Questions tagged [nominations]
For questions about nominating for ♦ moderator during an election.
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Multiple inbox notifications and badges for an upcoming election
There's an election upcoming on Arduino.SE for which I would have enough reputation to nominate myself. It started today, and by now I have received no less than three inbox notifications informing me ...
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Minimum character limit indicator "x more to go..." broken for nomination posts
When writing a nomination for a moderator election, there's a counter below to help you with the minimum character limit (120). However, it doesn't update if you start typing so it seems to be broken; ...
GlorfindelMod
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How is the minimal reputation requirement for candidates decided?
As far as I can tell, different sites can have different reputation thresholds for candidates in an election. (At least browsing various election pages, I saw various numbers. (For example, on ...
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Withdrawing from an election and re-nominating allows nominees to invisibly push themselves to the top of the candidate list
According to election notice on nomination phase: All nominees are displayed in reverse order of nomination. But if someone withdraw yourself and apply again (the nominee notice even remains, so the ...
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Include link to the mod agreement when collecting nominations
Apparently some sites or some pages include it already. I am specifically referring to this page: https://workplace.stackexchange.com/election/9?tab=nomination It's important for moderator candidates ...
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Revising the criteria for moderator nominees
It is very easy to be a candidate in a moderator election. If we exclude the prerequisites to become a moderator on Stack Overflow and the necessary 1,000 rep for Mathematics, a nominee needs only ...
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Post Flag History page for nomination doesn't show a title
One of the nominations in our election received a comment flag. When I look at the post flag history (link for staff to reproduce), the description of the post is missing: Normally, that's filled ...
GlorfindelMod
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1 answer
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Links in nomination flag descriptions aren't colored unlike for Q&A's
The links ("does not disclose the author's affiliation" and "inappropriate for respectful discourse") aren't colored for the "spam" and "rude or abusive" flag ...
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19 votes
1 answer
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Server error for non-diamonds when attempting to look at some old election pages
When I attempt to access the "Nomination" phase of an election which has concluded, I get the "Oops! Something Bad Happened" page. This happens both on sites which I am a member of ...
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In the 'Responses' tab on the profile, comments on nomination posts should link to the comment instead of to the nomination post
I received a reply to a comment I posted under a nomination in the current election on Mathematics SE. It shows up in my 'Responses' tab on my profile with the heading '2021 Moderator Election' (...
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22 votes
2 answers
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Is it intentional that nomination posts can be edited by the candidates even after the nomination phase has ended?
In the ongoing election on Mathematics, one of the candidates noticed that they are able to edit their nomination post even after the nomination phase has ended. The nomination posts otherwise seem to ...
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13 votes
4 answers
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Split moderator election nomination phase into private submission phase and public commenting/discussion phase
Context This post is inspired by two controversies that arose during the nomination phase of the current Stack Overflow moderator election. One of them pertains to allegations of plagiarism by one of ...
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Flag notices on nominations are confusing for moderators
The new election system has solved several problems with regards to flagging nominations and comments (both were badly needed), but the UX has fallen down in a weird way. I visited the SO election ...
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31 votes
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Implement a "waiting period" between the close of nominations and the voting stage(s) of elections
During elections, the primary or election phase (depending on the number of candidates and open spots) begins immediately after the nominations phase closes. One consequence of this is that comments ...
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Add "Return to nomination" link to nomination revision page
Any post revision page contains a link "Return to {post}" at the top of the page: But there is no such link in candidate nomination revision page, e.g.: Without a link it's impossible to ...
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