How about... If we had a weekly moderator?

A member that signed up to the Moderator event would weekly be picked to moderator the forum with reduced powers: No access to the Administrator Forums and only ability to lock threads and edit posts.

Such an event could, in my opinion, turn out pretty interesting. It would give the certain member an idea about the amount of responsibility it takes to moderate a community, an experience that isn't purchasable. In case of power abuse, the member would lose his powers for the rest of the week, until next where a new member would be picked.

It would be an event that possibly could light up the JCF a bit more and give those complaining about rules all the time an idea of what they're complaining about. Also, it would be a great way to find new available moderators (In case a current moderator isn't active enough/leaves. I personally always thought people like Fawriel and Enigma could do an excellent moderator.)

It's just a thought.

No.

No.

Unless you have a reason behind, that is considered spamming.

I think it's one of the worst ideas I've ever heard, no offense. :S

Get off my topic, (PA)

[Personal Attack edit. -FQuist]

Whoa... calm down

Attacking people who disagree with you is wrong.

I said no offense.

Wel, it is a particularly bad idea. All it would really do is send the forum spinning into a state of chaos. If a member wanted to experience "moderatorism", they can just start their own forum (hah! It can be purchased!).

Originally Posted by ConkerHS

Whoa... calm down

Attacking people who disagree with you is wrong.

I said no offense.

You are tricking no one. You spammed "No." whenafter you edited your posts mannered.

Please tell us **WHY** you think it's a bad idea or stop responding to the topic. You ain't contributing anything to the topic.

Radium says it best.

Tricking? what?

Originally Posted by Radium

Wel, it is a particularly bad idea. All it would really do is send the forum spinning into a state of chaos. If a member wanted to experience "moderatorism", they can just start their own forum (hah! It can be purchased!).

How can you be so sure when it never have been tested out, and the rules about it would be strick?

Also, there is a definite difference between moderating a new started private board nobody knows and moderating in a community.

This reminds me of the time Slayo nominated himself for moderator and TBM nominated himself for administrator. What's funny is you posted this because you think it might actually be possible. This thread belongs in Comedy Cafe.

Originally Posted by ConkerHS

I think it's one of the worst ideas I've ever heard, no offense. :S

I totally agree. I don't need to go and flame people like you do Moonblaze, or try to post a statement to make someone look stupid. I just don't think this idea is good, and I think it's pointless.

It does seem like a fun idea, but I think we need to take this further (in light of the recent self-nominations). And so, I am proud to suggest:

I'm a JCF Member - Get Me Out of Here!

It's simple - each week a dozen or so active members get nominated. We all vote for them, and the one with the lowest votes gets kicked out. This would work wonders against spammers/flamers/trolls. Heck, I'll even write the code for this.

Highlight block to show spoiler: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/06/im_a_(-)_operator_get/ (replace (-) with the (-) word)

Derby: Filter bypass replacement. Partial filter bypasses are not permitted.

Conker and Tublear, please don't repeatedly post you don't want it but just give reasons. I *do* consider your messages useless.

Erm ok, here are two reasons:
-I think we have enough mods
-One Derby is enough

Excellent Idea.

Originally Posted by Nimrod

Excellent Idea.

Comedy Cafe.

Turning this board into a anarcho-syndicalist commune is one of the dumbest things to do in my opinion. People not to be really able to trust a moderator and i do not think that to many people qualify for the job. It's to easy to abuse your power in a position like this and we would simply have to decline to many requests which would make some people feel left out.

Originally Posted by MoonBlazE

In case of power abuse, the member would lose his powers for the rest of the week, until next where a new member would be picked.

Derivative: So because you "think" we have enough moderators, such an event should be disallowed? This isn't a permant moderator request, it would be something social in which we could give feedback and experience things in. By seeing the way members enforce the rules themselves, you could possibly learn from it, IE make a better relation between the steady moderation and the community. (Maybe you would even end up respecting Derby)

Well, but what if the weekly moderator is a spammer and deletes, and close my threads, and let other me also say some illegal words? NO!

Derby: Content removal. Note that negatively phrasing a user's quotation is unacceptable.

Getting more serious, another idea would be meta-moderation. We get to tell the mods (without fear of retaliation, maybe anonymously) what we think of their actions. Whether they were too harsh or too leinent. It's a system that has worked well elsewhere. Plus it answers the question, "Who guards the guards?"

Well, the idea isn't too bad, but... I don't think it would really serve the purpose. If someone was a moderator, they might just find nothing to moderate. And if they do nothing, how are they supposed to learn the stress it brings? Of course, I might be wrong, but I'm usually slower than Derby or others when it comes to finding things worth editing, so that wouldn't leave much for me.
The case would be much different if the weekly moderator replaced an existing one, and thus lowering the amount of people "taking work away from him".

But I guess this will never be realized.

That said, Conker, you get a sub-weekly-moderator-warning for wanting to move a thread to the wrong forum ( a serious thread to Comedy Cafe ).
And props to Moonblaze for actually saying something god about me. *thumbs up* Thanks. =b

But once again I don't see the purpose of this. Why then, do we have mods and admins. This is basically what's going on on WWE RAW. There is a new general manager every week, to make the matches and events and setup the storylines. Because of this, the real general manager is on vacation.

I think I can sort of see what MB is getting at with this idea, but I doubt it would work. People might go and abuse their newfound power, knowing that by the end of the week, they'll be regular users again no matter what kind of job they do.

(As for saying I'd be a good mod: thank you, but probably not =P)

Some aspects of the idea are good, while others are bad. The problem is, that not everybody has the ability to moderate a community. A moderator must act intelligent, mustn't swear and such. I would like to test it out myself, but I don't think it will be realised. Oh, and I already respect Derby for his work.