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2019 Community Moderator Election Results

Software Engineering's fourth moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the two new moderators are: They'll be joining the existing crew shortly—please thank ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election

The 2019 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection [closed]

Software Engineering Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election starting next week, February 25th. In connection with that, we will be hosting a Q&A here for candidates. This will be an ...
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2013 Community Moderator Election Results

Programmers' third moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is: He'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank him for volunteering, and ...
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2013 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest

The following is a "digest" version of the 2013 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the Town ...
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"In the election phase, 10 candidates advance..." really 10?

Note at 2013 Moderator Election page states: In the election phase, 10 candidates advance to final community voting... But there are three candidates, not 10, as indicated by another note at this ...
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Is a third choice vote identical to no vote at all?

We have a ballot with three candidates and three ranked choices. What I'm wondering is if there is any difference between voting someone as third choice and not selecting a third choice at all. Are ...
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2013 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat

In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the ...
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Viewing a candidate's closing record

Certain close votes are publicly available, such as in the "closed by" box on the question itself, and in the history tab of the new review tool. However, I have been unable to find a way to view ...
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2013 Community Moderator Election

The 2013 Community Moderator Election is now underway! completed! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and ...
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Does the community think we should have another Moderator Election this year?

Are we going to have another Community Moderator Election for 2013? It seems like we have one around this time every year. Does the community/mods think we need another mod? I, personally, think ...
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Why not offer a "voter" badge for participating in the moderators election?

Regarding What do our "low" 2012 election numbers mean?. (I posted it as an answer, but I then deleted it and post it now as a question) 297/5874, yes, that's really a very low percentage. ...
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What do our "low" 2012 election numbers mean?

I noticed and so did several others that vote counts seemed very low for the 2012 moderator elections. Here are some statistics. Moderator Election for 2012 5,874 voters were eligible 2,...
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2012 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest

The following is a "digest" version of the 2012 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the Town ...
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Unanswered town hall question regarding acknowledgment of dissenting opinions [closed]

I asked the following in the town hall chat for the moderator election, but there were no responses. I guess it is possible that the candidates, like this one, merely felt that the question was not "...
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2012 Moderator Election: Town Hall Chat - Tuesday 22:00 UTC / 5pm EST [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 2012 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an ...
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Do any of the moderator candidates intend to moderate differently?

Moderating is a very subjective activity. Some candidates may feel that they can uphold the programmers.se charter, but do it in a way that differs from the way that the incumbents do it today. ...
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Should moderator nominees have their reputations recalculated?

Last election, there was a suggestion that nominees should have their reputations recalculated to accurately reflect their current totals and take into account all activity taken on the site thus far. ...
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How many will be elected in 2012?

How many Moderators will be elected this year?
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2012 Community Moderator Election [closed]

The 2012 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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Should P.SE Moderators have to "defend their seat"?

Building off of @Mark Trapp's answer here, should P.SE moderators have to defend their seat? In other words, should we keep a limited number of moderators and force them to run for re-election ...
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When are the next moderator elections for P.SE?

I noticed they are running for StackOverflow. I also noticed that the previous occured in january this year, does this mean that the next P.SE elections are due in january 2012?
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2011 Moderator Elections - Town Hall Chat: 11pm UTC on the 2nd (happening now!)

In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the ...
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Rep Recalc for All Moderator Nominees [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Should moderator nominees have their reputations recalculated? Well, I just recalced and lost a few hundred points, it might not be a bad idea for everyone else to do the same ...
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Information on the moderator candidates [closed]

Yi Jiang has put together a nice site that use the Stack Overflow API to display information on the moderator candidates. Click here to see all the information. The information presented is: What ...
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What is the best way to ask questions to nominees?

Jeff suggests that we ask questions to nominees on meta with the Election tag. So far I've seen four ways to ask questions to nominees: Right in the comments of nominee's introduction. One question ...
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Nominees 2011: Could you please tell more about your future moderation style?

It’s very important to pick the right moderators for the future of this community. Here is a first (grouped) question I would like to ask. I strongly encourage other members to do the same. In ...
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I want to ask few questions to nominees, should I ask them in a single question?

I have some general questions to ask. I hope each nominee will answer. Should I ask each questions individually or in a single question to avoid too much items in case other users want to do the same (...
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2011 Community Moderator Election [closed]

The 2011 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks,...