In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected [from an earlier thread](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/4915/2021-moderator-election-qa-question-collection) have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers. Not every question was compiled - as noted, we only selected the top 8 questions as submitted by the community, plus 2 pre-set questions from us. As a candidate, your job is simple - post an answer to this question, citing each of the questions and then post your answer to each question given in that same answer. For your convenience, I will include all of the questions in quote format with a break in between each, suitable for you to insert your answers. Just [copy the whole thing after the first set of three dashes](<https://meta.mathoverflow.net/revisions/938a5e35-fc38-4a87-8969-00c69a5af5d8/view-source>). Please consider putting your name at the top of your post so that readers will know who you are before they finish reading everything you have written, and also including a link to your answer on your nomination post. Once all the answers have been compiled, this will serve as a transcript for voters to view the thoughts of their candidates, and will be appropriately linked in the Election page. Good luck to all of the candidates! ## Oh, and when you've completed your answer, please provide a link to it after this blurb here, before that set of three dashes. Please leave the list of links in the order of submission. To save scrolling here are links to the submissions from each candidate (in order of submission): - [Asaf Karagila](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/4947/2021-moderator-election-qa-questionnaire/4948#4948) - [Daniel Loughran](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/4949/5101) - [Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/4956/120914) - [Liviu Nicolaescu][1] - [Alec Rhea](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/4958/) - [gmvh][2] - [Tim Campion](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/4966/2362) --- > 1. For pseudonymous candidates, Are you a professional mathematician? In what capacity? > 2. Should there be a term for which moderators are elected? If elected, how long do you envision serving as a moderator? > 3. There has been extensive discussion on MO Meta on how to make the MathOverflow community more welcoming and inclusive. How do you think the community should approach this issue, and what role (if any) do you think moderators should play in this regard? > 4. What time zone are you in? > 5. Assuming a notion of "culture" as [explained here](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/908/2013-moderator-election-qa-question-collection/918#918), what would a newly elected moderator do to preserve it? Will there be more efforts to preserve the culture, or more to steer it toward things nearer to "what a Stack Exchange forum should be?" > 6. As MathOverflow is growing, the diversity of the moderator team might become an issue of interest. As I understand, the present moderators have much in common, and women are, to say it that way, underrepresented. In which way do you think would you contribute to the diversity of the moderator team? > 7. What do you see as the biggest challenge for MathOverflow as a site and as a community in the next few years? > 8. Do you think women are underrepresented in the MO community compared to the mathematical community as a whole? Is this a problem for MO? If so, what would you do about it as a moderator? > 9. How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? > 10. How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been? [1]: https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/4959/20302 [2]: https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/4962/45250