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Who wants to be a moderator

Alaa's picture

the window for nomination will be closed next sunday the 16th of Jan or three days after the last candidate added to the list whichever is longer then we'll start the voting process immediatly.

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whirlpool's picture

for secure elections

this is a quick sketch of what the admins here need to do to ensure fair elections, this is ofcourse is debatable

  • Two admins atleast must track drupal logs from election time till results are announced, may be setting wget to download the log every several hours and checking it to see any suspected removal or deletion in the logs happened. they should post the result of this log examination even if it was negative.
  • One admin must publish the log from the start of electins till the announcement of results. complete drupal log, (emails and other sensetive info can be replaced by X.
  • external user (@drupal.org etc..) login must be disabled till end of elections.
  • no new users should be allowed to sign up till the end of elections
  • any error from the ranking vote module in the logs should schedual a repeat in the vote ?
  • ranking vote source code must be published and available for several days before the vote for, other php geeks to audit

International observers

We might as well call for International Observers. Just kidding :)

Alaa's picture

you're being pedantic

personally I would prefer to just trust the community a little, IMO extreme discord like attempts to game the vote will make themselves obvious (not the attempt but the discord),

anyways oppening logs can be done (we'll use drupals watchdog module) drupal logins will be closed but I don't agree with blocking new users thats too much trouble for what I consider an insignificant threat.

note that in a ranking system the actual order of the candidates is not important we're choosing 6, to game the system and affect the outcome in anyway except reordering winners or swapping to very close candidates requires too many illegal votes, this would be obvious in the logs (too many new users voting).

in the future we should make it an open voting process (ie you get to see who voted what) but at the moment lets just stop being paranoid and let it be.

Alaa


"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"

ezabi's picture

Mesh el amala

From the way the charter is made it's more of a responsibility and burden than it is a privilege (unless u r a brag-o-maniac)

Job description

What are the responsibilities of a moderator? what are his powers and restrictions? what is expected from him?

Is dental insurance included? :D

Manal's picture

Rules and Resources


systems's picture

Just a reminder

I voted against the charter, so remember that you don't have to like the charter (i.e. the role of the moderator in our context)

And to prove my point become a moderator, and just ignore the charter completely (don't even read it, I seriously challenge that the list of nominee all read the charter or even know about it) and observe how no one cares.

Except maybe the one who wrote the charter.

Alaa's picture

you have to accept the charter

you have to accept the charter since it was voted on (even if you don't like it), and you have to put an effort into ammending it (happens once every year but discussion can happen anytime).

moderators who violate the charter will not be moderators for long though, their job is to help everyone stick to the charter and policies.

BTW policies are more flexible, meaning they can be changed whenever we feel the need to.

Alaa


"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"

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