Questions tagged [moderators]
Questions about diamond (♦) moderators, their powers, and actions they have taken.
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What needs to be done to reinstate my deleted answer?
A question here raised scepticism about a news report of how the US sabotaged the Nordstream pipeline in Europe - Did the CIA blow up the Nordstream 1 pipeline?
As @Joe-w pointed out in the comment, I ...
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What exactly does "Essentially unreferenced" mean when references were provided?
A moderator posted the following regarding this Answer:
I have deleted your answer now because it is essentially unreferenced. A YouTube video by Stefan Molyneux is not a reliable reference.
This ...
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Skeptics Stack Exchange, and its relationship with "Poisoning the Well"
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What ought to be the relationship between "Skeptics" and those "Skeptics" who intentionally go out and "poison the well", particularly on behalf of other people'...
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Reinstatement as a moderator
I recently asked SE to reinstate me as a moderator here on Skeptics and the request was approved. I was one of the original pro-tem moderators when the site was created and became an elected moderator ...
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2020 Community Moderator Election
The 2020 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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Moderator Election - Community Interest Check
We had two moderators step down in 2019 (only one was publicly announced), which leaves us as a community running with just 2 moderators.
For the most part, we run pretty much fine with two ...
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My question is marked as duplicate although it was not
I have a question about my Skeptics Stack Exchange post: Can you prove a plane hit Pentagon on September 11, 2001?
Although my question was not same, it was marked as duplicate. In my question, I ...
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Enabling mods to really act as users: make "different hats" more visible?
Everyone here should interact with everyone else with respect. That includes interactions between regular users and interactions between regular users and moderators.
There seems to be a problem ...
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The question is incorrectly flagged as duplicate despite valid clarifications in my comments
I have a question about my Skeptics Stack Exchange post: How does fasting affect your immune system when you are having infection?
The question is incorrectly flagged as duplicate despite valid ...
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Why does the "moderators" link deny that user=Sklivvz is a moderator?
When I click on the "moderators" link:
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators
exactly four moderators are listed: Jamiec, Larian LeQuella, Mad Scientist, and Oddthinking
But ...
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Criticism of handling
I think that it the last message here because I am now criticizing a 42k member,
but at least my heart is now lighter.
The reason:
Water swirl according to hemisphere: video
You see how someone ...
user13486
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Relevant comments keep disappearing
With regard to this question, what I consider relevant comments by another user keep disappearing by unilateral moderator action - one of mine too (probably by the time anyone checks this, more than ...
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Is it the law here that "all answers must be referenced"?
Several 'top' users of this site are fond of commenting: "Please provide some references to support your claims."
Alongside is usually provided a link to this Skeptics.meta question.
Said meta ...
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Why is my answer deleted using mod powers because the mod that asked it didn't like it?
There was a question about StackOverflow productivity: Has Stack Overflow saved billions of dollars in programmer productivity? I answered it to the best of my ability. Rather than asking a question, ...
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2013 Community Moderator Election
The 2013 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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2012 Community Moderator Election
The 2012 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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Is it acceptable for a moderator to edit my question and remove my clarification statement?
A moderator seems to have taken my question a bit too personally
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/6487/did-steve-jobs-really-innovate-anything
He may have strong opinion about what ...
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Another Moderator Pro Tempore fresh from the fryer
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community ...
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Moderator Pro Tem Announcement
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community ...
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My question seems reasonable but the moderators/those with high reps disagree. What are their roles?
My post seemed clear and appropriate to me, does group bias exist, and what are the agreed quantitative limits associated with calling a group biased. Borror didn't think it met the skeptic criteria, ...
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Moderator nominations [closed]
And now for the last question from The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta, who should our Pro Tempore moderators be?
The issue of holding fair elections is
largely technical. The long-term
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