by khackdrums » Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:31 pm
Markd wrote:dfreely wrote:If anything, we should demoting all the moderators who aren't doing their job and/or are no longer active members here.
I agree with dfreely here, the first thing someone should do is go through all the moderators and remove that title from any account that has not been active for say 5 months. Then, although it wouldn't be very popular, demote those moderators who either don't provide help or don't know what they are talking about. This will make space for people like Ryan J, who has been a trainee-mod for ages, to become full moderators and really help out the forum.
I have been a proponent of this for a while now, but I haven't been able to convince Admin to do anything about it. I agree that the majority of TM’s/Mod's/even GM’s are no longer active and should be demoted. Surprisingly, we are doing just fine with the limited amount of help we have! For a site this size, we don't require very many Mod's. I am glad to see that Admin has become more selective in who he approves, that goes for the rest of the GM’s too!
Like I said before you will need to do as you preach, RYAN J.!

Being nice and helpful is one part of being a Mod, but keeping everything else in check is the largest responsibility of a Mod. Most of my time here is spent dealing with little things that go unnoticed (moving, editing, deleting topics/posts etc. etc.). Like osiris said, you have had the ability to do this since becoming a TM!
Khackdrums

[quote="Markd"][quote="dfreely"]If anything, we should demoting all the moderators who aren't doing their job and/or are no longer active members here.[/quote]
I agree with dfreely here, the first thing someone should do is go through all the moderators and remove that title from any account that has not been active for say 5 months. Then, although it wouldn't be very popular, demote those moderators who either don't provide help or don't know what they are talking about. This will make space for people like Ryan J, who has been a trainee-mod for ages, to become full moderators and really help out the forum.[/quote]I have been a proponent of this for a while now, but I haven't been able to convince Admin to do anything about it. I agree that the majority of TM’s/Mod's/even GM’s are no longer active and should be demoted. Surprisingly, we are doing just fine with the limited amount of help we have! For a site this size, we don't require very many Mod's. I am glad to see that Admin has become more selective in who he approves, that goes for the rest of the GM’s too!
Like I said before you will need to do as you preach, RYAN J.! ;-) Being nice and helpful is one part of being a Mod, but keeping everything else in check is the largest responsibility of a Mod. Most of my time here is spent dealing with little things that go unnoticed (moving, editing, deleting topics/posts etc. etc.). Like osiris said, you have had the ability to do this since becoming a TM! {up}
Khackdrums :D