Please Welcome our New Moderators

It's been a while since we've added new moderators and with the post traffic (as well as the spammer traffic) increasing, it will be helpful to have some additional help in ensuring that moderated posts get approved more quickly and questions and problems get resolved.

So... Please show your appreciation for

Ted Heiks
Airtorn
MichaelOliver
Maniac Craniac

who have all agreed to help out with moderation responsibilities.

DegreeInfo relies on the volunteer moderators to help keep the site spam-free and (relatively) flame-free, and to keep things organized.

I and the rest of the team really appreciate the help of not only our newest moderators, but particularly Kizmet, who has almost single-handedly kept things well organized, Randell, who has helped out quite a bit, and Bruce, who has been a moderator since the site first opened.

Their generous help is very much appreciated!

 

I feel a crazy post coming on!

 

Congrats to the new mods! How many credit hours are they getting each?

 

Thanks Chip. I really enjoy this site and I'm happy to make a contribution by helping to maintain its integrity. Hopefully, the new moderators can help to mitigate flaming and spamming issues, speed up the approval process for new members and insure that this is a great experience for everyone.

 

Hey! wasn't my resume good enough? (Actually, I'm too partisan and vociferous to be a moderator--no "moderate" in me. And I didn't even know the role was being expanded. No matter....)

Congratulations to all, and thanks for helping with the heavy lifting!

 

Woo Hoo to all....

 

Hi, everybody!

 

Welcome to all.

 

First post here, lurking for a while. Congrats to the new moderators but I am surprised that such new people were chosen, very different than all of the other boards that I visit where only people that have years of proven contributions are chosen. Anyway, I have seen many great posts from Maniac Craniac and MichaelOliver (haven't read much of the other two) and am sure everyone will contribute positively to the forum.

 

Are you suggesting that I don't have years of proven contributions after a mere five years on this board?

 

I am sure you have seen some of my posts on a similar website, I just chose to lurk here. I thought I had registered a long time ago but I went to reply to a question the other day and realized I never did.

 

No but if I didn't write it I would probably take that away from what I wrote as well. You fall into the criteria of what most Moderators on various websites I have visited meet (long time member, large post count, I assume proven contributions). I just haven't seen a lot of your posts for whatever reason. I lurk for specific stuff and maybe you have managed to not post in those specific threads. I have managed to see Maniac and MichaelOliver's posts over and over, especially recently. Maybe they were gearing up for their Moderator knighting .

ETA: Also, what is the post count for not having to have every post approved by a moderator? I am contributing here but am being held back .

 

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/off-topic-discussions/34772-rich-douglas.html

 

Ah, then I have seen some of Ted's posts, maybe his name didn't click for me. As for you, I was commenting to myself about about how high your post count was compared to how long you have been here just yesterday. I am sure at least a percentage of those have had some substance and that is all we can all hope for . I mostly hang out (and post too much) at a certain body building website but the education sites are a little more politically correct while I am at work.

 

YAY! Congrats everyone!

 

I support these moderators and will try not to anger any of them