As you have probably noticed by now I have been promoted to full moderator. This forum doesn't warrant two full moderators so I will be moving across to the new review forum, ShadesWolf will remain here as the full moderator. This means there is an opening for a replacement for me so the polling procedure that selected me is being repeated.
Volunteers and nominations will be accepted for the next three days, until Wednesday evening (UK time). At that point this topic will close and the polls will open, voting will be ending next Sunday. All nominations must be accepted by the nominee before they will be added to the poll, so if someone puts you forward please say whether you want to give it a go or not. If you are nominated but don't say you are interested you will be left out. It is not fair to drop this job on someone who doesn't want it.
What does the job entail? Firstly as assistant moderator you will have limited powers in comparison to a full moderator. You will be able to pin, move and close topics but not delete or edit other's posts and topics. You will be working in partnership with the full moderator, you will need his help to do what you cannot. Dealing with any unpleasantness is ShadesWolf's job, not yours. Generally you are left to your own devices unless you ask for help. If someone asks for something to be pinned you pin it. If someone asks for something to be closed you close it. You keep spam out, the Tavern's one word story is the place for spam. You tidy up loose ends, for example if someone posts a duplicate topic you will close one of them. In all this you must use your common sense - if someone ask for you to pin their story topic you don't bother This is your forum and you look after it to the best of your abilities. You don't need to be a writer or anything but it will obviously help if you know this forum and how it works. As an optional 'extra' you can take over my job with the filemanager as well, sorting out the screenshots people send for hosting and use in the picture and PBM threads goes hand in hand with the job but it is not a requirement. I would rather keep the forum than the filemanager so please take it Note that to take on the filemanager you must be able to check for new uploads regularly, I check once per day. You need to be open to getting messages at any time and in any quantity, more so if you take on the filemanager. You may get no messages, you may get hundreds. I have collected quite a few.
This is not a certain way to get to moderator, being an assistant mod guarantees you no future promotions and does not give you special privileges that you would not get as a 500 post member. You will be able to select your own avatar from the pool and alter your title, just as you can when you hit 500 posts. Advice: if all you want is the avatar then go spam in the one word story thread, it is far easier. You will be hanging between patron and moderator, not quite one and not quite the other, needing to blend aspects of the two together and that is harder than it sounds. It does require time and effort, not as much as larger forums like the Tavern and Entrance Hall, but still more than you may initially think. You must have time and inclination to read every single post, even ones on things you don't like. You have to give help each time someone asks, even if it means repeating yourself many times. It does give you a new way to contribute to the forum and it is a position of trust and I found it to be highly rewarding, watching this place grow from nothing and seeing things like the screenshot competition take off.
I'm going to miss this place http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/mecry.gif I will nominate no one and support no one in the polls, but I do want to see someone who will look after this place win.
