# Welcome our newest moderator **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841 "2010-05-18T00:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/1 "2010-05-18T00:01:36Z")
We have a new moderator in MPSIMS: **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** He’s newly beaten with the Scepter of Power, so y’all be nice to him while he gets his bearings and discovers just exactly what he did sign up for. (And somebody take that goat to the vet, wouldja? Sheesh.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/2 "2010-05-18T00:19:51Z")
Welcome aboard! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/3 "2010-05-18T00:26:05Z")
Thanks, **Twickster**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/4 "2010-05-18T00:28:34Z")
Glad to have you on the team, [del]sucker[/del] **Spectre**! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/5 "2010-05-18T00:30:08Z")
Welcome **Spectre**. I will try to behave. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/6 "2010-05-18T00:31:48Z")
Now that’s what this messageboard needs, a moderator whose nick you can’t say without pausing for breath; twice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/7 "2010-05-18T00:31:48Z")
Please don’t ban my dog… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/8 "2010-05-18T00:32:07Z")
YOU ARE ONE OF US. And shit. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/9 "2010-05-18T00:33:35Z")
… and for gawdsakes, someone give 'im a decent title. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/10 "2010-05-18T00:34:40Z")
I’m not sure whether to congratulate you or commiserate with you, **Spectre**. 🙂 BTW am I seeing double or has **Tuba** got Administrator Administrator under her name? (And **Spectre** has Moderator Moderator.) What’s with that? Edit: I gather from **penultima thule** that the title must default to the position. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/11 "2010-05-18T00:36:07Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > … and for gawdsakes, someone give 'im a decent title. There are a bunch of spare mod titles [in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552891) [and this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552470). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/12 "2010-05-18T00:37:12Z")
Fresh Meat! Fresh Meat! …er, um, Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/13 "2010-05-18T00:37:41Z")
Hi. Please don’t ban me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/14 "2010-05-18T00:37:57Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Now that’s what this messageboard needs, a moderator whose nick you can’t say without pausing for breath; twice. 🙂 You do have a point; I’ve often wished for something shorter and snappier, but this is hardly the time to change it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/15 "2010-05-18T00:40:32Z")
I think it’s a stylish name. Although I keep confusing it with a Charles Mingus album title. Where did you come up with it anyway? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/16 "2010-05-18T00:54:52Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > You do have a point; I’ve often wished for something shorter and snappier, but this is hardly the time to change it. So far the mods are about evenly divided between calling him “Specs” and “Pithy.” (I prefer the latter.) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/17 "2010-05-18T01:11:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > So far the mods are about evenly divided between calling him “Specs” and “Pithy.” (I prefer the latter.) Spithy? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/18 "2010-05-18T01:11:41Z")
SoP? Soppy? (Please don’t ban me for that. 😃 ) > [@TubaDiva](#): > > We have a new moderator in MPSIMS: **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** > > He’s newly beaten with the Scepter of Power, so y’all be nice to him while he gets his bearings and discovers just exactly what he did sign up for. Anagrammatically appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/19 "2010-05-18T01:14:03Z")
I’m sure this has been asked and answered before, but what is the selection process for bringing in a new mod? Do the mods all vote on a list of people and then ask the top contenders if they would like to be mods? Or do people volunteer, and the mods vote on this group? Some combination of the two? Use of goat entrails and/or hallucinogenics factor in?? Just curious. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841/20 "2010-05-18T01:17:36Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I’m sure this has been asked and answered before, but what is the selection process for bringing in a new mod? Do the mods all vote on a list of people and then ask the top contenders if they would like to be mods? Or do people volunteer, and the mods vote on this group? Some combination of the two? Sometimes people approach us and ask for an application, and sometimes we’ll contact someone who we think would do a good job and ask if they would like to apply. I don’t have statistics but I think the first option is more common. After the application is in, it gets filed away. When there’s an opening, the mods discuss the poster and his or her application and we make a recommendation to **Ed Zotti**. > [@](#): > > Use of goat entrails and/or hallucinogenics factor in?? Yes, but that’s part of my daily SDMB routine anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841.md?page=2)