Moderator voting thread

Undertoad · 01-06-2008, 04:21 PM

Please vote for no more than two people, to be Cellar moderators through the end of the year. The top two will be selected. The term of this office will be through 12/31/2008.

Nominees are listed in order of nomination. All user names are lower case because I was too lazy to look up 22 entries to check on upper-lower case.

The job is:

Quote:

Moderators are added to the list of email addresses that get notified when someone reports a post. One would remove spam and forum abuse and things like this.

Moderators can do the following:
- Edit, move, delete posts
- Edit, move, copy, open/close threads
- Post announcements (make posts "sticky" at the top of the forum)
- View IP addresses
- Ban users

This is not a popularity contest but a way to figure out who should have additional power for the benefit of the community. Full disclosure: although I have the ability to see who voted for whom, I won't peek, I sincerely promise.

The vote will be open for four days, ending at approx. 5:30 pm EST Jan. 10. Thanks all for participating.

Sperlock · 01-06-2008, 06:29 PM

You may want to expand the term of office to go beyond the past.

Undertoad · 01-06-2008, 06:44 PM

Year edited, thanks

ZenGum · 01-06-2008, 09:58 PM

Please don't vote for me. As I mentioned, my future visiting the cellar is very uncertain, and I'd have to decline.
I guess I was a bit too diplomatic about it. By Japanese standards that was a blatant refusal. I have to keep recalibrating my social expectations every time I log in to visit you noisy rude pushy westerners

Ibby · 01-06-2008, 10:52 PM

VOTE ZENGUM '08
ZenGum for FreeDum

HungLikeJesus · 01-07-2008, 12:06 AM

I originally wrote a longer version of the following for a different thread, but seeing zero votes by so many names (including, thankfully, mine

), I thought it would be fun to recycle it (really, I'm just too lazy to write something new). I hope nobody takes it seriously.

This thread makes me feel
a little bit sad -
no, not for those who didn't make the list,
that's not so bad -
but for those who did
but still have a lonely little zero
sitting by their name.

...

Eyes sting, ears ring,
dry lips twitch, and nostrils flair,
fingers run through sweat-soaked hair,
and in the center, the popular people
tell themselves it's not polite to stare.

kerosene · 01-07-2008, 08:38 AM

I think you just got a vote for your campaign poem. Way to go, there.

ZenGum · 01-07-2008, 09:10 AM

Ibram, if I do get elected, your posts are going to suffer. :p

SteveDallas · 01-07-2008, 11:07 AM

I understand that results will likely change by the end of the voting period. But it seems appropriate to ask now, when a final outcome is still hypothetical.

At the moment there is a tie for first place between three different people. Is there a procedure in place for tie-breaking?

BigV · 01-07-2008, 11:48 AM

I suggest runoff voting

Undertoad · 01-07-2008, 01:01 PM

I'm certain that we can figure a way.

classicman · 01-07-2008, 01:04 PM

I concur

glatt · 01-07-2008, 01:26 PM

"Three Dwellars enter, two Dwellars leave.
Three Dwellars enter, two Dwellars leave."

'Cmon, chant it with me.

LJ · 01-07-2008, 02:28 PM

i was all excited when i saw that i had 6 votes.....then i was relieved when i saw bruce, wolf, and the other 2 serious candidates(glatt, and clobble) out pacing me. There's not a lot of glory or revenge in it, afterall...

TheMercenary · 01-07-2008, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

"Three Dwellars enter, two Dwellars leave.
Three Dwellars enter, two Dwellars leave."

'Cmon, chant it with me.

WTF!!!!?

View Poll Results: Who should be a Cellar moderator? (select two)
glatt	9	20.93%
clodfobble	12	27.91%
griff	1	2.33%
danac	1	2.33%
stevedallas	4	9.30%
xoxoxobruce	16	37.21%
wolf	16	37.21%
radar	0	0%
richlevy	1	2.33%
slang	1	2.33%
happymonkey	4	9.30%
jinx	3	6.98%
monster	2	4.65%
lookout123	3	6.98%
zengum	0	0%
hunglikejesus	1	2.33%
lj	7	16.28%
flint	0	0%
labrat	1	2.33%
bluecuracao	1	2.33%
shawnee123	1	2.33%
case	2	4.65%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 43. You may not vote on this poll

01-06-2008, 06:29 PM	#2
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	You may want to expand the term of office to go beyond the past. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

01-06-2008, 09:58 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Please don't vote for me. As I mentioned, my future visiting the cellar is very uncertain, and I'd have to decline. I guess I was a bit too diplomatic about it. By Japanese standards that was a blatant refusal. I have to keep recalibrating my social expectations every time I log in to visit you noisy rude pushy westerners __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-06-2008, 10:52 PM	#5
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	VOTE ZENGUM '08 ZenGum for FreeDum __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

01-07-2008, 12:06 AM	#6
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Recycle I originally wrote a longer version of the following for a different thread, but seeing zero votes by so many names (including, thankfully, mine ), I thought it would be fun to recycle it (really, I'm just too lazy to write something new). I hope nobody takes it seriously. This thread makes me feel a little bit sad - no, not for those who didn't make the list, that's not so bad - but for those who did but still have a lonely little zero sitting by their name. ... Eyes sting, ears ring, dry lips twitch, and nostrils flair, fingers run through sweat-soaked hair, and in the center, the popular people tell themselves it's not polite to stare. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-06-2008, 06:44 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Year edited, thanks

01-07-2008, 08:38 AM	#7
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I think you just got a vote for your campaign poem. Way to go, there.

01-07-2008, 09:10 AM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ibram, if I do get elected, your posts are going to suffer. :p __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-07-2008, 11:07 AM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I understand that results will likely change by the end of the voting period. But it seems appropriate to ask now, when a final outcome is still hypothetical. At the moment there is a tie for first place between three different people. Is there a procedure in place for tie-breaking?

01-07-2008, 11:48 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I suggest runoff voting __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-07-2008, 01:01 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm certain that we can figure a way.

01-07-2008, 01:04 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I concur __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-07-2008, 01:26 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	"Three Dwellars enter, two Dwellars leave. Three Dwellars enter, two Dwellars leave." 'Cmon, chant it with me. Attached Images

01-07-2008, 02:28 PM	#14
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	i was all excited when i saw that i had 6 votes.....then i was relieved when i saw bruce, wolf, and the other 2 serious candidates(glatt, and clobble) out pacing me. There's not a lot of glory or revenge in it, afterall... __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

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