Moderators required!

[JustineMumsnet]

Dear all,

We're looking for a couple more moderators. The current team do an amazing job and of course to some extent you are all moderators - plenty of you email us if you feel something is getting out of hand and for that we're very grateful - but we feel that given how busy the site now is, we need a few more official folks, with access to our direct contact details, watching over it.

Being a moderator requires a diplomacy and restraint, so if those aren't your strong points please do keep posting on Talk, but don't apply to be a moderator . Of course being around a lot also helps.

Moderators essentially have two roles. The first is to help out if queries (including media requests please) aren't answered by bumping and cajoling responses. The second is to attempt to (!) calm inflammatory situations, intervene where misunderstandings occur and keep mumsnet HQ informed (via email and tel if necessary) of anything that might warrant intervention.

It's a purely voluntary post (ie unpaid sadly) but you do get your pic on the mods page so it's not without glamour. If anyone would like to volunteer, please email [email protected].

Many thanks

The mumsnet team

[MrsGordonRamsay]

Great excuse to spend all day every day on MN

Diplomacy would not be my strong point at times.

[Enid]

Hurrah! At last.

Do I get to delete posts



Calming inflammatory situations! Surely I am your woman

[lou33]

can we give the new applicants a grilling?

[Enid]

Oh go on please, it would be funny

[lou33]

darkened room, spotlight, lie detector......

[Toothache]

I've emialed too! I spend faaaaar too much time here and have been in enough spats to know how to caaaaalm things down!

[lou33]

give them a shout on [email protected], lockets

[Enid]

Cod and I could do a job share?

[Enid]

I will only do it if I can delete posts and ban people I don't like.

[lou33]

we dont have that power enid, alas

[Enid]

Look, I'll show you how good I am

[Enid]

Ahem..can I just put my mod hat on for a moment

[Enid]

Reluctant as I am to throw my mod hat into the arena...

[fishfinger]

i cant do it

am too inflammatory

i resigended before so i could be more norty

[nutcracker]

Hmmm i'm on here often enough but I don't think I have a strong enough personality.

They need to be people who people will listen to I think.

[Enid]

Ok guys, I hate to do this but can I just remind you of the mumsnet philosophy

[lou33]

enid, did you know they also need someone to do the competitions, quite urgently as well?

[Enid]

Oh stop whinging fgs

[snafu]

Enid, can you pull your mod finger out please?

[Enid]

whoops

[NomDePlume]

"Being a moderator requires a diplomacy and restraint, so if those aren't your strong points please do keep posting on Talk, but don't apply to be a moderator"

bugger, that's me out then....