Apply to be a Moderator in 2018!

[jamonwindeyer]

Want to be our next moderator?
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The ATAR Notes Moderator Team are what keeps the site moving smoothly. They facilitate discussion, keep things organised, contribute content, and just generally make the forums a better place for everyone. Being a moderator is an amazing opportunity to help steer AN in cool new directions, it looks great on resumes, and you'll get access to sections of the forums no one else can see (it is mostly just lots of banter).

What are the Criteria? There are no hard criteria for becoming a moderator, but we'd expect users to have an established history of contributions and helpful posts on the forums (particularly in the area they want to moderate), and be able to continue this into the future. You should be able to bring ideas for improving the forums and be able to help make those ideas a reality.

You do not need to have graduated to be a moderator, and you do not need to be a genius in your subject area to be a moderator!

What are the Responsibilities? State moderators should be doing two things. First, they need to be keeping their section(s) of the forums clean and organised. Getting rid of spam, ensuring that all new topics are in the right place, making sure that resources are organised with mega-threads if required – Etc, etc.

Secondly, and definitely more importantly, moderators need to be promoting the positive culture of ATAR Notes, making their section a better place. This is totally up to interpretation, but a few awesome things that State mods have done that meet this description perfectly:

- This Debating Thread for HSC History Extension students to swap ideas and gain new perspectives on their content.

- Aural Analysis Club, a semi-regular chance for practice of a specific section of the exam.

- This Week in Chemistry – A news thread where news stories are shared to promote wider understanding of the topic area.

- The Creative Corner, an entire section spearheaded by Coffee.

Do you need to be writing a guide a week or hosting a huge competition 100% of the time? Absolutely not, but the most effective state moderators will be doing things like this, even just on occasion. At the basic level, we expect state moderators to be encouraging questions and/or responding to questions in their relevant section. In general, just create good vibes – It goes a long way to making this site the amazing community it is

How Many Moderators Will We Choose? We don't have a threshold we want or need to meet. It will depend on the applicants, the sections they are passionate about moderating, and where we feel people will be able to contribute the most

Know someone who would be perfect? Give them a shout out below!! It might encourage them to put their name forward. We'd hate for a deserving member of the community not to apply because they feel intimidated by the process.

Interested in applying? Click here!

[cookiedream]

Know someone who would be perfect? Give them a shout out below!! It might encourage them to put their name forward. We'd hate for a deserving member of the community not to apply because they feel intimidated by the process.

Quantum44, I'm looking at you

[snowisawesome]

How many posts do you need to become a moderator?

[AngelWings]

Quantum44, I'm looking at you

I nominate you, Cookiedream. In all seriousness, I do. I think you'd be great.

(Reason I haven't nominated myself is because I'm not sure what I'm doing next year and if I'll even be on the forums regularly enough.)

How many posts do you need to become a moderator?

I don't think there's a number. As long as you're super helpful and have a certain area that you help a lot in.

[Aaron]

At the basic level, we expect state moderators to be encouraging questions and/or responding to questions in their relevant section. In general, just create good vibes – It goes a long way to making this site the amazing community it is

I would like to highlight this, so much. If you do apply, you understand that you need to be an active contributor to your section (contributing, along with moderation actions where necessary). You are essentially the 'gatekeeper' for the sections you are assigned to.

This means making guides, responding to questions, making the section the best it can be... etc

I wish everybody the best of luck with their applications and hope to see some fresh faces soon

Any questions, again, please post here and one of us will respond

[sweetiepi]

Quantum44, I'm looking at you

Seconding this, and looking at you too, cookiedream!

[K888]

@miniturtle

@Shadowxo

[RuiAce]

I'm backing chelseam

[Calebark]

That Jamon guy would make a great mod imo

[RuiAce]

That Jamon guy would make a great mod imo

Who?

[snowisawesome]

Can moderators remain moderators for as long as they want, or is there a limit to the amount of time they can be a moderator for?

[prickles]

Can moderators remain moderators for as long as they want, or is there a limit to the amount of time they can be a moderator for?

I think you can be a mod till your old and grey if you wanted to be - but if life is getting too hectic, you can opt out of it kinda? May be wrong 

[AngelWings]

Other good contenders I would like to nominate, because these guys are no brainers (so much so that I don't even need to link their profiles!):
- Zhen
- Paigek3
- Beatroot
- Opengangs
- VanillaRice
- Rodero
- Fantasticbeasts3
- Clarke54321

This is not an exhaustive list, by the way. Just ones I've noticed, can recall at this point in time and have yet to be mentioned. 

[Aaron]

Obviously I cannot make official endorsements or recommendations for specific people.... but for those who have contributed and feel like they are mature enough to take on this position and help others who are going to be doing their Year 12 etc next year.... please put your name forward. Some names have already been mentioned above that would be ideal candidates

Even if you have doubts that you can be a mod.. we examine based on merit so if you're a new-er person but have been making super awesome contributions, just try! Let us know why you want to join us and show that you're interested. Convince us.

Attitude and a willingness to positively contribute is definitely the key pre-requisite (in addition to activity)... get that sorted and the rest is left to us.

Honestly, it doesn't matter if you've been a member for 2 months or 5 years (unfortunately, like me, who's probably a bit past the expiry date).
You need to hit that submit button to be in the running...

[Aaron]

Can moderators remain moderators for as long as they want, or is there a limit to the amount of time they can be a moderator for?

As long as they're active and contributing to their section, sure. They most certainly can opt-out if they find that life is getting in the way. We do recommend that so that somebody else who is keen for an opportunity to take their place. Rarely do mods get removed, unless they have been inactive for a significant amount of time without letting anybody know (or if they .. act in a way which is against what we expect of mods).

I think you can be a mod till your old and grey if you wanted to be - but if life is getting too hectic, you can opt out of it kinda? May be wrong 

Not wrong in the slightest Ty.
Although.. one would question why you would still be modding when your hair is grey...... bigger things await in your young lives! im probably the last person who should be stating this lol