<p>In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&amp;A thread for the candidates. Questions collected <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2432/2015-moderator-election-qa-question-collection">from an earlier thread</a> have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers. Due to the lack of submission count, we have selected all provided questions as well as our back up questions for a total of 9 questions. I did try splitting whuber's question into two but ultimately condensed it into a single one.</p>

<p>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 <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/revisions/c62a6fba-ef6b-469c-a522-6262036df371/view-source">copy the whole thing after the first set of three dashes</a>. Oh, and 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.</p>

<p>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. </p>

<p>Good luck to all of the candidates!</p>

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  <p><strong>1)</strong> What other sites on SE system are you active on, if any? Compared to these sites, how would you characterize the atmosphere and style on CV, if it is any different? How are you going to handle questions and topics that are borderline between CV and these complementary areas of expertise?</p>
  
  <p><strong>2)</strong> Do you have a vision for the future of the site that is different from how it is now? In other words, do you hope to move the site in a new direction in any respect? If so, what, and how would that be an improvement?</p>
  
  <p><strong>3)</strong> <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2443/"><strong>The multiple objectives of any SE site create an inherent tension</strong></a>, forcing us to make decisions that trade off between accommodating askers, creating canonical resources, establishing discoverability of content, and rewarding community members for their participation. With many questions (and answers), there is no one best action to take. As a general moderation strategy, how do you believe we should act? Where do you plan to strike a balance among these objectives?</p>
  
  <p><strong>4)</strong> In your opinion, is there a serious threat/challenge that Cross Validated currently faces? If yes what is it? Do you believe that as a moderator you could contribute more towards dealing with it, and if yes, how?</p>
  
  <p><strong>5)</strong> 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?</p>
  
  <p><strong>6)</strong> How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?</p>
  
  <p><strong>7)</strong> In your opinion, what do moderators do?</p>
  
  <p><strong>8)</strong> A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?</p>
  
  <p><strong>9)</strong> In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?</p>
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