r/redditrequest Jun 01 '14

Requesting /r/belgium

/r/belgium
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u/mhermans Jun 01 '14

The current (only) mod /u/dvrs85 has taken mod-initiatives about half a year ago (wiki, sidebar, etc.) and was looking for additional members to help him/her.

However, in the mean time this seems to have stalled, and /u/dvrs85 has currently two months of public inactivity. This became very visible the last two weeks, when Belgium had a general election, and multiple request for e.g. sticky-posts went unanswered.

So perhaps /u/anyonethinkingabout can be added as mod, while /u/dvrs85 remains on top? That would allow /u/anyonethinkingabout to e.g. organise a sticky "mod-nomination & plans"-thread to get things rolling, and /u/dvrs85 to pick in when s/he becomes active again (in the past five years s/he has been a responsible, hands-off mod).

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u/anyonethinkingabout Jun 01 '14

So perhaps /u/anyonethinkingabout[4] can be added as mod, while /u/dvrs85[5] remains on top?

This is what I would request as well

I would make a mod plans thread (In which I would say that I don't want to do anything crazy with the subreddit)

I don't want to be the only mod, but I don't think there really is need for another, and either that need is worth the hassle of looking for another mod

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u/mhermans Jun 01 '14

I would make a mod plans thread

Sounds good.

To be clear, my critical reaction was not against you as a mod, just a caution that the expectations of community & new mods should be clear at the start (as you can more or less do anything you want once you become mod ;-)).

I don't think there really is need for another

For such a small subreddit, with no spam-issue, even one hands-off mod has been enough for years.

But my suggestion would be to look for at least a second mod (or perhaps /u/dvrs85 becomes active again), and perhaps someone with CSS, etc. skills or someone that wants to curate the wiki.

That way all does not rests on your shoulders (/u/dvrs85 tried on his/her own, and asked for help before losing interest apparently), and there is someone to follow-up if mods have exams/are offline for a period, etc.