For context: one former nominee's score today is 4/40. But the score of three former ELL moderators are 33/40, 37/40, and 38/40.

For context: one former nominee's score today is 4/40. But the scores of three former ELL moderators are 33/40, 37/40, and 38/40.

However, as we have seen in the past, ELL users are typically reluctant to nominee themselves when an election is being held. Last year we had four nominees running, this year only three. So, in the future we might again face the situation where two seats are open and only three candidates running but instead of having three strong candidates there might be two under-qualified nominees guaranteeing that at least one of them will be elected.

And yet once elected, the under-qualified ♦ moderator can unilaterally put on hold, lock, close, reopen, migrate questions, delete and undelete answers and questions. They can convert answers into comments, delete comments, freely edit posts, and suspend users without knowing anything about that person's history owing to the fact the newly-elected moderator has not participated in years or regularly visited the main site. It is worth reminding that Stack Exchange does not allow a community to change their mind about a moderator once he or she is elected. Unless the moderator voluntarily steps down (retires) or is fired by Stack Exchange, an unqualified, ineffectual moderator will be allowed to hold that position permanently. For more information: Who are the diamond moderators, and what is their role?

However, as we have seen in the past, ELL users are typically reluctant to nominate themselves when an election is being held. Last year we had four nominees running, this year only three. So, in the future we might again face the situation where two seats are open and only three candidates running but instead of having three strong candidates there might be two under-qualified nominees guaranteeing that at least one of them will be elected.

And yet once elected, the under-qualified ♦ moderator can unilaterally put on hold, lock, close, reopen, and migrate questions. They can also delete and undelete comments, answers and questions. They can convert answers into comments, freely edit posts, and suspend users without knowing anything about that person's history owing to the fact the newly-elected moderator has not participated in years or regularly visited the main site. It is worth reminding that Stack Exchange does not allow a community to change their mind about a moderator once he or she is elected. Unless the moderator voluntarily steps down (retires) or is fired by Stack Exchange, an unqualified, ineffectual moderator will be allowed to hold that position permanently. For more information: Who are the diamond moderators, and what is their role?