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Maybe I just hadn't noticed, but I have seen a couple of people with badges that I've not seen before. I'm familiar with moderator, super moderator, senior moderator, and mentor, but could someone please explain the role of "advisor."
--just being nosey.
Kind of like a Consigliere, but different… Fredo.
An advisor goes on record but is never accountable.
No. Jimbo is an Advisor. THE Advisor. Seems to have 'worked' his way into it. :confused: I would like an 'Advisor' badge as well.
Qualifications are top-secret! :w Not certain if I could 'qualify'! :p
Well in that case I would like the title of "Misleader" i'm fully qualified.
No such category(at least recognized), I am afraid! :roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by Razorfaust
Jimbo did explain it to me once, but I can't quite remember the specifics. If I recall correctly he used to be a mod but couldn't put enough hours in to carry on with that but still wanted to be involved with running the forum so he was made an advisor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Hopefully he will come along and clarify because i could be wildly inaccurate :)
I think he won't . Too busy with the 'advisor' thing to respond here! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by edhewitt
Respected, not necessarily respectable.
I can only speak to my circumstances. Yes, I was once a moderator but stepped down when I realised I couldn't put the time and effort into the position that it required and deserved.
But, being as I am a wealth of knowledge and information (:p) it was thought I might still be involved in "advising" - giving input and suggestions/advice to the mods and seniors and admins on stuff that comes up, being a pain in the butt and so on and so forth. I think also "smart ass" plays a role too in my case :D
There's a couple of little things I do too - muck around with some of the technical things sometimes, though not so much lately, like the classifieds software update and review software.
So, to summarise, I kinda hang out with the mods (though not as much lately due to work commitments) and provide another perspective on things on occasion. I think Mike does the same thing, but in a more considered way! :) I think we are the only two Advisors, is that right Mike?
James.
Yes, pretty much consigliere.
For example, sometimes I would ask them if I've gone soft on bans and not doing enough of them...
No, not really - there's actually a theorem that there's never enough bans, at least that's what they taught me in mod school.
The advisors have access to all of the discussions that we have about running the forum, but they're not involved in executive way as the moderators. They only have soft power so they can offer different perspective. That's why we have Mike and Jimbo - even the most egomaniacal among us likes them enough to hear what they have to say.
And did I mention I look good in hot pants?
James.
I guess that would put your opponents off when you are fighting :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
If and only if they are red.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
I just KNEW I could never qualify! :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Keep up the fine work, Jimbette! :tu
I bring a hammer. I suppose that I can tap softly if that's what Jimbo regards as "considered way." I think they stopped at two because beyond that is a critical mass and they didn't know what would happen. Now that I think if this, they keep us on opposite ends of the planet too, hmmm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
When I found myself finding doors to open into the backrooms of SRP I felt like this (it's longish but really there are several vignettes that remind me of those first heady days of Yuri Gagarin...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndj_dS4jImA
Yes. I suppose it IS a silly place.........:rolleyes:
Tom, I respectfully disagree and I am seeking your advice as an advisor: If I am wearing red hot pants and a crop top how would I sharpen a true wedge with a barbers notch with a Uranium hone with a hyperbolic paraboloid shaped honing surface?Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
I defer this question to Jimbo. Why he makes the big bucks! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by WW243
I am the advisor for 1 doc, 4 master degree and a cluster of undergrads. My role is - mainly - to kick back the kids to their tracks on research when they derail. And they derail often! Boyfriends, Girlfriends, car wrecks, mama and papa fighting, alcohol, drugs, party, party, party, party, coffee shortage... everything can potentially derail a student. Hard to keep them inside the pen.
Advisor have a pretty different meaning here.
I give lots of advise. Unfortunately, 'Don't listen to me' is written across my forehead, visible to all but me! :p
With two layers of tape.Quote:
Originally Posted by WW243
Duh!
What a wealth of experience we have on this forum! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
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Originally Posted by Matheus
Ah, so you know what my professor went through 40 yrs ago.
some things never change
Let me try my foreteller skills... you get married.