Forum:Discussions Moderation 2019

It was brought to my attention by KuroUrufu that Discussions needs better moderation. We promoted User:The ASL Pirates in October last year, but he appears to have gone inactive and the place has gone unattended.

Any suggestions for a new Discussion Mod or another solution? 17:57, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

Discussion
Is it possible to remove Discussions? Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 18:03, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

As someone who knows little to nothing about the Discussions community, I don't believe I am qualified to nominate anyone. However, I think we should clarify a few things before this forum can get anywhere.

What are the analytics on Discussions? How many active users do we have there, and what does their general activity look like? Do we need a regular moderator for it, or should a current mod be asked to take on a little extra work? Also, will this forum and any possible polls/elections be open to Discussion members who do not meet standard voting requirements? 18:10, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

If it's not possible to remove them (it was not possible when they were implemented without asking), first I'd link and pin this forum to the Discussions; we all know that the users from there are never gonna find this forum by themselves since they ain't active wiki editors nor active discord chat users. Pau D. Seven (talk) 18:11, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

I have pushed since day 1 of discussions for them to be removed, although I know that's not up to us. It's a terrible place and very little from it actually gets to the wiki - there's certainly very few users who start there and then contribute. I stepped in as mod on the request of an admin after Sock was demodded for his behavour there, and gave it up the day I could. Anyone who takes over as mod there is warned, it's a lot of work for absolutely no payoff.

19:57, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

I'd like to put myself forward if no one else does. I've been here a while and always willing to step up if there's an opening. I have the free time and lot of experience in being an admin and moderating from other wikias including those with high traffic. 20:59, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

I would support Besty as D-Mod. Perhaps another one? I don't keep track of discussions enough to see who's an active and reliable user, but from what I've seen KuroUrufu could be a good option, if he accepts. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 16:23, March 14, 2019 (UTC)

I have promoted Besty to the role as we can't afford to leave Discussions unmoderated any longer. Regarding KuroUrufu, he is a helper so he already has the same powers, but he seems to be more occupied with the Italian wikis. 19:52, March 27, 2019 (UTC)