Re: Criterion for selecting a moderator for the local section
Sorry mate, but you have misunderstood what I said, its not necessarily on a users account but the reputation of the board that can be left behind without any moderation.
Very true. Even with the removal of Dabs, you people still have Mr.Big as the moderator who can very well trash almost all the shitposts and is one of the very active silent moderators present in this forum. And also I don't think being a Mod will give us that kind of credit besides you were already a reputed and trusted member if you were picked to do the task
Being a moderator will earn you more hate from shitposters, bounty hunters and trolls 
and some even need to work hard like Halab who is currently moderating the French subforum really well. French, Russian and Indonesian are one among the very active local communities present here along with Philippines. Moderator position is simply being given to users whose already a trusted member here with enough contributions to the forum, I doubt it will be random pick LoL. So basically it can't be like that.
I guess this might be true for English boards but not for local boards. AFAIK choosing mods for local boards is a random pick based on reports. A good example for such a situation is when Halab was made a moderator when he was only a Member and was pretty new to the forum at that time. But the appointment was made solely since he was really good at reporting and nothing more. There were far more trustworthy reputed members like LeGaulois, yogg and JohnUser from French sections FYI who were not appointed as a MOD.Additionally, I get what your point here but considering not all user are willing to do the task for free.
True but we are gaining something from our signatures for posting, why don't we help a little to keep this forum clean?