Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-24325144-20150106201659/@comment-24349111-20150108150301

Madman97 wrote: And Pelinal, I realize that there are not a bunch of cases with mod votes being based on pure popularity alone, but I still feel that voting on it is a necessary filter for anything that could be deemed "Undesirable" for a candidate, even if it may be slower and inconvenient. And going off of what another guy said, a certain list of requirements should be filled before he is allowed candidacy, not to glorify his position, but granting us at least some insurance for his abilities. There are already several requirments in place. A user who wants to become, for example, a chat mod is required to not have been banned in three consecutive months, while also being required to be active in the chat to even be nominated (Isn't written down, but it's pretty clear Chat Mods would only nominate active people).