Timeline for 2021 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
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| Mar 29, 2021 at 16:15 | comment | added | M.G. | (cont'd) So, raising a question about them creates a precedent that they should influence the election of one or another person as a MOderator, which is quite the opposite result of the intent of such a concern. The election should be based solely on merit and competence. Since MOderators are elected rather than appointed, such a concern should not exist. For all we care, the future MOderators can be anon or semi-anon, like quid used to be. Sex, sexual orientation, skin color, ethnicity, race, religion, political preferences etc. should be irrelevant to the election. | |
| Mar 29, 2021 at 16:12 | comment | added | M.G. | Apologies, I did not realize you were simply carrying over the question from last election. My question was meant for the person who originally asked the question in your post. All humans are individuals, so the term "diversity" needs some clarification/definition/narrowing down. If it refers to sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, then these are things one is born into 99.999% of the time and do not constitute per se any meaningful contribution whatsoever, unlike, say, one's background in cultural studies helping to bridge the gap between different cultures when moderation is necessary. | |
| Mar 29, 2021 at 14:47 | comment | added | gmvh | (cont:) ... But given the context of MO, in your hypothetical scenario I would contribute to the interdisciplinarity of the team as a mathematically-inclined theoretical physicist, and to the geographic diversity by being from Europe. However, I am clearly not qualified to be a moderator, so that point is kind of moot. | |
| Mar 29, 2021 at 14:45 | comment | added | gmvh | I didn't come up with this question. As it says at the top, it was a question asked in the last election, and I felt that the questions from that election should be carried forward (if only as possible suggestions) to this one. In any case, I don't see how the fact that moderators are elected makes diversity less of a concern. The members of various political and corporate bodies are elected, and a lack of diversity is often voiced as a (legitimate, IMO) concern. As to your last question, as a straight white male I wouldn't contribute to diversity, as normally construed. But given ... (ctd.) | |
| Mar 29, 2021 at 14:26 | comment | added | M.G. | I am curious, since moderators are not appointed, but elected, what kind of an answer does this question expect? Can you give an example? That is, if you were to be nominated for MOderator and accept the nomination, how would you answer it? | |
| Mar 23, 2021 at 14:29 | history | answered | gmvh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |