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  Discussion on things to take note of in an emergency-like single-moderator situation

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Due to my retirement that will happen soon, PO will have only one moderator for a few weeks in the near future.

This thread is meant to discuss anything of importance with respect to this upcoming special situation, as needed.

asked Mar 27, 2015 in Discussion by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ revision history ]
recategorized Mar 27, 2015 by dimension10

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As mentioned already here, this message probably points to dilaton feeling uneasy about there being no-one who could check dimension10 in case he hides something during this period. I think the danger is small now but perhaps you, @dimension10, could say something reassuring to everyone.

answered Mar 28, 2015 by Arnold Neumaier (15,787 points) [ no revision ]

I could make a list of all content I hide, right here on this page,  besides completely uncontroversial things (spam,  complete, complete gibberish,  illegal things). I already promised Dilation to send him a list of such posts,  but this might be a better solution.

Yes, it is better to have it public.

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Deletions on 2015-04-04:

  • As noted on the election thread, any nominations before 1230 GMT will be temorarily deleted - thus I've temporarily hidden 3 of my own nominations, and will reshow them after 1800.

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Usage of other Moderator Tools on 2015-04-04:

  • Mass mail sent for moderator elections 2015
  • Some minor styling pages through the admin panel
  • Usage of the WidgetAnywhere plugin to prepare the election voting page
  • Reinstating of the <meta> description for the homepage that somehow got lost.
answered Apr 4, 2015 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ revision history ]
edited Apr 4, 2015 by dimension10
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It might take slightly more time to get off-topic questions closed, spam deleted, etc ...

So please stay calm and patient.

answered Apr 4, 2015 by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ no revision ]
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Deletions on 2015-04-05:

  • Some spam on meta
  • A comment in reviews about waste products from a vertebrate animal's digestive tract

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Usage of other Moderator Tools on 2015-04-05:

  • Further styling tweaks from the admin panel
  • Continuation of the WidgetAnywhere thing from yesterday
answered Apr 5, 2015 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ revision history ]
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Deletions on 2015-04-06:

  • Some spam about "reformulated protestant seahawks" deleted.

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  • Further styling tweaks from the admin panel
answered Apr 6, 2015 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ revision history ]
edited Apr 6, 2015 by dimension10
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  • Further styling tweaks from the admin panel
answered Apr 7, 2015 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]
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Sorry, forgot to update between 7 and 13 April.

Deletions on 2015-04-(07 to 13):

  • Moved a discussion to chat with full consent from all participants
  • Deletion of a comment with meta value (like "please edit this out because it's silly"), that was resolved
  • Deletions of some obselote meta value comments imported from SE regarding the moderation there

Silent edits on 2015-04-(07 to 13):

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  • Converted one of my own comments into an answer

Usage of other Moderator Tools on 2015-04-(07 to 13):

  • Further styling tweaks from the admin panel
  • Usage of the edit submission header plugin to add authors to a lot of submissions
answered Apr 11, 2015 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ revision history ]
edited Apr 13, 2015 by dimension10

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