We want more moderators!

I see.

I don't think we need anymore mods.Although I would love to be a mod I think we have all that we need.I personally just think what is priority around here needs to be focused on more.Being a frequent patron of Battle forums, I'm sure people would believe i'm talking about that but i'm talking about all of the forums.There are users on these forums who have been banned for trollish behavior and refuse to stay banned by changing their IP or whatever it is they do and then they comeback and troll all over again.I don't want to condemn trolls as much as I hate them.Everyone here wasn't the best poster on CV when they got here and some of us that are held in high regard have done some trolls things but repeat offenders like Spike should be banned on sight.He shouldn't get the chance to ruin any threads with his ridiculous arguments and insults.Every time he changes his IP he should be banned.He has absolutely no plans any time he's posted on these forums to change at all.He just got an avatar last time so people didn't know it was him.

" @Chaos Prime said:

"  Sparda "

Sparda left a while ago "

Signed.  
 
I nominate K4tzm4n, Morpheus_, Dane and gerald.

I'd like to mention a few people. However I think it is important to say the following:
 
The OP mentions nominating people who deserve to be mods. I don't feel as if deserve is the right word in any situation. I also don't think it's about what we, as users "want". In terms of who becomes a moderator it has never been about what the community wanted. A thread was made many months ago where the Staff at the time asked the community at large who they thought would make a good moderator and a lot of the names you can see in here were thrown around by dozens and dozens of people with well-thought out and honest answers. In the end it was point-blank ignored and they just gave it to whoever they wanted. That will probably never change.
 
My point though, if I have one at all, is that it isn't about who deserves what. It's about who needs what. In this case, ComicVine needs moderators. I think the fact that the Battle Forums are grossly ignored and have been for a long time is beyond denial. It's not about having mods who go there occasionally, or when someone gets flagged. It's about people who go there, by choice, every day and have their finger on the pulse. We need Battle Forum Mods. As such my candidates we all be people who possess an intelligent, positive and knowledgeable approach to the Battle Forums. But as far as moderators go, I don't know how anyone else views this job but from afar it seems like a lot of work for virtually no reward. The only thing mods presumably get from their roles here is to feel like they make a difference in the community. I'd like to humbly submit a short list of people who I think would gladly dedicate their time and energy just to make a difference in the community.
 
Morpheus_: His all-round level of knowledge, patient debating style and respect for users is nothing short of legendary in the battles community. If you're not already very familiar with Morph, you've probably never been on the Battle Forums. But that's not why I'm putting him here. Put simply, he's the best of us.  We have all endured trolls, spammers and morons. We do it on a daily basis on the Battle Forums and Morph is on every day. The amazing thing is, he has never once lost his cool. Not that I've seen and I like to think I see a lot on here. He is the nicest, borderline-professional guy I've seen on here. Like all of the best, instead of making it a hostile argument, he treats battles as a means to learn about new characters, an exercise in education until a plausible truth can be found. A learning discussion rather than a flame-war. Though it does help that the clue-trains first stop is usually Morph.
 
k4tzm4n: One of the most patient and experienced members of the Battle Forum community. k4tz is extremely well respected for his knowledge, temperament and for his exceptionally high-quality threads. He has already put so much time and energy into making the 'vine a better place for everyone on the battle boards. In my eyes, making him a moderator would be one of the very best things CV have ever done. The things that set him apart from others is probably how polite and honest he is. It's very hard to find people who can objectively talk about their favourites characters, it's one of the truest qualities of a great debaters. It's something even the best of us cannot do or sometimes struggle with, because we hold them so close, slander is particularly offensive. Very few do it consistently and k4tzm4n is one of them.

idk if we really need more mods >_> Dont we have a good amount already? lol What? is 16 really not enough?

" @Son_of_Magnus said:

"More mods won't really solve any of the problems the trolls don't break any rules so they can not get banned "

If a person is trolling and it is more than clear, there are plenty of valid reasons to ban the individual.  For example, Rby was technically spamming by always posting his generic "Storm wins!" statements along with a scan of her over and over in debates. "

 

10. Trolling & Spamming

Will get you banned… Simple as that. This site is for all users to enjoy and this kind of behavior ruins it for everyone.  

if you think that the site needs more mods then start modding!!!!   us regular users have the ability to do something about trouble users....we have the flag system and we have the pm system....if you see a user breaking the rules of the site then flag them or send a moderator or staff member a pm....it's as simple as that....I've sent staff and mods messages about trouble users several times and each time it's been taken care of right away....I see no problem with our current system

" @danhimself said:

" if you think that the site needs more mods then start modding!!!!   us regular users have the ability to do something about trouble users....we have the flag system and we have the pm system....if you see a user breaking the rules of the site then flag them or send a moderator or staff member a pm....it's as simple as that....I've sent staff and mods messages about trouble users several times and each time it's been taken care of right away....I see no problem with our current system "

I can't flag at all(because the flag system is broken) and I find myself spending half my time in the battles forums searching for a mod that's online so that they can lock spite threads. I try my best to help out but there's only so much I can do, doubly so when you consider that not every mod is Battle forums savvy and thus can't quickly identify a spite thread. That means that I have to either a. catch the OP admitting spite or b. hope that a mod who can properly identify spite is online. A moderator who frequents the Battles Forums would make things much, much easier for everyone. "