Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4787430-20140207230734

Since there are two relatively similar discussions going on right now about changes to the way people apply or are nominated, I thought it would be easier to discuss this in one thread.

So, from what I gather from threads Chat Moderator Applying and Patroller Applying, the nominations of Patrollers, Chat Moderators, and Forum Moderators should change to be made by staff members, and remove the ability for applying, as we've already seen has failed.

Chat Mod While I think any staff member should be able to nominate someone for a chat moderator position, it should be done by a staff member that actively participates in chat.

Fourm Mod The same as stated above. Any staff member should be able to nominate someone for forum moderator, granted they actively participate in the forums.

Patroller Some believe that an admin should only nominate someone as patroller, while others believe any staff member should be able to nominate them. In that case, the staff member should be actively participating in mainspace articles.

Since we already do have a time frame when someone is eligible to apply for a chat mod position, this could be changed to nominations. For example:
 * The user must be a registered member for 3 months before they can be nominated for a chat/forum mod/patroller position.
 * The user who did not successfully attain the role of, must wait 3 months before they can be re-nominated.

This topic is for discussion. The voting will come later. 