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Suggestion:Mod election system

deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago

We all know mods are been suggesting by the other mods etc

So what about a new system to elect new moderators A new section in the forums where all moderator applications will be posted and on those applications Epicmafia can vote on so its more fair choosing the mod for epicmafia by the players of epicmafia

So its -1 votes or +1 votes with a reason why you downvote or upvote This will highly stop mods suggesting only friends

A mod should be choosed by the players of epicmafia and not the mods themselves

Current template i thought up

Main account:(Whats your main account)

Alternate accounts:(Your alternate accounts)

Why would you be a good mod(explanition why you be a good mod)

What would you do if three poeple gets into a fight with eachother(explaining how you would handle it)

Do you have any prior experience being a mod?

Did you contribute something to the community

Your timezone:

Langauges you speak(sometimes there are games with other langauges but very uncommonly)

Age:(how old are you in real life)

HEY LOOK A TEMPLATE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Poll
Democracy
Democracy67%57
Lets the mods choose by themselves32%27
84 votes
Hibikiabout 11 years agoedited
admin
who were the winners for 310 again? papuito, you, and someone else?
https://epicmafia.com/round/310 top three without X's
Satanabout 11 years ago
gerryoat
trial mods would be best imo. works for other things groups/communities I'm part of.
this is what you guys need to understand.......


the Epicmafia community is not like other communities.
Annaabout 11 years agoedited
gerryoat
trial mods would be best imo. works for other things groups/communities I'm part of.
does it also help with your cheating?
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deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
I was being sarcastic
Gerryabout 11 years ago
trial mods would be best imo. works for other things groups/communities I'm part of.
Satanabout 11 years ago
That actually proves that the only thing people are complaining about is not being a part of the process (or the lack of transparency in the process) which means that there is literally no reason to change the process.
Annaabout 11 years ago
Croned
Before we go into the fine details and descriptions of each element in the election system, we should probably decide on some overarching elements:

- Do we want involvement of previous mods?
- Should there be any elimination done by the admin/mods before the community votes?
- Should the mods/admin have a final say after the votes have been tallied?
I feel like having those aspects in the voting would be a fair compromise. You wouldn't want someone like lilin becoming a mod just because everyone voted for them.
deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
Clearly; that mod page is full of community darlings.
Hibikiabout 11 years ago
admin
Hibiki
also, while we're at it, a lot of the mod keys either don't work properly, don't exist (for example BAN FROM REPORTS) or are redundant
email me
i might have overextended on my suggestions but i sent it
Satanabout 11 years ago
Croned
- Should the mods/admin have a final say after the votes have been tallied?
whoa its almost like....thats the exact thing thats happening now
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deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
But what about the current template i taught off
Theabout 11 years agoedited
Before we go into the fine details and descriptions of each element in the election system, we should probably decide on some overarching elements:

- Do we want involvement of previous mods?
- Should there be any elimination done by the admin/mods before the community votes?
- Should the mods/admin have a final say after the votes have been tallied?
deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
Oksus
I think we should elect mods.
Mods choosing other mods leads to a never ending circle of power abuse.
most mods wouldnt choose me because i call some out on their bs
deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
That's because these threads are always filled with a combination of people who've got grudges against certain mods, nostalgic/jaded former moderators who think things were so much better when they were mods, and thirsty people who want to be mods but have been rejected.

The other 75% of players don't actually care who does the modding.
moonabout 11 years ago
people just need to look outside the forums for new mods, potential good mods are out there
deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
Anna
Lashka
Anna
WolfODonnellz
Anna
It's not like voting can be rigged or anything
Its not like the mods are rigged or something
Voting for mods is going to make the make the mod quality drop.
And picking mods is going to make the mod quality drop, too. The candidate quality has been dropping for years; no matter how you pick.

There just ain't a Solaster hidden under the rock these days.
The player quality has been dropping which effects the mod quality.
Or EM qaulity is dropping :^)
Zwinkabout 11 years ago
banned
Zwink
banned
People getting modded and unbanned is already a popularity contest, Zwink. The mods are incapable of decision making without community flow. It won't make a difference if there's an election system implemented.
maybe this way though it won't just be a mod circle of bffs.
The mod circle will always be biased towards a certain group of people. This site has been corrupted with certain mods for over 5 years. It will never change. The system cannot be saved unfortunately regardless of what system is implemented by Lucid.
but if we can vote in a new mod, and that mod ends up being one of the better mods ... It'll prove the system works and we can weed out some of the current bad mods. I've seen really great respectable people apply for mod, but since they aren't bffs with the mods they never even get a response.
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Satanabout 11 years agoedited
most of the people in this thread complaining are just salty they werent modded.

truth be told community-held elections would be ten times worse than it is now. Sims is a good friend and I don't see most of the people he has modded be due to circlejerking.
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Annaabout 11 years ago
Lashka
Anna
WolfODonnellz
Anna
It's not like voting can be rigged or anything
Its not like the mods are rigged or something
Voting for mods is going to make the make the mod quality drop.
And picking mods is going to make the mod quality drop, too. The candidate quality has been dropping for years; no matter how you pick.

There just ain't a Solaster hidden under the rock these days.
The player quality has been dropping which effects the mod quality.
adminabout 11 years agoedited
the amount of hypocritical statements in this thread is way too high
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Simsabout 11 years ago
banned
Zwink
banned
People getting modded and unbanned is already a popularity contest, Zwink. The mods are incapable of decision making without community flow. It won't make a difference if there's an election system implemented.
maybe this way though it won't just be a mod circle of bffs.
The mod circle will always be biased towards a certain group of people. This site has been corrupted with certain mods for over 5 years. It will never change. The system cannot be saved unfortunately regardless of what system is implemented by Lucid.
i'm not sure how it's been an inner circle when christopherzilla built his own team from scratch 2 months ago
moonabout 11 years ago
Oksus
I think we should elect mods.
Mods choosing other mods leads to a never ending circle of power abuse.
it's almost like people who know how to mod already would know what qualities to look out for instead of a literal popularity contest
bannedabout 11 years ago
Zwink
banned
People getting modded and unbanned is already a popularity contest, Zwink. The mods are incapable of decision making without community flow. It won't make a difference if there's an election system implemented.
maybe this way though it won't just be a mod circle of bffs.
The mod circle will always be biased towards a certain group of people. This site has been corrupted with certain mods for over 5 years. It will never change. The system cannot be saved unfortunately regardless of what system is implemented by Lucid.
Theabout 11 years agoedited
Croned
Basic structure of mod election system:

- Particular # of mods at a given time
- Mod prerequisites (account age, point minimum, no significant vios, etc)
- Mod term length: (please suggest ideas)
- No limit on number of mod terms
- During election time, mod applications following a precise format are to be sent to the site admin (existing mods wishing to run for another term must do this as well)
- The admin and current mod team examine the mod apps and discard only applicants who don't meet the mod prerequisites .
- Once a list of qualified mod applicants is ready, they should be inserted into a voting app
- The voting app will present the every candidate's name and mod application in a random order
- The voting system will be based on the Borda Count System
- Votes are limited to main accounts of a certain age and point amount, and only one vote per account linked by IP

Please suggest modifications, specifications, or another system all together.
Any thoughts on some of theses elements? It gives a suggestion for each element of the process, which is how I think we should go about deciding the system.
deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
Trial mods was Arcbell's excuse to mod his friends when even the other moderators didn't agree with him ;)
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