GameFAQs may get a lot of guff for it's forums...

[Kilgamayan]

But now that I reflect on it, it easily has the best moderation system of any forum I go to.

Stop and think about it for one moment. Compare GameFAQs to, say, BemaniStyle, Arch's site, or here.

The Gfaqs moderation system - both choosing members and actual moderating - is incredibly impersonal. The mods are chosen based on who Ceej thinks would do the best job, not who has done a lot for some non-forum section of GameFAQs or someone who is a close personal friend (a VERY rare occurance as seen from my personal wandering of internet forum "life"). And those mods don't openly get incredibly pissed at stupid users for whatever reason - they either ignore them or suspend them and watch the impending ban take place.

Don't worry, this is going somewhere.

I don't want any/all of the staff here thinking I'm attacking them. And no, I'm not whining I don't have a staff position, so don't jump to that conclusion either. I just happened to read the part of chardish's post in the locked anime girl topic where he wondered aloud why he wasn't a mod.

As I saw it, I have to wonder that myself.

chardish is easily the best qualified non-staff member on this site right now for a mod position. He's active, he doesn't act stupid, he doesn't take shit from anyone, he knows what needs to be locked and what doesn't, and he conducts himself better than 99.6% of the forum population.

There can't possibly be a room issue because (a) soccr743 was added to the staff recently, and (b) 12 or 13 mods for a site with this many members isn't too many, especially considering several mods are inactive.

I can't think of a single reason why chardish shouldn't be a mod. I doubt anyone reading this topic can.

And I currently can't think of anyone more qualified.

So why isn't he? =\