When are the 2017 elections? Is there a way to tell when the next one is? I checked the previous elections, but it didn't tell me when the next one is. Also how long are they?
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Moderator elections are not scheduled events. Instead, they are brought up as the need arises, namely when more moderators are considered "needed." As you can see from the elections list, there was no scheduled election for 2015, because no new moderators were needed.
To be more exact, moderator elections typically happen when the community moderators contact Stack Exchange and ask for an election. Similarly, an election may also be triggered if Stack Exchange notices that the current mods are being overwhelmed by the duties of the site (flag queues, closevote backlogs, etc.). Stack Exchange also contacts a site's mod team at the anniversary mark from the last election to ask the question, but this still does not guarantee an election will take place. (Source).
Unless SE or our local mods really need new moderators now, the next one is likely to happen in June 2017, but this doesn't mean it will happen then.
Moderator elections tend to take 15 days, and are split up into three "phases": Nomination, the Primary, and the Election. Instead of boring you with the details, I'll just gloss through them real fast:
- During the Nomination phase, which lasts 7 days, any user with a minimum sufficient reputation (variable) can nominate themselves to the ballot.
- The top 30 users by reputation move on to the Primary phase, where anyone with at least 150 rep can vote for them. Note that if 10 or fewer candidates nominated themselves, this phase will be skipped.
- The top 10 users (by votes in the Primary phase) will be moved on to the Election phase. The winners will be chosen using the Meek STV method.
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1@UbuntuUser Not all of the work. SE is community moderated which does a lot of the work, but the two mods involved do have the load of dealing with the flag. Commented Jan 14, 2017 at 20:57
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I see, but still how many flags are there daily? Wouldn't that still be a lot? Commented Jan 14, 2017 at 20:59
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2I'm not privy to that information, but you can get a basic idea of the given load at any time by going to askubuntu.com/review . From what I've heard though, the site has been unable to flag-free for fifteen minutes for a long time. Commented Jan 14, 2017 at 21:02
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1Keep in mind, though, that the flags queue isn't the only thing that a moderator has to deal with, we also have to deal with cases of abuse, sometimes a dispute between users, etc. Also consider that some of us are active at different times, which means sometimes the flags don't get instantly-handled. (That said, we do try and keep the flags queue cleaned up :P)– Thomas Ward ModCommented Jan 15, 2017 at 2:43
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6@UbuntuUser new mods do not replace the old ones - so the two new mods elected would be added to the team, not taking over from predecessors– Zanna ModCommented Jan 15, 2017 at 12:32
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1@Zanna unless moderators step down, in which case 'then' they would 'take over' in terms of 'replacing'; that said, I don't think there's anyone stepping down any time soon.– Thomas Ward ModCommented Feb 12, 2017 at 0:09
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@ThomasWard why would anyone step away from so much fun and fulfillment? No doubt there are some strenuous days but for the most part.... Commented Feb 12, 2017 at 1:54
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@WinEunuuchs2Unix various reasons, none of which I'm privy to :P– Thomas Ward ModCommented Feb 13, 2017 at 14:35