Who should our moderators be? [duplicate]

Question

In the next few weeks, the Community Team will be appointing three members of this community to act as provisional Moderators♦ until the community is large enough to hold elections of their own.

We are look for folks who have shown deep engagement in the community's development both on in the main Q&A and in the meta community-building activities. Here are some of the traits we look for in an ideal moderator candidate:

• Have a reasonably high reputation score to indicate active, consistent participation.
• Show an interest in their meta’s community-building activities.
• Lead by example, showing patience and respect for their fellow community members in everything they write.
• Exhibit those intangible traits discussed in A Theory of Moderation.

Bonus points for:

• Members with participation in both meta and the parent site (i.e. interest in both community building and expertise in the field).
• Area 51 participation, social network referrals, or blogging about the site.
• Members who have already shown an interest or ability to promote their community.

Candidates will be contacted and three of them will be selected to act as provisional Moderators until the community holds formal elections after the Beta period.

Nominating users to serve as moderators for the beta

For each user that you would like to nominate,

• post an answer containing the URLs to both of the user's main and meta profiles on this site
• make your answer community wiki (there's a checkbox in the answer form) so that candidates without editing privileges can edit in their acceptance
• optionally, link to the user's Area 51 profile or a profile from another site, or add a reason why you'd like him/her to moderate during beta
• self-nominations (i.e. posting your own profiles) are allowed and encouraged
• post each user as a separate answer, and add multiple answers if you wish to nominate multiple users

Additionally, if someone nominates you, please edit the answer to indicate your approval (or declination). Optionally, add a paragraph or two about yourself.

Commenting is encouraged. If you down-vote a recommendation, you are encouraged to share why you did so in the comments, though you are not required to do so. Describing why you up-voted is also encouraged.

For more information about the moderation process, see this blog post:

Moderator Pro Tempore.

Answer 1

PythonMaster (Nomination accepted by nominated user)

PythonMaster LanguageLearning flair http://languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/flair/64.png

meta • Area 51

Now the fourth user on LanguageLearning.SE (and very active here on meta as well), but also has a reasonable stash of rep on a sampling of other SE sites, not the least of which is Meta Stack Exchange.

As of this writing, PythonMaster has asked six 10+ voted questions, and has a grand total of 30 posts on the main site. PythonMaster's answers are characterized by in-depth research. As an obviously active participant in this site, I would like to see PythonMaster as a moderator.

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From wythagoras (slightly edited):

What is especially important for moderators, in my opinion, is the number of user moderation they did. Some stats: He has done many reviews. To be exact, he has made 157 reviews on the main site so far, out of 972. That is over 16%, which probably means that he is the top reviewer on this site. He is the top voter on this site, with over 200 votes, including 50 downvotes. He is currently the third user by Meta participation, with 10 posts and over 100 votes.

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Thank for the nomination, in which I accept. Though very young (a teen), this allows me to be able to spend lots of time here doing all sorts of stuff, including moderating and being a normal user at times. I love moderating and moderation is my favorite part of Stack Exchange so expect me to be moderating 24/7!

If I am not, I am happy to contribute on the main and meta site and pour out my inner Language Learner! If I am elected, I hope that our site will be well moderated by me and the other mods and go up and beyond! If I am not... well good luck to all the nominees!

To respond to Flimzy about my lack of experience, though I have quite some rep I have only been a SE member for a year and a half. But I have tried and have caught up to the big lists of rules and procedures and all. Thus I believe I am quite experienced in SE overall and my editing will improve.

Answer 2

I would like to nominate...

Quill

Although his main site rep is low, he has been very participatory and thoughtful both on meta and on chat. He's clearly concerned about the long-term health of this site, and has been a driving force behind trying to define our on-topic questions, and narrowing in on what this site thinks is too subjective, etc.

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From @Quill:

I accept this nomination. While my reputation is low, I care about the site and I'm trying to do whatever I can to make Language Learning a better place :)

Answer 3

_{self-nomination}

Hatchet

Hatchet LanguageLearning flair http://languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/flair/85.png

Hatchet global flair http://stackexchange.com/users/flair/3296738.png

meta • Area 51

I currently have two 10+ voted answers and have contributed 19 posts to this site. I've self-taught myself most of what I know of the languages I'm learning (I took some Spanish in high school).

• I have a passion for language learning; it's one of my favorite hobbies.
• I'm in the process of learning two languages: Spanish (~3 years self-taught) and Japanese (<1 year self-taught).
• I'm a huge fan of a self-moderating community.
• I like doing research.

Stats:

• 2nd in reputation
• 99 total reviews (10% of total)
• 2nd editor
• 17th voter
• 13th by meta participation

Answer 4

Flimzy

Global Stats:
profile for Flimzy on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&A sites http://stackexchange.com/users/flair/7879.png

Main Site:

Meta:

Area 51:
Area 51 profile for Flimzy http://area51.stackexchange.com/users/flair/39315.png

Should he choose to accept it, I nominate Flimzy.

Flimzy was the user who originally created the Language Learning proposal on Area 51, and he has stuck with it since then. He has been one of the most active users on the site, as well as being active on meta. He is also a pro-tem mod on another site in the SE network, and so is familiar with the tools, privileges, and responsibilities of the position.

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Thank you for the nomination. I would be happy to serve in this role, if this is what the community and SE chooses. I do have several years experience on SE, including 5 years experience as pro-tem moderator on Spanish.SE. I have also been involved, to varying degrees, in a number of sites (both successful and unsuccessful) since private beta, so I do believe I bring a lot of relevant experience to the table, and insight into how to help make a site succeed.

Answer 5

I would like to stand for selection as Moderator Pro Tempore (through self nomination).

I have been a member of Stack Exchange for five years, with the following profile: Tom Au on Stack Exchange, Tom Au on Language Learning SE, Tom Au on the meta site.

I am featured, with reasonably high reputation scores on several SE language sites including German, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Russian.

I have been active on the site in both private beta and meta, and have a fairly high reputation score. I am not a Moderator on any other site, so there would be no schedule conflict in this regard.

My philosophy toward moderation is a nuanced one; I prefer to correct problems rather than eliminate them, and consider closing/deletion, as something of a last resort, if a post has any redeeming features. On the other hand, I have no problem with "throwing out" content that is clearly bad.

Answer 6

fi12

Language Learning

Language Learning Meta

Area 51

I'm daring to nominate myself. I've been with language learning since its first day on private beta, and as such, I've got the highest reputation on LL, so I'm definitely not lacking in active participation. I'm also the second most active on meta, being the first meta editor and third meta voter.

I'm active on both main and meta. On main, I've made 22 posts with five 10+ questions. On meta, I currently have 14 posts.

If elected, I feel that I could a bring a good amount of both technical expertise as well as strong familiarity with the SE network.

As moderator, I'd like to refine our scope of on-topic questions. Maybe even expand our audience through cross site promotion and advertisement.

I'd have a firm yet guiding hand as a moderator. I would consider closing or deleting questions sparingly (as a single vote from a moderator can close or reopen a question), and as I believe it is something that shouldn't be done if the question can be reformed to be on-topic or answerable. Until the question is edited to be answerable however, I have no problem with closing blatantly off-topic questions.

If I was elected, I would have no other conflicts as I'm not a moderator on any other SE site.