Question answered....Blow me up, mods!

[Scrapster]

I've been fascinated with mod logic recently.

So, for this example if some mods find a thread that they believe is a fine thread for a certain forum and there is a single mod who thinks otherwise, do the rest of them automatically get outvoted and the thread gets locked/deleted or do all the mods vote on it and majority rules?

 

[Azraele]

This probably would have been better off put in your other thread. My guess, though, would be that if a decision absolutely cannot be agreed upon, then, in certain scenarios, it goes to a majority rule.

 

[Scrapster]

This probably would have been better off put in your other thread.

No, it's a very different question.

would be that if a decision absolutely cannot be agreed upon, then, in certain scenarios, it goes to a majority rule.

Maybe, but what I'm curious about is if it actually gets to that "cannot be agreed upon" stage. Does one mod get clearance from other mods before a thread is discarded or does that single mod take initiative w/o the input of other mods?

 

[Azraele]

In an ideal situation, the mod would consult the others before locking. They could also put a deadlock to the Anandtech Administrator to solve.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Is Azraele a real person or a experimental MOD-BOT?

 

[Azraele]

I assure you that I am a full-blooded, carbon-based life-form, in other words, human.


"If you prick [me] do not bleed? If you tickle [me] do not laugh? If you poison [me] do not die? And if you wrong [me] shall not revenge?"

- William Shakespeare

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Could have fooled me. Any relation to the Papal guy?

 

[Azraele]

Nope, no relation whatsoever.

 

[Scrapster]

Ok guys, break it up... Lets stay on topic.

 

[AnandTech Moderator]

<< Does one mod get clearance from other mods before a thread is discarded >>



Generally speaking, no. Since not all moderators are on at all times, and since this is a very high trafficked forum, it would be untenable to get clearance prior to taking action.

In addition, most mods are assigned specific forums and, because of that, are most familiar with that forum and the people posting in it. It is not the business of the other moderators to be second-guessing decisions in an area where they are not up to speed.

There are, however, specialized cases that may infrequently arrise where a thread may be unlocked based on discussion among the staff.

AnandTech Moderator

 

[Azraele]

<<In addition, most mods are assigned specific forums >>

I always wondered about that.

Is there more than 1 mod assigned per forum or is information that still one of those mod secrets???

 

[Rand]

The way you speak one might almost wonder if your a mod Azraele(a).

 

[Azraele]

Get your pen out, this is for the official record.

I am not a mod.

 

[Hanpan]

I am....























not a mod either

 

[Paulson]

Basically from my own point of view, the moderators are working individually and as a team.

They work their own forums, but yet make group decisions as well.

It works, and now that it's been proven, it's all the more confiding that the mods who know what's good for the forum are the ones that are patrolling it...

 

[Scrapster]

In addition, most mods are assigned specific forums and, because of that, are most familiar with that forum and the people posting in it. It is not the business of the other moderators to be second-guessing decisions in an area where they are not up to speed.

Interesting. Wow, I didn't know that. That makes sense.

 

[Valhalla1]

don't listen, azraele is a mod

 

[Azraele]

Valhalla1: Well, gee, I must be the only one that does not know then.


I will repeat this once more:


I am not a mod.

 

[Scrapster]

Is Azraele a real person or a experimental MOD-BOT?

Ha! Azraele would be a great experimental mod-bot. Post a few news threads and list forum rules everywhere.

Ooooooooooookay, this thread is done.

 

[GrumpyMan]

I always thought Azraele was a mod because of a gentilness and patience that come through her words. A virtue not attained by all mods from what I have been reading.