<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/q/5973/72321">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.</p>
<p>Due to the submission count, we have selected all provided questions as well as our back up questions for a total of 6 questions.</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/da5d5178-da94-44d7-a415-d2e25b58d2e4/view-source">copy the whole thing after the first set of three dashes</a>.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, and also including a link to your answer on your nomination post.</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>
<p><strong>Oh, and when you've completed your answer, please provide a link to it after this blurb here, before that set of three dashes. Please leave the list of links in the order of submission.</strong></p>
<p>To save scrolling here are links to the submissions from each candidate (in order of submission):</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5986/22311">Sycorax</a></p>
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<li><p><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5981/2020-moderator-election-qa-questionnaire/5992#5992">Kjetil b halvorsen</a></p>
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</ul>
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<li><p>In your opinion, what do moderators do?</p>
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<li><p>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>
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<li><p>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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<li><p>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>
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<li><p>How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?</p>
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<li><p>Do you have any Meta posts that you're particularly proud of, or that you feel best demonstrate your moderation style?</p>
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</ol>
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