Timeline for Reconsider allowing moderators to cast normal close/reopen votes as well as binding close/reopen votes
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| Feb 19, 2021 at 17:45 | comment | added | Shog9 | The great irony of these requests is that I've seen them a lot more from non-mods, @tinkering - the logic seems to be that mods would close less if they had weaker votes, neglecting to observe that some of the most avid voters are not moderators. Good example of folks not quite grasping what they're really asking for, IMHO. Voting is no more a lighter touch than a firing squad is non-lethal. | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 12:24 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 10:04 | comment | added | Luuklag | Well @Tinkeringbell here for MSE it wouldn't have such an impact, as review queue's are mostly empty. On SO on the other hand.... | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 10:00 | comment | added | Tinkeringbell Mod | @Luuklag if moderators can push things into the close votes queue, you're going to have to live with it too, as long as you're still working in the review queue ... or are you saying you'd be going on strike if this is implemented, when you say 'more crap that isn't closed/deleted' ? :P But yeah, that thought might be a thing to put in a moderator-only space :-) | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 9:57 | comment | added | Luuklag | @Tinkeringbell perhaps raise this topic in the separate moderator section. We as regular users should have no say at all in this matter. We don't have to live with the consequences of this change (besides the sites getting more crap that isn't closed or deleted) | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 9:55 | comment | added | Tinkeringbell Mod | Just a curious thought (since votes are anonymous), but I'm wondering how the votes would compare if you asked only moderators vs. if you only asked the communities they moderate. Is the wish for this really something moderators want? Or is there also a wish from the community to have more input? Are there people that aren't moderators yet/new-ish moderators that are a bit scared of making 'binding' decisions, or do long-time moderators also still hesitate to use their close-votes? | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 9:50 | answer | added | TinkeringbellMod | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 8:33 | answer | added | Martijn Pieters | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 8:15 | comment | added | Martijn Pieters | I disagree. If you are not sure about your close or reopen vote, why are you voting at all. You should never hide your close and reopen votes behind the votes of others, and if you are unsure, trust your community to handle it instead. | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 3:50 | comment | added | 41686d6564 | @JourneymanGeek I interpret the sock rules to mean "a sock shouldn't allow you to do more than (for the lack of a better word) what you could do with your main account". I believe it's a legitimate use of a sock to do something that's no longer possible with the main account due to higher privileges. Otherwise, it would also be against the rules to use a sock to suggest an edit, for example (which is something I believe most sock accounts have done at some point). I do agree though that that workaround shouldn't be the solution. | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 3:19 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | As an aside, depending on how strictly you interpret the sock rules - a sock usually shouldn't allow you to do something your main account does not. This would mean getting 3k for a sock to to close might be in a bit of a grey area | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 3:17 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 2:49 | comment | added | 41686d6564 | Somewhat related: Please remind me when I am wielding the dupe hammer. Also, on Meta.SO: Allow user to choose between an ordinary close vote and the mighty Mjölnir. | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 2:45 | comment | added | Rob | Another tact is offered in the Q&A: "Empowering tag-badge holders part II - let's look at silver?", where silver tag badge holders could gain more responsibility; leaving less work for the moderators. | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 2:44 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | I'd guess this comment counts as an endorsement of the idea from a former CM too. I'd also suggest that in a sense - this is an attempt to revisit an old, potentially obsolete answer in the spirit of the current initiatives on SE. Its also the scariest thing for a new mod ;) | |
| Feb 19, 2021 at 1:40 | history | edited | Vikki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 19, 2021 at 1:18 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 19, 2021 at 1:15 | history | asked | Vikki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |