2017 Moderator Election

nomination began

Jul 24, 2017 at 20:00

election began

Jul 31, 2017 at 20:00

election ended

Aug 8, 2017 at 20:00

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Election Phase

In the election phase, the candidates who made it through the nomination phase or primary phase (if required) advance to final community voting. Candidates are displayed in random order.

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Our general criteria for moderators is as follows:

patient and fair
leads by example
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Election

Please participate in the moderator elections by voting, and perhaps even by nominating yourself to be a community moderator!

2 Candidates

Nomination Primary Election

Have you all noticed that there's no country code after stackexchange.com? That should mean it's a world wide website, not necessarily a western wide website, much less a single-country wide website.

So, I propose that philosophy ("passion for knowledge") should be much more than only asking what is the point of view of this or that (western) philosopher on this or that subject. If philosophy is really a passion for knowledge, a quest for it, we must be open to many other different worldviews. Actually, the safety and peace of the world both depend on it.

Yes, I know we're all talking in English here. But it wasn't us, "third world" dwellers, who ordered England to invade lands so distant from their own noses. We learned English because we want to talk with people from all around the world, and that means express our own philosophies too, and not be bounded by westerners, "first world" dwellers, who seem to believe that only they know how to think.

What seems illogical at first glance, might well prove correct if you pay enough attention.

My answers to the questionnaire: https://philosophy.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3504/4686

posted Jul 29, 2017 at 3:54

Rodrigo
member for 9 years

candidate score 6/40

reputation 1k
moderation badges: 0/8
editing badges: 2/6
participation badges: 3/6

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Hi,

I'm Philip, a 31-year-old German MA student of philosophy currently writing his thesis. Due to health issues, I underwent professional training for about 13 years overall now and feel quite well educated in philosophy, not withstanding the need for life-long learning, of course. I had the privilege to take part in an ERASMUS exchange program with the University of Kent, UK, for two terms, further improving my language skills and widening my field of professional training and horizon in general. My other main interest is martial arts, training for 16 and a half years now.

My understanding is that a moderator should try to appear as a normal user as much as possible, making use of his privileges only in cases where the community and high rep users are not able to settle the problems on their own anymore. Another aspect is helping new users to find their way into the community and understanding of its rules and mechanics as part of the StackExchange network. For this, I will probably write some standard comments I can resort to when necessary.

For further information on how I understand the role as a moderator in this network especially, see my soon to come questionnaire.

posted Jul 29, 2017 at 8:57

Philip Klöcking♦
member for 8 years

candidate score 25/40

reputation 13k
moderation badges: 3/8
editing badges: 4/6
participation badges: 5/6

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2017 Moderator Election

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