Ah ok, well guess I'll just have to make a username change before the Batlord regime begins :beer:

The only problem with people nominating others is all the best candidates have usually been asked in the past and turned it down.

If there's a person on the forum you've always wondered why they were never modded, 9 out of 10 times that's the reason why.

As much time as you already spend logged into the site as a regular member, really. I haven't really spent more time on here than I used to before I was modded. Deleting spam/banning spammers only takes a second and it's easy to spot, handing out infractions, warnings and writing up a short PM as to why the member got only takes a couple of minutes... it really doesn't take up a whole lot of time. Plus we all work together so if you have to be away for awhile, it doesn't make much of a difference.

I think you would be a good candidate too. You're fairly new but it doesn't matter.

No. I tried once.

Yes, but dealing with the fallout often takes ages.

Not me. I am fine. I am so happy. JackHammer, please. Kwenda Jack Hammer. Baba wa England Vieux Jack Hammer.

Not posting much doesn't mean I've stopped visiting these boards, noticing members and reading it's content on a daily basis.
My nominations would be from one of these members;

Alfred, young, but older than his years. He'd make a fair moderator.
That Scottish mort, FETCHER.
Goofle11...almost the perfect choice.

Nowt wrong with jackhammer, a solid choice and so well balanced...has a chip on both shoulders ;) but he's done it before several times.

And definitely not Big3...the guys a lunatic!

It ends up being a lot of work. The biggest thing you should know about being a Mod if you (anyone) is considering it is that a lot of people go through natural cycles of being engaged with the site, and not being engaged. Mod's with a sense of responsibility will have to fight through the low-points to come here and maintain the site even when they want a break.

We had a Mod who was gone for almost 90% of his tenure at one point, and it was nothing but a death-grip on power. A good Mod in my mind will be fair, slow to take actions against established members, and enforce the rules equally across the board. Moreoever, when they find they can't commit to their responsibilities any longer, they'll step down. That last one is absolutely key.

Being able to change your own avatars is nice, approving your own journals is fun, but if you've ever been here when no Mods are on and spammers are running wild, its pretty ****ty to know 1 or 2 Mods are traveling the globe without internet access but won't step down because of an ego trip.

Edit: I'd also like to add that they should be engaged with the community. I think, like police officers, the difference between being a part of the community, or just overseeing it is a world of difference. When Mod's are active in discussions all over the place, it gives them a better sense of where people's positions are so when someone makes a stupid mistake, its judged in the larger scheme of the constributions and not as a one-off misstep.

I think an interesting choice would be Vegangelica. I think I know what you're thinking; she's a bit soft and probably wouldn't be very good at punishing the deserving, but we've got other mods who can do that just fine. I think Erica might add something completely new to the mod team and take on that job with a fresh perspective. Perhaps she wouldn't be good at disciplining members, but she'd use her powers to add worth to our community in other ways. Perhaps she'd nag the other mods about being too strict now and then, but hey, I'll leave them to worry about that.

Of course, as it is now, she's not here that often and I'm pretty sure she'd decline an offer, but she'd be one of my favourite contestants.

Well, you're not getting my vote!