Questions about diamond (♦) moderators, their powers, and actions they have taken.
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How can I see all messages between me and moderators? [duplicate]
How can I see all messages between me and moderators?
Where are they stored?
I know that they have links like:
http://stackoverflow.com/users/message/[natural number]
But, how can I get them?
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Are moderators able to post comments that are automatically deleted after x amount of time?
This comment reads the following:
If you're looking for the previous 33 comments, please see this meta thread instead. This comment will self-destruct in 48 hours. – Raven Dreamer♦
(The link ...
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Why don't moderators say why they have deleted an answer?
Meta question:
Why don't moderators say in a comment why they are deleting an answer? (The comment would on the deleted answer, which can be seen by the poster.) Why don't they have to say why? ...
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Are moderators able to remove the monthly question quota for a particular user?
I have seen several discussions where a user was asking about possibility of removing 50 questions per 30 days quota. If moderators do not have a right to do this, it might have their lives easier, if ...
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Can anybody see my voting history? [duplicate]
Can anybody (excluding me, of course) see my voting history?
Do moderators have access to that?
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Is there a rule or policy about collusion in moderator elections?
Christianity.SE is having a mod election, and someone suggested colluding to ensure that the 4 pro-tem mods get elected:
How can those with a "current mods" preference ensure *all* mods get ...
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What is a pro-tem moderator meaning? [duplicate]
Recently there are two new gold badges added in meta site.
Sheriff : Served as an elected moderator for at least 1 year
Constable : Served as a pro-tem moderator for at least 1 year or through site ...
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How do you get the title 'moderator'? [duplicate]
Why do some people with a lot of reputation have a diamond and 'moderator' next to their name. If it is to do with the amount of reputation then how much reputation do you need?
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Retroactive moderator powers [duplicate]
I just stumbled over this deleted question. It was deleted by three users, that in the time of deletion were all ordinary users, see the revisions page:
Post Deleted by animuson♦, Rosinante, ...
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Please welcome your new Stack Overflow moderator - animuson!
A seasoned veteran, animuson will be stepping up to help fill the huge vacancy left by Will, who departed from the team for personal reasons earlier this week. Next in line from the last election, ...
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Are all moderators listed in the Users->moderators page?
I've just noticed something: Marc Gravell is indicated as a moderator (diamond icon on right + explicitly written on the user page), but does not appear on the moderator list.
Is this a bug, or do I ...
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What happened to Will?
I just noticed Will's profile on Stack Overflow (and Wont's on MSO.)
I could have sworn Will used to have a Diamond. Now he does not.
I've searched Meta for an explanation. Nothing found.
What ...
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Where can I find out who the mods of a site are? [duplicate]
It used to be that when I went to /about I would see a list of that site's moderators at the bottom of the page. However, following all the redesigns, that information is no longer listed there. This ...
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Migrating mod should have temporary edit privileges
When a question is migrated to another site, a few things then (usually) need to be done to it:
It must be edited to have enough background information, and be reasonably worded, for the new site.
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When an answer answers the wrong question, is it Not An Answer?
Looking at this comment and the response to it, I'm a bit confused:
Just to clarify. I shouldn't flag an off-topic answer as "Not an
Answer" right? Example: OP asks "How do I append a string to ...
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Employee is a moderator?
According to the moderators tab in /users rossipedia is a moderator, though he's described as a dev for Careers in his About Me.
None of the other moderators that show up on this page are ...
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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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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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Is flagging now being a long queue in Stack Overflow?
Does flag queue is now very long on Stack Overflow?
As an example, where a moderator has said the flag queue is very long on his comment. The comment post is removed as part of moderation. I am ...
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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, ...
