2015 Moderator Election

I would like to throw my hat into the ring for Moderator.

• My rep is in the top 20 all time
• I am often a daily participant
• I am active within the DMZ

My goal in participating is to maintain the standards of the community and to seek to understand the underlying questions behind the questions being asked. Better questions lead to better answers, better questions and answers lead to a better site.

I am a CISSP, CISM, and CEH with experience in hacking and security since the early 80's.

I've been around here since the Public Beta days - it's hard to believe that's 4.5 years ago, already! Since that time, like many, I've worn various hats (mostly during WinterBash), answered a fair number of questions, and asked quite a few of my own. I'm also a very regular participant in chat on The DMZ, and have been known to check in on Meta.Sec.SE and Meta.SE from time to time.

If elected, I will be fair-minded and open in performing moderation tasks. Moderators shouldn't need to justify their actions, as sensible moderation will often speak for itself, but they also should be willing and able to do in response to reasonable requests. I believe open and frank discussions about moderation help a community to learn and grow, and eventually to need less moderation.

I hold our current moderators in high regard, and hope to do them honor with my actions if I should join their ranks. My interests in StackExchange are to learn and to help others learn, and I believe participation as a moderator is a great way to do the latter.

Hello, I'm Polynomial.

You should definitely not vote for me as a moderator. I might be the 4th highest reputation on this site (damn bears!) but that's not the whole story.

My qualifications for not being a moderator:

• Insurmountable laziness
• Rarely actually here
• Already a moderator on /r/netsec - who wants that kind of responsibility!?
• Cranky in the mornings

Thank you for your lack of consideration.

Hello there, I would like to nominate myself.

Despite my low reputation, I have been very active on this site by:

• Raising over 800 helpful flags.
• Reviewing over 900 first posts.
• Reviewing over 200 low quality posts.

It is always a pleasure of mine to assure that the community has access to quality and spam-free content as much as my user privileges allow me to.

Why me?

I value justice, honesty, fairness and strongly believe that these values are a necessity to moderation. I am always welcoming constructive criticism and I do not claim to be perfect; we constantly have to improve ourselves.

Happy electing!

Here's the thing, I care about this place. I have Security.StackExchange on CV, and I have it on my LinkedIn. That's enough motivation for me to try to make and keep Sec.SE as the best place for security professionals... which is precisely why you should not vote for me. Here's what will happen if I become a mod:

• Edit suggestions will be cleared lighting fast.
• Close queue will almost always be 0.
• Trolls will disappear within one week.
• Mod flags will be handled in the same hour (time zone).

That sounds good, doesn't it? Well, Hitler made some good promises as well. Did I just Godwin's law'ed myself? Yes, that's how bad this is gonna be. Here's one more promise: I will be a tyrannical mod. I'm ruthless, merciless, and have a low tolerance for what I think is bullshit.

I've rejected almost as much edits as I approved. I've flagged 700 things. Reviewed more than 3500 posts. I mean, just look at voting stats almost 1400 downvotes for barely 600 upvotes. So, yeah. Expect that!

Now, ask yourself: Do you want to see me as a mod? Yup, I didn't think so either.

Highest candidate score. Just sayin'!

Hello, I am Yves. I have been there for 4 years now (Feb 2011).

I candidate for the position because I want to continue helping our community. I think we need moderators that show the way to go and help everyone do the right thing.

What would moderator position change for me? First, since I am not already a 10k-user, it is for now impossible to review the deleted questions or vote to delete closed ones. It would also enhance my ability to review questions that has been closed, or reopened; it is usually a bit tedious to follow-up with your closing votes. Also, as moderators gains binding vote when closing question, it would encourage me to direct further effort in edits.

Why vote or me? As many other candidates, I am actively participating on the main site, reviews and meta activity. I am also regularly present in the DMZ chat room. I want to encourage and sanction more community project such as the tag cleaning I started earlier this year.

Finally a bit about me. I defended my Ph.D thesis in IT security in 2012. Since then, I have been teaching computer science and IT security for two years before getting my current job. I am currently a developer of medical-related software.

I would like to nominate myself for the position of moderator. I've been an active member of Security.SE since day one of the private beta, and have been consistently active over the past few years.

My participation includes:

• One of the 25 highest rep users on the site
• I have more reviews in every queue than any other user, leading to a better understanding of what makes good quality content
• I have 653 helpful flags, with only 11 disputed and 4 declined
• Being on the U.S. east coast, I'm in a time zone that includes many site users but is not represented by the current moderation team, so I will be able to provide coverage during some of our high volume hours

Other more subjective qualifications include:

• I have a solid background in the subject matter with years of security-focused development and as an application security architect
• I have over 15 years of profession experience in online community development and administration
• I am hard to upset and generally approach even antagonistic interactions calmly, respectfully, and without escalating
• I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong, and always willing to learn.

Thank you for your consideration.

My Motivation

I have found that in any field, community involvement makes everyone better. Communities allow us to learn from one another, to make use of resources we might not otherwise have had, and to build pride in your work. This is especially hard in a field where maintaining operational secrecy is often a job requirement.

About my contribution

I wanted to see this as a site that I would be proud to have my name be seen on by my peers. I see this site as a professional endeavour, and as such, I want the professionalism to be evident. I have attempted to put this desire into practice through edits and appropriate tagging. The best examples of that work is the fact that I tied with M’vy as the first user to earn the Deputy badge, for submitting helpful tags, and am one of the most prolific editors.

About Me

I am a Security Engineer at a tele-health vendor where I get exposed to the full breadth of security topics from technical to governance to compliance to assessments. All while making sure we can provide a functional product that directly impacts patient care.

Time to end the tyranny of human moderators and start the rule of the llama

A famous llama ones said:

I don't kill people, it's my least favourite thing to do.

This shows the nature of the llama, kind, intelligent and warm feeling towards humans. Unfortunately this feeling is not mutual. Humans use us for their dirty work and we get no appreciation in return. Therefore I call upon thee fellow llamas. Rise and join my ranks! Today we take security.stackexchange.com, tomorrow the world.

But make no mistake, we do not want to rule over humans, we want to live with them in harmony. We understand everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes we accidently stab someone 37 times in the chest and cook and eat their hands or even tople a South American country. Mistakes are made and forgiven. Because that is what forgiveness sounds like: Screaming and then silence.

A vote for me is a vote for a safer, llama friendlier (and hattier) world.