In the last forum governance meeting a decision was taken to move ahead and allow communities to request new categories now, since we don’t have yet a timeline for the migration to finish.
We can move forward with this request, we just need the usernames of the moderators for the subcategory and get them commenting here they are OK taking this role.
Great, for transparency ideally we are asking communities to provide a list of usernames and a brief description on why these people are suggested as moderators (as well as the suggested people to comment accepting the role)
rmikke is already a moderator on Poland subcategory on official OSM forum and trusted user and is doing its moderation job well.
I am (hopefully) also a trustworthy user and I also have history of (I biasedly think) good moderation on global Discord, global Telegram and Polish Discord, Polish telegram channels.
I have also asked the other active moderators of the old forum if they would continue their work here as well.
RicoElectrico has agreed, I hope he will confirm it here soon.
I’m still waitng for the answer from kocio.
Discord, as well as other chat-based platforms, are not a replacement for an “async” communication channel like a forum like this.
Both can co-exits and supplement each other, and Discourse can optimize for certain contributors who don’t have all the time to be online and scroll through the chat or need some time to read and reflect on their opinions
Hi if it’s possible I’d like to apply for moderation privileges here.
I am not moderator on current polish forum, however I have some spare time to do so. I believe my history of OSM activity is trustworthy.
I am engaged in Telegram community, was mentioned few times on WeeklyOSM, I am active user of current (old) forum and it’s first time since my activity (2020) where I can apply for so in migration time.
If it’s not correct place to apply please point where to do so.
@Mateusz_Konieczny is it possible if you edit the first message to include the list of mods usernames and the brief description for easy reference in the future?
Can I suggest you take this opportunity to update the Community Index page with this new category link?
You can do this by opening a new issue in their github repo, you might want to also provide update on existing channels for your community in case some have changed or are no longer used.
Thanks for commenting @RicoElectrico, I’ve added you to the Poland mods group.
Spam control is handled by different mechanisms:
People need to create and login via OSM account.
New forum users have a lower trust level and can’t really spam much (links, rate limit…)
The flag button allows for community moderation, where enough reports from higher trust level users can hide posts until a moderator reviews the report.
As category-moderators you will have a review queue with all the posts flagged within the Poldan category.