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If we were to elect a head moderator and a deputy moderator for real, who would you vote for? And (optionally) why would you vote for them? The only rule is that you can't vote for yourself.

My votes:

Head moderator: JNugent Deputy moderator: Simon Mason

Justification: This would ensure that there were no anti-motorist moderators who would look threads, delete posts and ban posters just because the "wrong" side was winning and/or anti-motorist measures were being made to look stupid. These two posters together represent a wide spread of viewpoints, but both have shown that they are given to tolerating opposing viewpoints gracefully and debating fairly and reasonably. Having someone who was not too pro-cyclist as the head moderator would ensure that discussions were balanced and that posters felt able to advocate sensible restrictions on cyclists without being unfairly penalised.

Don't agree? Then who would you vote for instead? (If you're going to sulk and refuse to vote just because the thread was started by a "troll", then that says more about you than anyone else, and also shows that you're not too keen on the idea of an elected moderator, perhaps because you'd like to be a moderator but you know you'd never get enough votes. Now who does that remind you of?)