Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 07:43:16 PM

And on that subject, does anyone know who the last moderator to be added was? The last one I recall was Flying Hellfish, but he kind of just vanished and after that I don't remember any others being anointed so publicly as he was.

I'm not sure who was last given the task - but based on this watchlist, I think mole0815 was the last.

List of the forum's admins/ global moderators/ staffs

Quote from: tranthidung on January 20, 2020, 02:12:13 AM

A new moderator for German board is detected. It seems this moderator has given that role very recently. Merit statistics are taken from last Friday data dump from theymos, on 2020w2, 17jan2020 02:33:31 (GMT time)

Quote from: tranthidung on December 03, 2019, 03:21:31 AM

Position	Username	Date of register	Earned merits	Sent merits
_____________________	_________________________	__________________	________________	____________
Staff	mole0815	12/12/2017	892	852
_____________________	_________________________	__________________	________________	____________

OP I really don't want to know how much moderators get paid for their forum responsibilities in this forum - but I think they do get pay for it. About how someone is chosen to be a mod has been described by Theymos here:

Quote from: theymos on December 19, 2019, 08:22:30 PM

There will only be one moderator.

Report history is the most important consideration for a moderator candidate. Over the forum's many years, relatively "newbie" members with good report histories have consistently done much better as mods than veteran, well-respected members with poor report histories. That said, not all reports are equal, so a simple report count doesn't tell the whole story. Also, in addition to report histories, it's necessary to consider factors such as the ability of the candidate to be neutral, their trustworthiness, etc. It's also nice to choose a moderator who people generally already trust/respect, but sometimes this is outweighed by other factors.

If a poll is created, I will not completely ignore the results, but I will also not use it as a primary influence. I'm more interested in arguments people have for or against certain candidates.