To all L19 forum members,

L19 has now stabilised as a reasonably active and thriving Go community, and the moderation / administration have been discussing moderation policies for the forum. We have decided that it would be good to have a yearly refresher of the moderation team to ensure:

a) All moderators are there with the full support of the majority of the forum members
b) Moderators have an incentive to keep doing a good job if they want to retain their role
c) There is full accountability from the forum community as to the team they elect to be responsible for the moderation of the forums

The situation has arisen because of a few reasons:

a) Of the four elected moderators, two are no longer active L19 members
b) There has been the occasional bad aji regarding moderation practices on L19, although the majority of the time there have been few issues
c) We feel that this increases the transparency and accountability of the moderation practices on L19

So, we have decided that we feel 4 moderators is a good number to continue through 2011 with, and this does not include administrators. We have agreed that there is a separation between the roles of an administrator (responsible for handling the software and functionality of the forums) and a moderator (responsible for maintaining atmosphere, content, and enforcing policies in the forums). Admins are also going to stand as nominees if they wish to be a moderator as well, but this is not going to be implicit otherwise, with the exception of handling spam, porn and other gross abuses of the forum software.

We currently have 4 nominees: araban, Chew Terr, Joaz Banbeck, and topazg, and are looking for at least 4 more people to volunteer their services as a potential forum moderator. If you are interested, please respond to this thread. When all nominations are in, all registered forum users will have 4 votes, and the 4 moderators with the highest votes will be selected to moderate the forums in 2011.

First I thought I will only respond if there is a shortage of good candidates, but then I thought what the heck, there's a vote anyway so if there is no shortage of good candidates then I just wont be elected. In short: I volunteer.

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Who are the now inactive moderators? Tealeaf, and...?

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Tealeaf and wossname

I'd be happy to help out. I work at home, so I'm able to check the forum often during the day (European time, of course).

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I think it would be good to try and find moderators in as many different time zones as possible. When I was in China, I noticed spam far more regularly than now that I'm back in Europe. I think that is because all the moderators are from Europe or the US.

So IMO, it would be especially good if we could find someone from East Asia or a similar time zone (Australia or New Zealand?).

I think that your experience is a coincidence. We simply had more spam during that time.

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Can we nominate (with permission) folks other than ourselves?

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"This is a game that rewards patience and balance. You must think like a man of action and act like a man of thought."
-Jonas Skarssen

By all means. Nominate anyone you feel would make a good moderator.

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I'm thinking...

i will nominate deja.

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The greater the unknown"
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Hehehe, that's karma!

Thank you, Magicwand. I really do appreciate that but I must decline. I just don't have the time and besides I don't think I would make a good moderator - topazg and araban have set the bar pretty high.

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"This is a game that rewards patience and balance. You must think like a man of action and act like a man of thought."
-Jonas Skarssen

I vote for somebody who doesn't realise that there is no in a normal game.

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This is exactly why nominating something else is a bad idea

I should have added "with permission" in my post. Nevertheless, I don't begrudge Magicwand's nomination in the least. Thanks again, Magicwand!

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"This is a game that rewards patience and balance. You must think like a man of action and act like a man of thought."
-Jonas Skarssen

I agree, nomination should be fine, as should the ability to decline said nomination. Some people may not want to put themselves forward due to modesty, but would gladly accept a role if asked.

I'd like to volunteer too. Since I hardly ever play in real life, you guys are pretty much my go community, so I'd be glad for the chance to contribute. I live in Europe.

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Patience, grasshopper.

There is in a normal handicap game, and some of us feel handicapped in every game we play

Ohhh shiny new moderators! Good luck to all who apply.

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Currently:

araban
Chew Terr
daal
Joaz Banbeck
kirkmc
tj86430
topazg

We can technically have 15 voting options, so I guess we'll stay open until it doesn't look like more people are interested