I'm assuming that you don't just chose anyone whose been here awhile. Some have been around since 2003 and are still only level 1. I was curious as to what you look for in a level 2 admin? I'm not trying to get you to look at my column and make me one, I only give out average advice and I doubt you're looking for anymore anyway (Level 2's popped up quickly from what I've seen), I was just wondering what you look for. I'm hoping it's not what's posted on the home page. Rating questions can't be what you are looking for. I'm hoping you're not actually trying to get people to rate as many questions as possible, as opposed to actually answering them. I only rate a question if it's 1 of 2 things: A really good question, or a really bad one. I sincerely hope this isn't just to get half of the admins fighting for your approval by rating every question. So how do you determine whose good enough to join? I was away while the whole rate as many as you can post came up. Hope this doesn't appear too rude, that wasn't my intention.
Additional info, added Friday July 9 2004, 11:08 pm: I've seen some other people who have been around longer give excellent advice, so I'm just curious. I don't want to be apart of a popularity contest. It seems to be the opposite of what I thought this site stood for. . Want to answer more questions in the Technology category? Maybe give some free advice about: Advicenators? advicenator_admin answered Friday July 9 2004, 11:39 pm: As much as we love all the hard-working people on advicenators, level II mods have a lot to do so we want to use people who do a lot of stuff. I want to keep the list of level II mods low, so there's no point in holding up a spot with someone who only visits once a week and answers a question. I mean, those people are great, we love them, but they aren't cut out for more moderator responsibilities.
To promote level II mods, I look at who's been rating questions first. I look at who on that list has been a member for a good month or two. I read through their advice and make sure they know english. I look at their questions to make sure they don't abuse the question system. I look at what they rate questions to make sure they understand what's a good question and what isn't.
Question rating is really important, we use it to pick featured questions and even delete questions off the site when they're that bad. You don't personally have to rate every question, but every question needs rated, I'm trying to make that clear to people.
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