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  New moderators elected

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Four new moderators have been elected upon the conclusion of the 2015 moderator elections.

  • Dilaton has been re-elected, and has agreed to be an active moderator.
  • Urs Schreiber has been elected, and has agreed to be a moderator, although he might not have time to actively participate in moderation.
  • Arnold Neumaier has been elected and will be at least partially active in moderation, as I judge from his response.
  • 40227 has been elected, and has agreed to be a moderator, although he might not have time to actively participate in site moderation.

Welcome! All the new active @moderators are requested to have a look at the moderator manual (please pardon the slightly funny language).

As for the existing active moderators, dimension10 will resign by the end of the year, that is about 2015-12-04, and Eduardo Guerras is not currently active anyway.

asked Apr 22, 2015 in Announcements by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]

Congrats to all!

commented Apr 22, 2015 by Jia Yiyang (2,640 points) [ no revision ]

I am quite content with the results. Congratulations to all!

commented Apr 22, 2015 by Vladimir Kalitvianski (102 points) [ no revision ]

Many thanks to Urs, Arnold, and 40227 for helping PO with moderation (as far as time constraints allow)!

commented Apr 22, 2015 by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ no revision ]

Perhaps the newly elected moderators could give a rough bio including how they're employed in the real world etc ? People are bound to be interested.

commented Apr 22, 2015 by physicsnewbie (-20 points) [ no revision ]

@physicsnewbie: Those wanting to say something about themselves do this already in their profile.

commented Apr 22, 2015 by Arnold Neumaier (15,787 points) [ no revision ]

@Arnold Neumaier True, and upon reflection there's perhaps no need since sci.physics.research doesn't either: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/spr.html

commented Apr 22, 2015 by physicsnewbie (-20 points) [ no revision ]
reshown Apr 28, 2015 by Dilaton

Why is dimension10 resigning? He started this website right?

commented Apr 28, 2015 by Ed [ no revision ]

@Ed: According to p. 8. of the current moderator manual each moderator resigns after some period between 6 and 24 months, and can be elected again.

commented Apr 28, 2015 by Arnold Neumaier (15,787 points) [ no revision ]

@Ed ALL maderators will resign, and no - I did not start PO. 

commented Apr 28, 2015 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ revision history ]
edited Apr 28, 2015 by Arnold Neumaier

Just to clarify, of course not all other moderators will resign too at the same time as @Dimension10 plans to do so ...

commented Apr 28, 2015 by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ no revision ]

@Dilaton right - I meant that all moderators are expected to resign eventually, the active ones, anyway. 

commented Apr 28, 2015 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]

@Dimension10 Then who started it? I thought it was you and @Dilation. And it would be good if there is a page that describes the founding of this site.

commented Apr 30, 2015 by Ed [ no revision ]

@Ed see the history of PhysicsOverflow meta post ...

commented Apr 30, 2015 by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ revision history ]
edited Apr 30, 2015 by Arnold Neumaier

The history of PhysicsOverflow meta post says that '

polarkernel, Dilaton, and dimension10 may be considered as "founders" for practical purposes.

commented Apr 30, 2015 by Arnold Neumaier (15,787 points) [ revision history ]

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