Questions about diamond (♦) moderators, their powers, and actions they have taken.
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Why can moderators review more than 40 close votes?
Today a moderator reviewed 60 close votes:
But the daily limit is 40. Is it just moderators who can do this? And why are they allowed to review 20 more?
I have checked this question, but it does ...
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What are moderator suspension proceedings? [duplicate]
If a moderator does not live up to his/her requirements, how do you remove him/her from this position?
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Allow Moderator Comments with the Prefix “Moderator Note” to show up in collapsed comments
There was a question recently that necessitated a comment being put into the parent post.
When I initally added the Moderator Note comment, there were 12 more comments there than there are now. This ...
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Moderators to delete duplicate questions
A moderator or trusted user should be given right to straight away delete duplicate questions with answers that wont change over time, as they would already have enough experience to understand which ...
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Why moderators can see deleted comments while the owner cannot?
Recently a moderator said he can see the deleted comments. When I delete a comment, I can no longer see it and I cannot undelete it.
When I delete a comment it means that it's no longer what I ...
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Allow ex-moderators to opt-in to having a mark on their profile indicating they were a moderator
As most of us know, Kev is retiring from being a moderator.
Kev has done an outstanding job in moderating Stack Overflow, and while he won't be a moderator anymore, it doesn't feel right that this ...
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Handing back my mod diamond
To Josh, Stack Team, and Community,
As per my Skype conversation with Josh this evening, I am giving immediate notice of my resignation as a Stack Overflow moderator.
It's been a hell of a ride ...
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Include section “Community Managers” in Moderator page
Yes I know this is some what duplicate of: moderator list: Anna Lear is missing, but here I would say its not duplicate because my point/suggestion is different.
Issue:
By looking at ...
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When should Moderator Pro Tempore nominations start?
Moderator pro tem nominations generally happen about a week into public beta, and are influenced by the community (according to the blog post).
Just how early should a new site start their meta ...
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Increase the number of moderators on Stack Overflow as the flag queue is now very long
Increase the number of moderators on Stack Overflow as the flag queue is now very long. It should be difficult for the current number of moderators to take a look at flags at the appropriate time.
As ...
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Moderator deleted question which had significant value
I have 18,000+ reputation on StackOverflow so I understand the importance of closing and deleting questions and answers which are of little value to the community or which may lead to opinionated ...
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How do we thank the diamond moderators?
Is there a way to do this?
I made a delete request yesterday and it was granted. Wanted to express my appreciation.
I kind of just did what I wanted to do, but I fully understand that this is a ...
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Moderator message asking about a blocked account
I received a message from a moderator, asking me if my account is related to another closed account. I saw the message, but I was not available to answer because some changes at worked were being ...
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After suspension period moderator not returns my reputation as they said to me
On stack overflow, I have a suspension period of 7 days which ends now. But my actual reputation was not returned to me as one of the moderator said to me. I have a message like that by @Andrew Barber ...
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My highest-voted answers to closed questions are being deleted
Recently (as in today) the mods seems to be deleting every closed answer I have answered:
The problem is, my rep is taking a serious hit. I was >2600, now I'm down to 2550, and at the rate it's ...
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Can we get an additional moderator for Stack Apps?
Currently, Stack Apps has only one moderator, Nathan Osman. He's good when he's around, but he's sometimes gone from Stack Apps for days at a time.
For example, it's been 2 days since he last ...
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Why were some answers converted to comments and what caused some unexplained downvotes?
I'm a longtime lurker, but fairly new to answering questions. I only post if I know the answer.
I invested time to answer several jQuery questions, only to watch a moderator delete or move my answer ...
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Why was this answer deleted
This answer was recently deleted:
http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/178815/137265
I am not quite sure why. I like to welcome new users and dislike it when they get downvoted for no reason (like here.)
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Retagging deleted questions should not affect tag question counts
We have 492 deleted questions tagged untagged. Yes, deleted questions have tags too! They just don't count for the number of questions tagged as such.
Moderators can search for and edit deleted ...
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Who deals with a flag when you flag a moderator?
Is it possible that, when you flag a moderator's actions, they can action the flag themselves? Or does it get escalated even higher to staff? I suppose the question then is, who would deal with the ...
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Why do I get two notifications for the same question?
Since I am one of the moderators for Drupal Answers, I get notifications for every question asked on the meta site. Some minutes ago, I got two notifications for the same question.
I have checked, ...
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Limit the number of stack exchange sites being moderated by a single person
I have seen a same member being a moderator of different stack exchange sites.
Is there any limit for a person to be a moderator of different stack exchange sites?
If no, I have some suggestion on it. ...
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What's the Moderator Dashboard look like?
I, along with (probably) hundreds of thousands of other Stack Exchange users, really really want to know what the Stack Exchange Moderator Dashboard looks like.
Moderators are democratically elected, ...
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What do I do when someone claims to be a moderator, but is an impostor? [closed]
There seems to be a case of Stack Exchange moderator impersonation at the bottom of the page here: http://www.jasonpaulweber.com/about-me/
I'm a mod at wordpress.org; he has a similar statement about ...
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Can moderators to blacklist tags PERMANENTLY? [duplicate]
I have been reading tag complaints like this. In that post, the poster seems to be quite annoyed at how the tag keeps coming back.
So, here's my question: Can mods keep tags from EVER coming back?. ...
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Stack Overflow moderators are making SO a pain to use [closed]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe SO needs to revisit its policy concerning how moderators can act. In the past few months I've noticed that nearly half of the very useful, very relevant ...
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Can you ask a moderator to delete one of your questions?
Can you ask a moderator to delete one of your questions that has an answer?
I have many questions posted a while back which were not asked very nicely and produced no real answers to help other ...
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High-rep users should be exempt from answer-to-comment autoconversion
Currently, a short, machine-identified-as-seemingly-low-quality answer is automatically converted to a comment on the question.
gbn has suggested in a comment that this be "weighted for, say, user ...
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what this means “notice added” and “post locked”
It is showing in one of my question that the
notice added by xyz
post locked by xyz
notice removed by community
post unlocked by community
what does it mean?
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How much power do moderators have over their own questions? [duplicate]
As far as I could tell the moderators the StackExchange sites have power to unilaterally close and reopen questions.
Now without going into anything specific how much power does a moderator have ...
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Stack Exchange needs a better way to inform their moderators about feature and policy changes
With the ever-growing network of Stack Exchange sites as well as the increased traffic and therefore larger number of moderators, the way policy updates and feature changes are currently announced ...
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Should moderators (or other role) assist users change bad subjective questions into good subjective questions? [closed]
Here's the guidelines on Good/Bad Subjective questions
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/
Here's a follow up:
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When I successfully submit multiple delete votes for a single post, unnecessary commas are added to the list of delete-voters on the question page
I recently tried to delete this question:
http://stackoverflow.com/q/1732100/50776 (10K only, sorry)
While deleting, it failed, but then indicated that there was 1/4 delete votes.
Further attempts ...
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Can diamond moderators or Stack Exchange employees get post banned? [closed]
I will bring forth a likely case. Stack Exchange is hiring new employee, for example new Community Manager, who didn't have account on any site before. The employee start new account and get a shiny ...
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How do I quit being a moderator?
Due to life, etc, I don't feel that I can be an effective moderator anymore. I don't see any obvious method within the system of quitting, though (barring just not responding to moderator flags, ...
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Are links to copyright material allowed or not? [closed]
I ran into this post that contains links to copyright material. As suggested here, I flagged it for moderator attention. The reply I got was the automated response: " declined - a moderator reviewed ...
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Is the moderator diamond live or archived? [duplicate]
Okay, the question title sucks but I can't think of the right words XD
Basically what I'm asking is this: Let's say by some freak miracle I am elected a moderator. Will the moderator diamond be ...
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Link-only answer should be flagged [closed]
While looking for an answer, I encountered something very strange. We are asked to flag LOAs (link-only answers) and a moderator will take care of that. What I found is:
Is this my mistake or some ...
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What does “in good standing” mean in the nomination criteria? [closed]
When reading the information box to the right of the election page, you see this text:
In the nomination phase, any community member in good standing with more than 3,000 reputation may nominate ...
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Is the Community Moderator position permanent?
I would assume that once elected Community Moderator, that position can be indefinitely retained when carrying out the moderator duties.
However, if a moderator can no longer carry out his or her ...
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Do moderators earn a salary?
I just wonder if moderators earn any money or earn a salary for being moderators - or do they do it just to help out on the site?
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February 2013 Community Moderator Election
It's been 8 months since the last election on Stack Overflow. The site continues to grow, and with it the need for dedicated moderators. With over 1900 flags a day, the need for folks able and willing ...
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Reason for reopening an old moderator closed question
I understand for recently closed and edited questions no need for an explicit reason for reopening is needed.
However, how did this question get reopened when the last edit was 6 months ago, two days ...
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Should Stack Exchange employees step over moderators to delete questions? [closed]
Why should a Stack Exchange employee, being an outsider to a site's regular users, take it upon themselves to delete a question that the community is discussing, whether it should be reopened or leave ...
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What is a day in the life of a Stack Overflow moderator like?
What is it like to be a Stack Overflow moderator? Do you have to be on the site 24/7? Are there certain expectations of you every day (answering set amount of questions, reviewing set amount of ...
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Does a moderator who flags a comment with a custom reason automatically delete the comment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Flagging a comment as moderator deletes it
In the site where I am moderator, I flagged a comment because it was rude toward me for a comment I left about the answer not ...
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All mods are equal, but some mods are more equal
All mods are equal, right? Except for Kiamlaluno. Real funny...
Bug found here. I'm using Chrome 24.0.1312.52
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Are there any robot moderators on SO?
Also, could robots do the work of SO moderators?
Like an SVM may be able to distinguish between different classes of closeable questions, and different robots could be trained on the closed question ...
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Teacher's Lounge inaccessible for Stack Overflow Moderators
I tried to access the Teacher's Lounge (Stack Exchange Moderator Chat), but it says I must request access. Another moderator on Stack Overflow has also had the same thing happen to him (late ...
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Can we make closures less glorious and exposed?
I believe that closing should be made less rewarding and less exposed -- make the list of users who voted to close less prominent, for starters. I'm not sure the [Closed] suffix in the title adds any ...
