I've taken note that there are Several Elections going on right now - Server Fault finished recently, while Gaming and Ask Ubuntu have just launched their elections. I had to wonder though - What qualifies a site to need elections? What factors contribute to the need to elect more moderators?
asked Jan 31, 2012 at 0:44
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There are several possible reasons a site might have an election:
- It has exited public beta and SE feel an election is viable. In which case, you get to elect new moderators to replace the pro-tems (who are by appointment) (or elect them back into their jobs).
- A moderator has stepped down from an elected position and a replacement is needed to ensure the site does not suffer from too few moderators.
- SE Inc, the current user base, the current moderators (any combination thereof, but there's usually a general sort of consensus) feel more moderators are needed e.g. due to an explosion in visits and ensuing spam.
In this specific case, I know the serverfault election was triggered by a moderator asking to step down. I haven't been following the other sites, so am not sure why - I think gaming is due to volume.
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Gaming's had like what, 800% growth in the last few months thanks to their promotions? Jan 31, 2012 at 4:58
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That's pretty much it. Barring anything unexpected happening, we currently evaluate sites to see if the need another election around the anniversary of their first election, give or take. Jan 31, 2012 at 5:57
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@paul Pretty much. There is no formula for it, but these are the things we discuss. Jan 31, 2012 at 14:32