Community Moderators, a change for the better!

If I may have everyone's attention for a few minutes please. As most of you will be aware the team of moderators here at Giant Bomb has always been split into two groups, Wiki specific mods and Forum specific mods.
 
That will all be changed at some point later today or by tomorrow. All moderators will now be considered "Community Moderators" and be granted full permissions and power to help moderate in both the wiki and forum areas of the site. This means all users may now contact any of the below listed moderators about both wiki and forum related issues or questions they may have. 
 
We've decided to do this for two main reasons I'll list in my ever favourite form, bullet points!

• The current team of mods has been under quite a bit of pressure lately and we genuinely needed some extra hands on deck to deal with our duties in both the wiki & forum aspects of moderation. We felt this was the best method of lifting some of that pressure.
• The community shouldn't have to keep being redirected between various groups of moderators when they have an issue to raise. If they contact a single moderator then that individual mod should be able and allowed to deal with the issue raised.
  

• Will the site be moderated more strictly now? - Short answer is NO. Long answer is that by having more eyes to look out for problems and more people being able to handle them then those problems should be resolved quicker. And those problems should be noticed quicker. The rules of the site identified in the Site Rules & FAQs sticky stay the same after this announcement.
  

1. But do keep in mind any changes to those rules will be done so without prior notice or warning, so keep that topic bookmarked and check it out regularly! :)
   

• I see there are now 12 Community Moderators, how do I contact them all? -Use the following link to....
  
  PM All
   
  

• Will you be bringing on any new mods? - Again the short answer is YES. We are always open to bringing on new mods as and when we feel is necessary. We may do this in the coming weeks as we evaluate recent changes here and there.
  
• HOW DO I BE MOD!?!111!? - By not breaking our rules, by helping out other users around the site, by being active and involved with the community. And ultimately by showing to us that you can be trusted. We don't just pick anybody, we pick only the best of the best of the best! (MiB reference ftw!)

Sounds like a very positive move, more so if it means the forums are better moderated (not that I’m implying that you guys are doing a poor job) I think I’d speak for allot of GB users in saying that the amount of rubbish being posted on the forums from a certain aspect of the community has been problem that has impacted on the quality of the user experience both for long time users such as myself and newcomers to the site, although I think the community as a whole needs to take more responsibly for stamping out that kind of behaviour (wishful thinking I'm sure).

I think I broke the rules while back so I'm outta the running, a boy can dream tho!  Good move lifting the workload off the wiki guys, they have lives that have more important matters then moderating the flow of detailed information in a video game wiki, having more wiki-mods also means better wiki pages.  The same goes for more moderation of the community, different and more perspectives are always good.  It also creates less of a tyranny in the moderation community.  All of thee above changes sound good...on paper, we'll have to judge for ourselves with the results hence forth.

That's great. Chances of a moderator being on all day increase a good amount. No more days of waiting by PM for a moderator to come on?
 
I hope so.

Told you guys we were working on something.

<3

That's cool 

Awesome.

That's all great and dandy guys, but aren't we forgetting that Borderlands came out today and Modern Warfare 2 comes out in, like, 20 days?  Who's gonna mod the site while you guys are fragging your damn brains out?!?!  =  P 
 
In all seriousness though, this is a great move that NEEDED to be done.  Thank you VERY MUCH!

Who's gonna mod the site while you guys are fragging your damn brains out?!?!

" @jakob187 said:

Who's gonna mod the site while you guys are fragging your damn brains out?!?!

I fragged my brains out twice earlier this evening. Once with Borderlands and once...well, you know. "

Cool beans!

• Will you be bringing on any new mods? - Again the short answer is YES. We are always open to bringing on new mods as and when we feel is necessary. We may do this in the coming weeks as we evaluate recent changes here and there.
  

Hoping to see some new mods in the coming weeks/months. Even though I don't think I've ever broken any rules, I don't think I'm the moderator type. Although there are a few people that I think would be a fine addition to the team.
 
EDIT: You guys might wanna consider a new mod who lives in a different timezone than most of you guys. So there's always a mod watching the forums.

Oo cool. Good news.

Also, while no one has done so yet in this thread, campaigning to be a moderator will not help your chances.  As Hamz previously stated, just be as good a user in the community as you can and we will select who we think will be the best moderators.

That's good news. With moderators having more flexibility, that certainly makes things easier for everyone. Just one question please, under what type of circumstances should we use the "PM All Moderators" button? For anything or just for serious issues?

Damn, Now I have to take down the banners that I made, (they were quite spectacular, And included a man with a moustache and a monocle just for you.)
You could have told us earlier *Shakes imaginary Old man internet fist in your general direction* 
 
Well, Yeah, MB likes to remind people that. and also other things as well.

Fancy! Seems like a good idea that will work some kinks in the wiki modding out too.

That's nice!

" @eroticfishcake: Use it for any problems/comments you have - if you want to report a user, a thread, let us know about something, tell us we're doing everything wrong, etc. - use it. You're not bugging us. "

Sounds like a great move that should definitely help to deal with some of the more recent influxes of troll/spam activity on the boards.

Apologies for linking to the wrong thing, I was trying to find the Uncharted 2 soundtrack on  youtube while typing this. I am a silly sausage!

" @TheBeast: That's a relief. I've always felt bad since I'd thought I'd be bugging you guys"

Well that's good. It'll solve the problem of there not being enough forums mods at one time because you guys were kind of stretched.
 
Didn't forum mods already have the ability to approve wiki subs and rename/delete pages? Or is it now the wiki mods have forum mod powers seeing as your just a single community mods team now.

" @Red12b: men with mustaches are more persuasive those those without"

That sounds like a great idea.  It will allow more moderators to get down to, well moderating.   
 
Much better than the idea users had of just getting new mods around the site.

Good move. Takes a great load off of the forums mods. like the post above me stated that it's a better idea then just picking more forum mods.  The number of mods now is sufficient enough for the size of this fine community.  Though don't expect me to drink red Flavor Aid.  

Great move guys and here's to hoping that this makes Giant Bomb a better and more enjoyable website!

Glad to see this happening.  The more mods that we have, the better it is for everyone else.

Well it is good to hear that at least the moderators are one group now. Maybe make things a bit faster.

Pick me please? *Puppy dog eyes*

" @MB said:

" @jakob187 said:

Who's gonna mod the site while you guys are fragging your damn brains out?!?!

I fragged my brains out twice earlier this evening. Once with Borderlands and once...well, you know. "

Is that how this thread got stickied?  OH SNAP! "

" <3 "

Good stuff :)
 
Sounds like it will help with the problems that the site's been having lately.

nice, I would have liked to have had this at animevice lol.

Just a wee bit more strict on moderation? Pleasies?

Cool. We needed this.

Good to hear, I don't think you can ever have enough moderators on a community (well, ok maybe sometimes) especially as things have been getting out of hand a little lately.