We are without moderator since over a half year now (November 04, 2018) in the German local board. Our moderator (
phantastisch) was removed because he was inactive for a few months. He’s back since February and has confirmed that he would like to do the moderation again:
Prinzipiell kann ich denk ich wieder Mod-Aufgaben übernehmen, in welchem Umfang müsste man besprechen und siehe Abwesenheit auch besser nicht alleine.
Translated: In general, it's possible to do the moderation again but the scale should be discussed [he was just back out of the hospital when he wrote it] and if possible not alone [together with a back-up moderator]
and
Wie gesagt, ich kann nur anbieten den Job wieder zu übernehmen. Ich muss es nicht machen.
Ein 2. Mod wäre aber zwingend anzuraten.
Translated: As I said my offer is to do the moderation again. But there's no need [if someone else want to do it]
A second moderator would be definitely recommended.
We have discussed all moderator related things here (German):
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gesucht-neuer-moderator-fur-das-deutsche-forum-5043836Earlier this year we had already opened a request but it looks like it was unnoticed although phantastisch was back again, active on the forum and wrote also some PMs to theymos. The list is still valid and if theymos doesn’t agree that phantastisch (our first choice) should do the job, theymos can select someone from our list (community-generated):
Aktuelle Kandidaten (Candidates):
phantastisch (first choice)
Lafu
Souri
o_solo_miner
(bold: have agreed to be ready for moderator position and back-up moderator)
Zweitkandidaten (Second candidates only for back-up moderator):
willi9974
yxt
mole0815
(haben sich als Moderatoren freiwillig gemeldet, für den Fall dass es mindestens 2 Moderatoren gibt)
(have agreed to be ready for co-moderator position if 2 mods are selected)
Öffentlich abgelehnt haben (not interested to be moderator):
WorldCoiner
Real-Duke
allyouracid
Buchi-88
1miau
qwk
fronti
lassdas
mezzomix
hodlcoins
If possible, a backup-moderator would be nice to avoid situations like we have to deal with it right now but we would be fine if we can get at least a normal mod back like it has been before when phantastisch was still active in moderating.
Therefore, the German community wants to request if it’s possible to get this problem solved before a new bull run starts and the spam gets more.