Respect your fellow community members at all times; demonstrate fairness and impartiality in your actions.

...

In the case of serious disputes, communicate directly with users via email to help mediate and resolve those disputes.

Some users who post great answers may not agree with the community. For example, they may want something to be included in our site which was previously agreed to be off-topic. How will you deal with such users? We surely don't want to loose their good answers.

You come across a question which you think should be closed. But major of the community people say the opposite. What will you do?

If a fellow moderator disagrees with you, how will you handle that situation?

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##What do you think the main job of moderator is?

Well, community moderation is a thing here, and that's awesome. Like it says in A Theory of Moderation, community moderators do... "as little as possible", because the Stack Exchange site pattern is mostly "self-regulating".

In addition to the functions of a normal user, dealing with flagged posts, unique situations, etc., are the responsibility of moderators, but so is helping in the very growth of the community.

As it says here:

A Moderator is the site's representative to the Network.

On a local level, they make sure their members have the means to work through local issues where they can.

They elicit help from us, and their moderator peers on the same site and within the network, as necessary.

If there's a feature request for a specific site, it's up to that community to vet the idea in their own meta. If the idea has merit, the Moderator would bring it to the Stack Exchange team.

##Do you have any previous experience as a moderator?

No.

##Our site is a very new one. We can expect a lot of posts that are broad, but are about practical problems faced when learning a language. What is your opinions on such questions?

If they're too broad, they're too broad, and deserve to be closed. Otherwise, they can be edited to make them not too broad.

##If you users fight over each other in comments, etc... how will you handle that situation?

I'd handle it on a case-by-case basis, mostly, but fortunately, the moderators have guidelines for these situations (from A Theory of Moderation):

Your goal is to guide the community with gentle -- but firm -- intervention. Respect your fellow community members at all times; demonstrate fairness and impartiality in your actions.

...

In the case of serious disputes, communicate directly with users via email to help mediate and resolve those disputes.

It sounds like a... unique... situation where a user would be considered problematic for providing good answers that are still somehow off-topic. If the answer is off topic, yet still a good answer, I'd suspect the question was off-topic as well.

But...

I'd communicate with them. Explain the reasoning for certain things being on- or off-topic.

##You come across a question which you think should be closed. But major of the community people say the opposite. What will you do?

Communicate with the community, and with other moderators, especially. If it isn't off-topic according to the community, then it isn't off-topic.

##If a fellow moderator disagrees with you, how will you handle that situation?

Communicate with them. Attempt to understand their reasoning, and present mine. Disagreement should be resolved diplomatically, and should hopefully be infrequent.