2024 Moderation Election ***Update***

[Graham Banks]

thorsten C you hereby are nominated as moderator

I will vote against Thorsten. He used to be a moderator in the past and was fired due to some kind of misbehaviour AFAIK.

I also very much appreciate to see him agree to run though, and he is a nice man you can always have a coke with. Dear moderators, how are we supposed to get the list of candidates, that we can vote for or against?

Some guidance would be very much appreciated. Can you give us some guidance, now that chrisw has updated the voter list?

I'd trust Thorsten to do a good job.

[towforce]

I will vote against Thorsten. He used to be a moderator in the past and was fired due to some kind of misbehaviour AFAIK.

His posts in this thread indicate that age has mellowed him into a man of peace, flowers, sweetness, and goodwill to all men.

I also very much appreciate to see him agree to run though, and he is a nice man you can always have a coke with.

Good qualities to add to my list above. However, he has not yet agreed to allow his name to be put forward for the election.

[chrisw]

Provisional Voting List (219 real named users):

(please report possible bugs, omissions, deletions)

Possible false inclusions:
Viren Peanut - is there such a name?????
Roger C. - insufficent real name??????

• A. B. Gursu, posts=91, username=abgursu
  Richard Delorme, posts=434, username=abulmo2
  Andrew R Case, posts=994, username=acase
  Aditya Chandra, posts=23, username=adityachandra
  Charles Wong, posts=76, username=adnoh
  Andy Watkins, posts=16, username=akanalytics
  Alessandro Iavicoli, posts=51, username=alessandro
  Alexander Spence, posts=55, username=alex67a
  Alexander Schmidt (inferred from username), posts=1235, username=Alexander Schmidt
  Alex Morales, posts=1559, username=AlexChess
  Christian Dean, posts=596, username=algerbrex
  Andres Valverde Toresano, posts=567, username=Andres Valverde
  Andrew Grant, posts=1853, username=AndrewGrant
  Aleksey Glebov, posts=323, username=Angle
  Lyndon S. Sears, posts=30, username=Antihelion
  Antonio Torrecillas, posts=92, username=Antonio Torrecillas
  Arpad Rusz (inferred from username), posts=273, username=Arpad Rusz
  Arsha Mahdavi (inferred from username), posts=27, username=Arsha Mahdavi
  Arun Soorya, posts=216, username=arunsoorya1309
  Bart Weststrate (inferred from username), posts=11, username=Bart Weststrate
  Basti Dangca, posts=5353, username=bastiball
  Brian Deane, posts=54, username=bdeane
  Ben Bradley, posts=16, username=benb
  Oliver Roese, posts=406, username=BeyondCritics
  Prasanna Bandihole, posts=74, username=bmp1974
  Bo Persson, posts=252, username=Bo Persson
  Brendan J Norman, posts=2582, username=BrendanJNorman
  Alex Brunetti, posts=345, username=Brunetti
  Philippe Chevalier, posts=152, username=Carbec
  Jason Coombs, posts=343, username=cc2150dx
  thomas albert, posts=6, username=chessbit
  Esmeralda Pinto, posts=857, username=chessica
  Chet Day, posts=112, username=chetday
  Chris Euler, posts=43, username=Chris Formula
  Christopher Whittington, posts=4522, username=chrisw
  Conor Anstey, posts=152, username=Ciekce
  Christopher Crone, posts=7, username=CJDC
  Brian D. Smith, posts=645, username=CornfedForever
  Christian Petersen, posts=144, username=cpeters
  Cristian Vlasceanu, posts=5, username=cristiv
  Charles Roberson (inferred from username), posts=2080, username=CRoberson
  Kevin D Plant, posts=112, username=Cumnor
  Herson P. Guier, posts=15, username=Damas Cl=C3=A1sicas
  Damir Desevac, posts=2831, username=Damir
  Daniel Anulliero (inferred from username), posts=763, username=Daniel Anulliero
  Daniel Shawul (inferred from username), posts=4185, username=Daniel Shawul
  Dann Corbit (inferred from username), posts=12669, username=Dann Corbit
  Dariusz Domagala, posts=369, username=Dariusz
  Darko Markovic, posts=8, username=darmar
  David Carteau, posts=130, username=David Carteau
  Germin Perez, posts=5, username=denochss
  Dom Leste, posts=7, username=DomL77
  Nickolas Reynolds, posts=65, username=DrCliche
  Eduardo Caceres, posts=75, username=eduherminio
  Eelco de Groot (inferred from username), posts=4620, username=Eelco de Groot
  Patrik Karlsson, posts=211, username=elpapa
  Erik Madsen, posts=439, username=emadsen
  Jedidiah F. Sessions, posts=37, username=Enderjed
  Engin Uestun, posts=974, username=Engin
  Evert Jan Karman, posts=34, username=evert823
  Kade (inferred from username), posts=59, username=expositor
  F. Bluemers (inferred from username), posts=880, username=F. Bluemers
  Pablo Ignacio Restrepo, posts=1550, username=Father
  Federico Rojo, posts=32, username=federico
  Fernando JP Vasquez, posts=18, username=fjpv
  Folkert van Heusden, posts=499, username=flok
  Frank Quisinsky, posts=6834, username=Frank Quisinsky
  Fred Ferguson, posts=6, username=FredFergusonPM
  Branislav Dosic, posts=149, username=Fritz 0
  Jason Trays, posts=7, username=Frustock
  Gabor Szots, posts=1397, username=Gabor Szots
  Evgenii Manev, posts=911, username=GenoM
  George Sobala (inferred from username), posts=44, username=George Sobala
  George Tsavdaris (inferred from username), posts=1627, username=George Tsavdaris
  Gerda Voss, posts=12, username=Gerda Voss
  Gheorghe Pepene, posts=31, username=Ghppn
  Gian-Carlo Pascutto (inferred from username), posts=1260, username=Gian-Carlo Pascutto
  Giovanni Maria Manduca, posts=5, username=Gioviok
  Gary Linscott, posts=568, username=gladius
  Walter Eigenmann, posts=262, username=Glarean
  Giovanni Lavorgna, posts=50, username=glav
  Graham Banks (inferred from username), posts=42752, username=Graham Banks
  Guenther Simon, posts=4718, username=Guenther
  Hafni Rojo, posts=30, username=hafni
  Ian Rastall, posts=11, username=Halifax
  Harvey Williamson, posts=2021, username=Harvey Williamson
  Henrik Dinesen (inferred from username), posts=877, username=Henrik Dinesen
  H G Muller, posts=28190, username=hgm
  Jost Triller, posts=255, username=j.t.
  Giacomo Porpiglia, posts=18, username=jackk03
  Jamie Whiting, posts=113, username=JacquesRW
  James Constance (inferred from username), posts=358, username=James Constance
  John Dart (inferred from username), posts=4378, username=jdart
  Jef Kaan, posts=794, username=jefk
  Jonathan Gilchrist, posts=8, username=jgilchrist
  Jay Honnold, posts=120, username=jhonnold
  Jim Ablett, posts=1766, username=Jim Ablett
  Jim Collins (inferred from username), posts=62, username=Jim Collins
  Jim Logan (inferred from username), posts=74, username=Jim Logan
  Joe Louvier, posts=59, username=Jjaw
  JoAnn Peeler, posts=253, username=JoAnnP38
  Joerg Oster, posts=950, username=Joerg Oster
  John Hamlen, posts=31, username=johnhamlen65
  Joost Buijs (inferred from username), posts=1599, username=Joost Buijs
  Jouni Uski, posts=3446, username=Jouni
  Joshue Shriver (inferred from username), posts=1354, username=jshriver
  James Swafford, posts=105, username=jswaff
  Juan Pablo Naar, posts=20, username=Juan P. Naar
  J V Merlino (inferred from username), posts=1383, username=JVMerlino
  Peter Kasinski, posts=254, username=kasinp
  Dan Kelsey, posts=16, username=kelseyde123
  Kurt Peters, posts=93, username=KhepriChess
  Kirill Kryukov, posts=494, username=Kirill Kryukov
  Kim Jensen, posts=63, username=kiroje
  Urban Koistinen, posts=29, username=Koistinen
  Kim Kahre, posts=56, username=Koivisto
  Krzysztof Grzelak (inferred from username), posts=1571, username=Krzysztof Grzelak
  Lana Samson, posts=28, username=Lana Samson
  Dmitry Shechtman, posts=176, username=leanchess
  Lech Mazur, posts=13, username=lechmazur
  Leo Anger, posts=1093, username=Leo
  Jim Wood, posts=9, username=LevyRook
  Thomas Jahn, posts=881, username=lithander
  Larry Kaufman (inferred from username), posts=6050, username=lkaufman
  Brian Adkins, posts=71, username=lojic
  Mehdi Amini, posts=379, username=Look
  Metehau Luca, posts=119, username=lucametehau
  Finn Eggers, posts=138, username=Luecx
  Maarten Claessens (inferred from username), posts=107, username=Maarten Claessens
  Mahmoud Uthman (inferred from username), posts=237, username=MahmoudUthman
  Martin Sedlak, posts=2599, username=mar
  Marco Giorgio, posts=41, username=Marcus91
  Marek Soszynski (inferred from username), posts=583, username=Marek Soszynski
  Martin Danielsson, posts=54, username=Martin
  Martin Bryant, posts=69, username=MartinBryant
  Martin Novik, posts=19, username=martinn
  Boban Stanojevic, posts=366, username=matejst
  Mathieu Page, posts=290, username=mathmoi
  Thorsten Czub, posts=18811, username=mclane
  Neil Kulick, posts=26, username=Metaphysician
  Morgan Houppin, posts=115, username=mhouppin
  Michael Neish (inferred from username), posts=70, username=Michael Neish
  Michael J Sherwin, posts=917, username=Mike Sherwin
  Marc-O Moisan-Plante, posts=211, username=MMarco
  Nay Lin Tun (inferred from username), posts=710, username=Nay Lin Tun
  Niels Abildskov, posts=174, username=niel5946
  Nigel Robson, posts=8, username=Nigel Robson
  Niculae Ionita, posts=179, username=nionita
  Mark Thellen, posts=41, username=nnnnnnnn
  Bojun Guo, posts=693, username=noobpwnftw
  Norm Pollock (inferred from username), posts=1061, username=Norm Pollock
  Odd Gunnar Malin, posts=297, username=Odd Gunnar Malin
  Josh Odom, posts=96, username=odomobo
  Colin Jenkins, posts=524, username=op12no2
  Pablo Vazquez (inferred from username), posts=154, username=Pablo Vazquez
  Doruk Sekercioglu, posts=30, username=Pali
  Paul Jerome--Filio, posts=9, username=Paul JF
  Peter Martan, posts=3263, username=peter
  Peter Berger (inferred from username), posts=696, username=Peter Berger
  Peter Osterlund, posts=702, username=petero2
  Nguyen Hong Pham, posts=1500, username=phhnguyen
  Krisztian Peocz, posts=6, username=pkrisz
  Evan Engler, posts=20, username=Plutie
  Stefan Pohl, posts=2598, username=pohl4711
  Aloisio Ponti Lopes, posts=493, username=Ponti
  Heinrich Pulliter, posts=83, username=purechess
  Ray Bongalon, posts=48, username=Pvt. Ryan
  Rainer Neuhausler, posts=187, username=rainhaus
  Rasmus Althoff, posts=2608, username=Ras
  Richard Hoffmann, posts=32, username=rdhoffmann
  Ed Schroeder, posts=7215, username=Rebel
  Rein Halbersma (inferred from username), posts=749, username=Rein Halbersma
  Rick Groszkiewicz, posts=121, username=rgrosz789
  Richard Allbert (inferred from username), posts=792, username=Richard Allbert
  Robert Flesher (inferred from username), posts=1283, username=Robert Flesher
  Robert Pope (inferred from username), posts=562, username=Robert Pope
  robert stepien, posts=14, username=robertstepien
  Roger C., posts=41, username=RogerC
  Roland Chastain, posts=659, username=Roland Chastain
  Roman Zhukov, posts=47, username=Rom77
  Ross Boyd (inferred from username), posts=114, username=Ross Boyd
  Andreas Matthies, posts=636, username=RubiChess
  Pavel Hise, posts=1206, username=Rubinus
  Remi Coulom (inferred from username), posts=438, username=R=C3=A9mi Coulom
  Ron Doughie, posts=122, username=sarona
  Kyle Zhang, posts=66, username=Sazgr
  Ben Krik, posts=18, username=schahmatist
  Sedat Canbaz (inferred from username), posts=3018, username=Sedat Canbaz
  Vishnu Gupt, posts=30, username=shadyantra
  Srdja Matovic, posts=2969, username=smatovic
  Tomasz Sobczyk, posts=390, username=Sopel
  Stephen Ham, posts=2491, username=Stephen Ham
  Steve Maughan (inferred from username), posts=1244, username=Steve Maughan
  Arthur Matheus, posts=47, username=supernova
  Kurt Utzinger, posts=29, username=swissman
  Silvian Rucsandescu, posts=4645, username=Sylwy
  Ronald de Man (inferred from username), posts=5650, username=syzygy
  Pawel Osikowski, posts=69, username=Tearth
  Thomas Mayer (inferred from username), posts=385, username=Thomas Mayer
  Thomas Zipproth (inferred from username), posts=59, username=Thomas Zipproth
  Eric Bonneau, posts=109, username=Tibono
  Tony Mokonen, posts=1326, username=tmokonen
  Taimo Peelo, posts=64, username=unserializable
  Uri Blass (inferred from username), posts=10540, username=Uri Blass
  Vincent Lejeune, posts=5239, username=Vinvin
  Viren Peanut, posts=47, username=Viren
  Michael Chaly, posts=223, username=Viz
  Vladimir Xern (inferred from username), posts=39, username=Vladimir Xern
  Volker Pittlik, posts=625, username=Volker Pittlik
  walter koroljow (inferred from username), posts=10, username=walter koroljow
  Werner Schule, posts=2916, username=Werner
  Werner Taelemans, posts=119, username=Werner Taelemans
  Omar Salha, posts=5, username=wheelman
  Adam Kulju, posts=222, username=Whiskers
  Vladimir Medvedev, posts=276, username=WinPooh
  Michal Witanowski, posts=87, username=Witek
  Manuel Hohmann, posts=8, username=xenos1984
  Yves De Billoez, posts=172, username=ydebilloez
  Omer Faruk Tutkun, posts=40, username=yeni_sekme

[towforce]

My name is still missing, but I am relaxed about that (link).

[noobpwnftw]

Speaking of gossip...

Seems pretty clear that our glorious leaders have no intent on running any fair elections. First they hold out and delay the process as long as possible; Then they start throwing around false bans against those who they disagree with; And now we have some disgusting attempt at credentialism. Next we'll just get to select between Kang and Kodos.

Add "removing valid voters who will vote against the established rule" to my list? Very lame.

Yes, Andrew, I understand you ascribe terrible bad motives to those you don't like and big yourself up as the greatest but unrecognised genius ever to have walked the planet. This involves a lot of lying, embellishing, omitting and/or twisting facts etc. etc. The me-good, others bad stuff is a sure sign of narcissism and the lying that goes with it, a sign of Machiavellianism. The bullying you organise against out-people is a sign of psychopathy. If you learn all this behaviour whilst still a youth, one dreads to imagine the sort of adult you'll turn into. My advice is to exit computer chess, just treat it as a bad formative experience in a (for some reason) dysfunctional space and try starting again elsewhere. Honest, if brutal attempt at help, btw.

It's only you who thinks there is any need for people to seek some kind of vindication in here. The silent majority already sees how you behaved and we'll see about truth and lies with their votes. Go on with your polarization, it will definitely help.

[chrisw]

My name is still missing, but I am relaxed about that (link).

Members who need to update their real name have two weeks from this post, until 20-Nov-2024, to do so, at which point the Eligible Voter List will be frozen, pending election.

The talkchess database was polled at 13:50 on 21-November-2024 by Ed and the file sent on to me. You had not updated your user data by then. Thus you're not included in the Eligible Voter List.

[chrisw]

Speaking of gossip...

Seems pretty clear that our glorious leaders have no intent on running any fair elections. First they hold out and delay the process as long as possible; Then they start throwing around false bans against those who they disagree with; And now we have some disgusting attempt at credentialism. Next we'll just get to select between Kang and Kodos.

Add "removing valid voters who will vote against the established rule" to my list? Very lame.

Yes, Andrew, I understand you ascribe terrible bad motives to those you don't like and big yourself up as the greatest but unrecognised genius ever to have walked the planet. This involves a lot of lying, embellishing, omitting and/or twisting facts etc. etc. The me-good, others bad stuff is a sure sign of narcissism and the lying that goes with it, a sign of Machiavellianism. The bullying you organise against out-people is a sign of psychopathy. If you learn all this behaviour whilst still a youth, one dreads to imagine the sort of adult you'll turn into. My advice is to exit computer chess, just treat it as a bad formative experience in a (for some reason) dysfunctional space and try starting again elsewhere. Honest, if brutal attempt at help, btw.

It's only you who thinks there is any need for people to seek some kind of vindication in here. The silent majority already sees how you behaved and we'll see about truth and lies with their votes. Go on with your polarization, it will definitely help.

Hahaha! I'm just getting on with organising an election (that I don't actually believe in, but accept the democracy of the FG). The election was announced and a two week period to update the real name field given. During this two weeks, we've been accused of 'delaying' the election plus a mass of other hideous abuse generated by ascribing to us the worst possible motivation that can be thought up by the twisted minds involved. In fact we've done what we said we would, within the time frame, voluntarily, without reward, but with much received abuse. But still you complain and accuse us of being liars. The person who necessarily twists facts in order to abuse is actually the liar. That's you isn't it? You also operate in what has become a very toxic place (in part), a place where some people with serious narcissistic personality disorder and observable psychopathy organise campaigns of bullying against perceived out groups. This bullying has been transferred over to this forum and resulted in victimised posters being forced off the forum. This moderation team has done what it can to stop you and will continue to do so. Have a nice day, and maybe get a more productive life than harassing this quite small and trivial special interest group with your fantasies?
Meanwhile the Eligible Voter List remains on display for possible correction or modification.

[mclane]

Thank you for continuing the process.

[Stephen Ham]

Hello All,

My name is also missing from this listing of "real names". But I'm not particularly active here, so have no interest in receiving votes.

Stephen Ham

[towforce]

Hello All,

My name is also missing from this listing of "real names". But I'm not particularly active here, so have no interest in receiving votes.

Stephen Ham

Like me, you won't be allowed to vote. I have been here right from the start of CCC, am a regular contributor, and lots of people have always known who I am - but I've been excluded on a technicality.