user70: In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates.  This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.

The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.

Here's how it'll work:

During the nomination phase, (so, until Monday, August 17th at 20:00:00Z UTC, or 4:00 pm EDT on the same day, give or take time to arrive for closure), this question will be open to collect potential questions from the users of the site. Post answers to this question containing any questions you would like to ask the candidates. Please only post one question per answer.
We, the Community Team, will be providing a small selection of generic questions. The first two will be guaranteed to be included, the latter ones are if the community doesn't supply enough questions. This will be done in a single post, unlike the prior instruction.
This is a perfect opportunity to voice questions that are specific to your community and issues that you are running into at current.
At the end of the phase, the Community Team will select up to 8 of the top voted questions submitted by the community provided in this thread, to use in addition to the aforementioned 2 guaranteed questions. We reserve some editorial control in the selection of the questions and may opt not to select a question that is tangential or irrelevant to moderation or the election. That said, if I have concerns about any questions in this fashion, I will be sure to point this out in comments before the decision making time.
Once questions have been selected, a new question will be opened to host the actual questionnaire for the candidates, containing 10 questions in total.
This is not the only option that users have for gathering information on candidates. As a community, you are still free to, for example, hold a live chat session with your candidates to ask further questions, or perhaps clarifications from what is provided in the Q&A.

If you have any questions or feedback about this new process, feel free to post as a comment here.

user13959: From CodeReview.SE's collection thread:

"Moderators don't vote. They decide."
Making binding decisions instead of voting will be a paradigm shift for nearly all of the nominees. How do you plan on making this adjustment?


user70: Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&A, while the others are if there aren't enough questions (or, if you like one enough, you may split it off as a separate answer for review within the community's 8). 

How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? 
How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?



In your opinion, what do moderators do? 
A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? 
In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? 


user1587: A user who had posted some high voted questions/answers here has had some terrible experiences on other Stack Exchange Communities, as a resault they are now being self-destructive to them on a whole (ie. deleting their questions/answers, un-accepting answers, revenge voting, unnecessary flagging, destructive edits).
What would be your course of action not just to the user but to the content they created on Anime and Manga?

user8134: How would you attempt to change policy if you and the fellow moderators agree on an issue but other members are split on the matter?　As an elected representative, should your actions strive to reflect the wishes of the community, or were you entrusted by the community to act against the majority consensus at times for the sake of the greater good?

user13959: From CodeReview.SE's collection thread:

A user has an issue with an action you, as moderator, took; calling you out on meta, a chat room, comments, or otherwise. How do you handle this?


user8134: Power users who enjoy posting the most questions and answers don't simply equate to being the same people who are best-suited to routine, unthanked, humdrum administrative tasks.  What experience (other than your contributions on this SE) do you bring to the table that demonstrates your competence as a moderator/admin?
Some ideas to share with us: in your job, internship, volunteering, club/org, website/forum/mailing list/social media, have you

performed repetitive administrative tasks... and enjoyed it?
organized and categorized material?
copyedited others' writing?
provided customer service?
fielded questions about rules and protocols?
moderated heated disputes? 
handled a person who didn't care about following the guidelines?
had to delete offensive content or ban a user?
avoided making top-down decisions even when you had the power to do so, instead opting to return some decisions to voting by the members at large?


user8134: What is the range of genres and decades (from early classics through to the present) that you're competently knowledgable in? How have you intentionally educated yourself about the breadth of the anime and manga artforms?
I believe that at least 2 out of 3 moderators should have a broad variety of watched/read titles and genres, for the sake of 1) possessing general competence in assessing the content of questions/answers across many genres, and 2) for this SE to move forward in growing into a reputable and authoritative information resource on anime and manga over-all: where questions about genres other than current JUMP shounen series rise in number and quality, and where experts educated in various under-represented genres feel comfortable joining without feeling marginalized or that nobody really cares if they're contributing or not.

user1908: Borrowed from Movies.SE's collection thread: 

What current policies do you believe are too strictly enforced (either by mods or the community)? Which do you believe are not enforced strictly enough?


user63: Site promotion and (new and old) user retention has been an issue we've struggled with since the site's inception. Occasionally, we toss things at the walls to see what sticks, but that's not an effective long-term strategy. 
As a candidate, do you have any prospective (long-term and/or short term) strategies or ideas the deal with this issue (both within and outside of the Stack Exchange community)?   

user8134: What should responsible moderators not do with their power? What behavior have you disliked in moderators (on any SE or elsewhere) that you vow you'll never do?

user1908: Splitting this one off, since I think it's important: 

In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?


user1530: 
With A&M, there has occasionally been a tendency for some posts on Meta to fade into obscurity and be forgotten / never dealt with.
Also, our meta policies are scattered among many Meta posts from various dates, making it hard for users to know what is current.
Do you feel this is an issue? How would you deal with this?


user1530: You have been elected moderator of A&M SE, with two other nominees.

The other moderators are heavily pushing a new change to the site policy, but the community itself is split on the issue. You personally don't think the policy should be changed, but the other moderators are insistent it must be altered and repeatedly bring up discussion of change.
How do you deal with this situation?

Context:
there are a few issues (most obviously id-requests, but there are definitely other items) that some potential moderators will have a strong stance on. I think this situation may arise depending on who is voted in.

user1908: Adapted from Scifi.SE's collection thread:

While you don't have to know the subject matter to be a mod, it often helps. Are there any major tags with which you have little to no experience? What will you do in the event that a questionable flag was made in an area where you have little expertise?

(This is particularly important to our site since a large fraction of our questions comes from long-running shounen series like naruto, one-piece, fairy-tail, dragon-ball, etc. Since all these series inhabit the same genre/demographic, it is very possible that prospective mods who don't like that particular genre/demographic may have no knowledge of these series whatsoever.)

user27: What is your stance about identification request questions? What should be done to improve our guidelines and requirements from identification requests?

70: <p>In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&amp;A with the candidates.  This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2537/2015-moderator-election-qa-questionnaire">here</a>.</strong></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Here's how it'll work:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>During the nomination phase, (so, until Monday, August 17th at 20:00:00Z UTC, or 4:00 pm EDT on the same day, give or take time to arrive for closure), this question will be open to collect potential questions from the users of the site. Post answers to this question containing any questions you would like to ask the candidates. Please only post <em>one question per answer</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>We, the Community Team, will be providing a small selection of generic questions. The first two will be guaranteed to be included, the latter ones are if the community doesn't supply enough questions. This will be done in a single post, unlike the prior instruction.</p></li>
<li><p>This is a perfect opportunity to voice questions that are specific to your community and issues that you are running into at current.</p></li>
<li><p>At the end of the phase, the Community Team will select <strong>up to 8 of the top voted questions submitted by the community</strong> provided in this thread, to use in addition to the aforementioned 2 guaranteed questions. We reserve some editorial control in the selection of the questions and may opt not to select a question that is tangential or irrelevant to moderation or the election. That said, if I have concerns about any questions in this fashion, I will be sure to point this out in comments before the decision making time.</p></li>
<li><p>Once questions have been selected, a new question will be opened to host the actual questionnaire for the candidates, containing 10 questions in total.</p></li>
<li><p>This is not the only option that users have for gathering information on candidates. As a community, you are still free to, for example, hold a live chat session with your candidates to ask further questions, or perhaps clarifications from what is provided in the Q&amp;A.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>If you have any questions or feedback about this new process, feel free to post as a comment here.</p>
 13959: <p>From <a href="https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5588/62429">CodeReview.SE's collection thread</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"Moderators don't vote. They <em>decide</em>."</p>
  
  <p>Making binding decisions instead of voting will be a paradigm shift for nearly all of the nominees. How do you plan on making this adjustment?</p>
</blockquote>
 70: <p>Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&amp;A, while the others are if there aren't enough questions (or, if you like one enough, you may split it off as a separate answer for review within the community's 8). </p>

<ul>
<li>How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? </li>
<li>How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?</li>
</ul>

<hr>

<ul>
<li>In your opinion, what do moderators do? </li>
<li>A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? </li>
<li>In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? </li>
</ul>
 1587: <p>A user who had posted some high voted questions/answers here has had some terrible experiences on other Stack Exchange Communities, as a resault they are now being self-destructive to them on a whole (ie. deleting their questions/answers, un-accepting answers, revenge voting, unnecessary flagging, destructive edits).</p>

<p>What would be your course of action not just to the user but to the content they created on Anime and Manga?</p>
 8134: <p>How would you attempt to change policy if you and the fellow moderators agree on an issue but other members are split on the matter?　As an elected representative, should your actions strive to reflect the wishes of the community, or were you entrusted by the community to act against the majority consensus at times for the sake of the greater good?</p>
 13959: <p>From <a href="https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5666/2015-moderator-election-qa-questionnaire">CodeReview.SE's collection thread</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A user has an issue with an action you, as <em>moderator</em>, took; calling you out on meta, a chat room, comments, or otherwise. How do you handle this?</p>
</blockquote>
 8134: <p>Power users who enjoy posting the most questions and answers don't simply equate to being the same people who are best-suited to routine, unthanked, humdrum administrative tasks.  What experience (other than your contributions on this SE) do you bring to the table that demonstrates your competence as a moderator/admin?</p>

<p>Some ideas to share with us: in your job, internship, volunteering, club/org, website/forum/mailing list/social media, have you</p>

<ul>
<li>performed repetitive administrative tasks... and enjoyed it?</li>
<li>organized and categorized material?</li>
<li>copyedited others' writing?</li>
<li>provided customer service?</li>
<li>fielded questions about rules and protocols?</li>
<li>moderated heated disputes? </li>
<li>handled a person who didn't care about following the guidelines?</li>
<li>had to delete offensive content or ban a user?</li>
<li>avoided making top-down decisions even when you had the power to do so, instead opting to return some decisions to voting by the members at large?</li>
</ul>
 8134: <p>What is <strong>the range of genres and decades</strong> (from early classics through to the present) that you're competently knowledgable in? How have you intentionally educated yourself about the breadth of the anime and manga artforms?</p>

<p>I believe that at least 2 out of 3 moderators should have a broad variety of watched/read titles and genres, for the sake of 1) possessing general competence in assessing the content of questions/answers across many genres, and 2) for this SE to move forward in growing into a reputable and authoritative information resource on anime and manga <strong>over-all</strong>: where questions about genres other than current <em>JUMP</em> shounen series rise in number and quality, and where experts educated in various under-represented genres feel comfortable joining without feeling marginalized or that nobody really cares if they're contributing or not.</p>
 1908: <p>Borrowed from <a href="https://movies.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1560/">Movies.SE's collection thread</a>: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>What current policies do you believe are too strictly enforced (either by mods or the community)? Which do you believe are not enforced strictly enough?</p>
</blockquote>
 63: <p>Site promotion and (new and old) user retention has been an issue we've struggled with since the site's inception. Occasionally, we toss things at the walls to see what sticks, but that's not an effective long-term strategy. </p>

<p>As a candidate, do you have any prospective (long-term and/or short term) strategies or ideas the deal with this issue (both within and outside of the Stack Exchange community)?   </p>
 8134: <p>What should responsible moderators <strong><em>not</em></strong> do with their power? What behavior have you disliked in moderators (on any SE or elsewhere) that you vow you'll never do?</p>
 1908: <p>Splitting this one off, since I think it's important: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?</p>
</blockquote>
 1530: <blockquote>
<p>With A&amp;M, there has occasionally been a tendency for some posts on Meta to fade into obscurity and be forgotten / never dealt with.</p>
<p>Also, our meta policies are scattered among many Meta posts from various dates, making it hard for users to know what is current.</p>
<p>Do you feel this is an issue? How would you deal with this?</p>
</blockquote>
 1530: <p>You have been elected moderator of A&amp;M SE, with two other nominees.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The other moderators are heavily pushing a new change to the site policy, but the community itself is split on the issue. You personally don't think the policy should be changed, but the other moderators are insistent it must be altered and repeatedly bring up discussion of change.</p>
<p>How do you deal with this situation?</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Context:</strong></p>
<p>there are a few issues (most obviously id-requests, but there are definitely other items) that some potential moderators will have a strong stance on. I think this situation may arise depending on who is voted in.</p>
 1908: <p>Adapted from <a href="https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/a/6450/">Scifi.SE's collection thread</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>While you don't have to know the subject matter to be a mod, it often helps. Are there any major tags with which you have little to no experience? What will you do in the event that a questionable flag was made in an area where you have little expertise?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>(This is particularly important to our site since a large fraction of our questions comes from long-running shounen series like <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/naruto" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;naruto&#39;" rel="tag">naruto</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/one-piece" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;one-piece&#39;" rel="tag">one-piece</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fairy-tail" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;fairy-tail&#39;" rel="tag">fairy-tail</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/dragon-ball" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;dragon-ball&#39;" rel="tag">dragon-ball</a>, etc. Since all these series inhabit the same genre/demographic, it is very possible that prospective mods who don't like that particular genre/demographic may have no knowledge of these series whatsoever.)</p>
 27: <p>What is your stance about identification request questions? What should be done to improve our guidelines and requirements from identification requests?</p>
