Timeline for List of questions for candidates in 2012 moderator election
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| Jan 12, 2012 at 5:19 | comment | added | voretaq7 | There are actually two questions going on here: One is mentoring the SF community, the other is mentoring the sysadmin community at large. Regarding the latter, I would say SF is really an exercise in the sysadmin community "mentoring" itself: Anyone who participates actively on the site will learn things that may be useful in their job at some point. I intend to stay active in answering questions to continue to contribute to that. // Re: mentoring the SF community, corrective comments, chat & the occasional pointer to the FAQ are the tools I've used in the past - I expect that to continue. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 15:22 | comment | added | MDMarra | Server Fault isn't really designed to facilitate mentoring in the traditional sense. The Q&A paradigm, coupled with the character limit on comments, makes it very difficult to get "in-depth" with users. That said, I'd do the same thing that I do now when I see someone needing a push in the right direction: I point them to the appropriate section of the faq, give them a sentence or two about why something is or isn't appropriate, and then encourage them to open a question on meta if they need further clarification. If they still have problems, I ask them to hop into chat for even more info. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 10:34 | comment | added | user9517 | Thanks to whoever downvoted this "question" it neatly demonstrates one of the problems of treating Q&A as a forum. Now that this "question" and my answer are equally voted they are just as likely to be first in the list and appear out of order. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 9:24 | comment | added | user9517 | I can't find the reference now but I don't think mod positions are time limited to one year. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 9:17 | history | edited | user9517 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed false presumption.
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| S Jan 11, 2012 at 6:06 | history | answered | Starfish | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| S Jan 11, 2012 at 6:06 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Starfish |