Questions tagged [moderators]
Questions about diamond (♦) moderators, their powers, and actions they have taken.
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Why was an answer partially made using AI to make the point that you shouldn't use AI deleted?
My answer to a recent MSE question was deleted by a moderator a few hours ago. I have posted the screenshots below for those below 10,000 reputation. Yes, part of it did technically use AI to generate ...
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What is the process by which Moderators can determine the Moderator Agreement has been violated?
To trigger this process, a moderator must send a “Community Emergency” report through the Contact Form detailing:
The exact nature of the situation that has violated the Moderator Agreement;
Which ...
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Can moderators chat in gallery chat rooms? [duplicate]
When reaching 1k reputation, user gains the create gallery chat rooms privilege, which states:
A gallery chat room allows anyone to enter, but only specific users may talk in the room, as determined ...
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A staff member that's a moderator network-wide is visible in the Moderators list
The staff member m0sa is listed in the moderators tab in the users page as though they are an elected or appointed moderator. This issue is present all across the network, no matter which site you ...
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Allow regular (non-moderator) users to easily view if/when a moderator accessed their PII
Mods can view some PIIs of SE users. There seems to be no easy for regular (non-moderator) users to view if/when a moderator accessed their PII.
Feature request: allow regular (non-moderator) users to ...
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Can a user request to know if/when a moderator accessed their PII?
Moderator have access to user's PII, for the sake of moderation activities.
Can a regular user request at any moment to know when and if moderators of a given community have accessed their PII?
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Too small margins between user names on the timeline
In the post timeline, the margins between usernames are too small, especially when a moderator (with the additional displayed icon) has participated:
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When is it OK for site moderators to go against the consensus established by their community? And when should such a decision be overturned?
Last year in particular I made a few gambles as a moderator by establishing new policies on the local meta without first gathering community consensus. However, every time I found my policies ...
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Indicator on Meta next to the display name of former Staff and/or Mod users for actions performed with that status
When a staff member or a mod posts or performs an action on a site (like commenting, reviews, revisions) their status as Staff and/or Mod status is clearly identified using symbols or text set next to ...
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What is the status of the changes to the moderator agreement agreed to during the negotiations in August?
As part of the strike negotiation results, several changes to the Moderator Agreement were agreed upon. These include:
A mandatory review period for binding policies
Stack Exchange, Inc. staff cannot ...
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Can an election happen if moderators are not stepping down? A referendum?
As far as I can tell, moderator elections happen only when there is a need for (more) moderators: either a new Stack Exchange site comes into being, a moderator resigns or the team needs additional ...
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I'm stepping down as a meta moderator — in response to recent actions by the company
One of my goals as a meta moderator has always been to try to nudge the company in the right direction and to try to help keep ties between the company and community strong. I've pushed for a good ...
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Can a moderator apply to be a moderator on another SE site with another SE account?
I wonder whether a moderator on an SE site is allowed to apply to be a moderator on another SE site using another SE account.
For example, the use of another SE account prevents others from seeing the ...
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Server error when trying to view revision histories of some old orphaned tag wikis (as a mod)
When looking at orphaned tag wikis via the moderator-only page (/admin/orphan-wikis), I found some that give 500 errors:
https://english.stackexchange.com/posts/4382/revisions
https://writing....
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Are moderators now allowed to delete ChatGPT-generated posts?
I've flagged some ChatGPT-generated posts (in June) on Stack Overflow. Recently they've been reviewed, and most of my flags were helpful. Then the posts I flagged were deleted.
Are moderators now ...