I have withdrawn, due to lack of experience with this site.

Here as a filler so the election can start on time.

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I love this site, I'm here every day and would love to do more. I've been one of the top contributors here for a while now and would like to think I lead by example and would make a good moderator...

• I am currently the top contributor on meta.

• I do a reasonable amount of moderating already... some stats (as of writing this):

  • 829 posts edited
  • 835 helpful flags
  • 1,163 reviews

• I've been a 10k+ user for ~ a year so have had access to (and do use) the 10k mod tools

• I'd like to think I am calm and rational and would deal with the inevitable criticism of moderating without too much emotional investment (being a father of 3 has taught me patience if nothing else)

...I'm also just generally pretty great.

Aside from general moderation I'd like to focus more on improving the quality and scope of questions and being more welcoming to new users.

The Graphic Design Biweekly Topic Challenge is a start, but I'd like to do more.

My answers to the Election Questionnaire

CAI FOR MAYOR!

(...that's what we're running for, right?)

I’m a relative newbie to GDSE compared to the current moderators and other active members. I’ve only been using the site for about 10 months, but in that time I’ve visited the site nearly every day and I’ve been busy trying to help out as much as I can. I’ve posted over 170 answers to questions, cast hundreds of votes and raised hundreds of helpful flags. I’ve also reviewed over 2000 questions and answers. All of this has added up to make me the 31st highest ranked user overall by reputation score.

I’m going to carry on doing all of these things whether I end up being a moderator or not, but being a moderator will give me access to more tools and more ways to help. I think the current moderators (and other committed users like Cai) are doing a great job and I’d love to be able to learn more from them and assist them in maintaining and improving the site.

Here are my answers to the election questions

I am running for moderator to ensure that there are three candidates. This does not mean I wouldn’t happily do the job, but I fully support Cai’s and Westside’s candidatures.

Why me?

• I am already a moderator on German Language; so I am familiar with the tools and the job.
• Through being active on Meta and several other sites, I am familiar with the mechanics of Stack Exchange and have sources from which to draw inspirations to address problems.
• I’ve performed 2.3 k reviews on this site and just got my Marshal badge.
• I enjoy moderating activities.

Why not me?

• I am not a graphic designer (not even close) and I am not intricately familiar with a considerable amount of topics. However, I feel that my familiarity with the topic suffices to handle most issues and if it doesn’t, I know when to stop and let the other moderators handle things (I skipped 4.1 k reviews).
• I cannot fully predict how much time I will have at my hands in the near future.
• I am only 95 % enthusiastic about this particular job. I enjoy the small bits of moderation (which make for the largest share), but I may lack the enthusiasm to engage in large community-building activities.