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Was the following moderator review action fair?

I voted to Reopen the following post Resizing attribute table on QGIS print layout, and I left a comment (the only comment there so far) justifying why I thought it should have been reopen: Voting to ...
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User @whuber not moderating anymore

I may be wrong, but I have not recently seen @whuber in the list of moderators. I do not remember any GIS SE elections (maybe I have overlooked them) that took place in the previous quarter, so why is ...
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Suggesting more responsible forum moderation?

I've noticed a particular a moderator on GIS SE has a tendency to immediately put questions on hold for arguable minor violations against the SE posting rules (eg formatting, linking to an image ...
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2016 Community Moderator Election - Process

The 2016 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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Why are moderators changing answers to comments?

For example, Looking for London postcode to area mapping data It provides a direct answer. Provides a link (the only link) to the data. Was upvoted and commented on by the question asker. How is it ...
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What is the most challenging component of being a GIS.SE moderator?

In an effort to spur more competitors in the upcoming moderator election: What is the most challenging component of being a GIS.SE moderator? Perhaps the huge diversity of questions, from remote ...
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What is the average daily workload for a GIS.SE moderator?

In an effort to spur more competitors to join the illustrious PolyGeo in the upcoming moderator election: What is the (average) expected daily workload of a GIS.SE mod? Perhaps folks would be more ...
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2014 Community Moderator Election

The 2014 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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2013 Community Moderator Election [closed]

The 2013 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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GIS Stack Exchange 2013 Moderator Election coming soon - April 2013 [closed]

PROCESS STARTS 15th April 2013 This a general (unofficial) notification that there is a GIS Stack Exchange 2013 Moderator Election coming up. (The Stack Exchange Messaging tool was removed by the ...
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Contesting or flagging an answer you know is wrong but was accepted

This particular question/answer has been around for two years now: Consuming Google Maps as background map through ArcGIS Server? It contains an answer that was accepted. However, the answer is not ...
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Is completely changing answer that has high votes Editor Abuse?

Someone with editor permissions edited my answer here, inherently changing the tone and essence of my answer to match their point of view instead Are there any attempts to replace the shapefile? So ...
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2011 Community Moderator Election

The 2011 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks,...