Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27980194-20171001233743/@comment-27980194-20171003023750

So I wanted to address what appear to be the main 2 concerns regarding the candidates, and that's Mario's judgement and Marvin's skills.

While Marvin may not yet possess the skills to be a great moderator yet, he's certainly obedient, compliant and dedicated enough such that those skills can be developed. Not every moderator has to come out of the gates swinging, very few people are able to act at such a high level right from the get-go, and it feels unrealistic to hold candidates to that sort of standard.

Concerning Mario's judgement, admittedly it was questionable at points, but the examples I can really think of were really all just from when he was just starting out as a user, and I'm willing to accept that he moved on from those habits. Besides, as of late I've observed pretty good judgement and composure from him. This mainly shows in some of the more heated discussions on #wiki-discussion (particularly that little circus from ~a month or two ago).