A while ago during that IRC meeting we all came to the conclusion that more moderators/helpers are needed within the site. Now, whilst I have discussed this with the current moderators this is now your turn to have your say. So far, 4 people have put their hand up:

Sakurina : Has tried to help out a few times with the workings of the site. Doesn't particulary stand out from the crowd but none the less wants to help out however he can.

iLove5X52g : Is the person responsible for the artwork on the frontpage. Like Sakurina, isn't a huge stand out amougst the crowd, but shows good intentions towards looking after the site and keeping the peace.

Shii : First up, very knowledgable about 4-ch/2ch/and all that kind of stuff. Yes he was "fired" from 4chan/world4ch and from SomethingAwful but those shouldn't be key features to note. Has stated he's more than willing to help out however he can.

BlackMage : Honestly, I would like to say something but there is little to say, given that he's never really shown up here at 4-ch. At the meeting however he was rather enthusiastic about taking on hosting us, I'll talk about that topic another thread.

Now, everyone is more than welcome to have their say about who should, or shouldn't. DO NOT post opinionated statement without some sort of reasoning. I don't want to see posts that contain nothing but "I prefer person x". I will be liberal in deleting offtopic or crap posts.

hey, I put my hand up as well!

earlier today, there was an issue on the site that needed immediate resolution, so I went to IRC to check in 4-ch. Practically speaking, I'd as soon endorse BlackMage as someone who could almost always be found and contacted.

I do not see foresee any problem with any of them, but more transparency of the moderating process is needed. Even something as little as a thread to report what someone might think is a problem (assuming they see the post before it is deleted or whatever the case may be) as long as the 'senior' team can somehow review the moderator's actions.

Screw that.

The hand of a good moderator should be light and invisible. Long discussions and arguments over moderator behaviour just lead to bullshit and drama. I don't think that the moderators should answer to anyone except themselves and Squeeks.

That being said, I suggest BlackMage and Shii.

I have practically no doubt over Blackmage. Except, HE DOESN'T UPDATE THE IICHAN SIDEBAR FAST ENOUGH. Also, although he can be reached on IRC, does he actually lurk/post here? (I know Shii does, but that's another story.)

But I thought he was just offering to host, not to moderate?

With hosting, I'm pretty sure Blackmage won't do a bad job.
Probably the one guy out of those four that I can give an opinion on.

(Time to play Devil's advocate)

Actually, I do have a bit more to say about Shii. It makes sense to ignore the SA thing, since, do we care if someone got banned from an irrelevant, non-anonymous, message board just because they didn't like pedophiles? I mean heck, Squeeks might be one himself, but it's quite irrelevant to this site as long as he doesn't somehoe promote it.

I think 4chan, however, does have some relevancy.

>First up, very knowledgable about 4-ch/2ch/and all that kind of stuff.

And was somehow fired from world4ch, a sort of 2ch clone that he helped set up and coded himself. That just shows he had a chance at being a moderator at a *ch like site, and failed at it.

world4ch aside, let's not forget that he also hosted a few boards, overchan, and a few other cool sites on his own website, "Sii Style." And what happened? "I'm tired of my site, and going to Japan for a while, so I'm closing all of these don't or handing them off." CH SRIKE II, C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER.

So now, after writing this, I'm against electing "BIG CHAN CELEBRITY" Shii.

>>7
Why was Shii fired from world4ch anyway?

>>8
Moot has clarified this for me, it's because I was sometimes sarcastic in my replies to 4chan banned e-mails, and because I attempted to make people follow the /f/ rules rather than ignoring the crap that gets posted there like all the other mods. Obviously I would not make these mistakes again.

> And what happened? "I'm tired of my site, and going to Japan for a while, so I'm closing all of these don't or handing them off."

I was trying to break my Internet addiction. I went to Japan and it nearly worked (best time of my life), but after 3 weeks I relapsed and here I am.

You'll note some things I haven't done:

• When I was a 4chan mod I did not ban arbitrarily like W.T. Snacks.
• When I was a world4ch mod I did not delete trolls to "clean up" the board, I kept it rather open and free.
• When I got banned from SA I did not reregister under another name, as most permabanned people do.
• I am willing to guess that if you decided you didn't want to use the computer anymore, you would just turn it off and walk away, because all this Internet shit is petty. But when I decided I wanted to quit, I didn't just say "lol bye doodz", I made it public and handed off the various pages of my website to a large number of people who were willing to host them. Which, you'll notice, is what Squeeks is doing now.

>>5
That is exactly what I suggested in >>4, a way to report possible moderator misbehavior to Squeeks/waha/whatever. We don't need
9 Deleted by Squeeks (because it sucked), although a reason (without a name) would be fine I think.

On the subject of Shii, I think http://4-ch.net/req/kareha.pl/1104718613/ is applicable aswell. Do we want someone that disregards the leader of the site's wishes and just does whatever he wants?