New Moderator Application

[Jimothy]

OK, well, my application to become a moderator is in, for better or for worse. However I would still like any feedback from you guys. As I said earlier, I'm always open to criticism and aim for self improvement, so if you feel like it, fire away.

I'€™ve given a lot of thought to this, a hope that that'€™s apparent on reading. At first I was reluctant to apply, and have considered it in great detail, but the impending deadline has rushed my decision. I also apologise for the wall of text, but there's a large number of things I wanted to mention, and I can't seem to condense it further without missing bits off. Now, without further ado:

Forum Name: Spirit!
Name: James
Skype: burgee236

I don'€™t consider being a moderator a privilege, and I see nothing to gain personally from it. I do however see it as a responsibility to help the community as a whole and to guide them in a way that leads to a more friendly and harmonious environment for all. Even before considering becoming a moderator, I viewed every post I made with the responsibility not to offend anyone reading it, and to word it as such. A responsibility I believe I have not slipped up on, and shall continue to uphold.

I doubt any of the existing moderation or administrative team know me personally, and I hope that personal views to not come into play when applicants are considered. I instead hope that what I can show as a person through any follow-up that may occur will show you that I take care in what I say, and pride that I am a friendly person and not only take others'€™ views into account, but that I'€™m not adverse to standing up for what is right and doing what needs to be done should someone be acting in a way that offends someone else.

As far as moderation experience goes, I have no technical experience on a forum, and only a little experience of the job at all. As far as technical experience goes, however, I am a quick learner and tend to get to grips with rapidly. As for moderation experience, it seems rather pointless to mention what I have done, as anyone could say anything here with little to no proof. However I shall regardless, purely for the sake of record, that I was once an admin in a runescape clan, and am currently in the process of reviving said clan. (Don'€™t laugh here, yes, I like runescape, nothing wrong with that!) All I really did was act as a person to step in and stop arguments and people from offending or insulting others by simply telling them off and punishing the few who refused to acknowledge what they did was wrong. As for now, there'€™s no-one actually in the clan, but once I'€™m back from my holiday, it'€™ll start up again being a community based group of people, focusing of friendship and camaraderie as opposed to any in-game aspects.

As for community involvement, I may not be a long-serving faction member, or indeed terribly active in-game at all over my time here. Recently however, I have joined my first few factions and am beginning to enjoy yet another aspect of the game. I have (despite a few spells of total inactivity due to RL) always been an active member of the forums, and since my return a few months ago, I can safely say not a single day has gone by that I have not checked in on the forums. I am pretty much always available and should I be accepted, will ensure every thread I look at will be viewed as both player and moderator, keeping an eye out for trouble, but not becoming involved where it'€™s not needed.

I am a native English speaker, and am by no means a slouch when it comes to my language. (Heil Hyphen and all that) With the internet, and more relevantly, these forums, having people from many languages using English, I make sure my writing is as correct as possible to avoid confused meanings and mis-interpretations. I am very good at explaining things in plain English, and patient with those who don't understand.

You may have noticed a thread I made for help on this application, and I hope that my efforts in that don'€™t go against me. If anything, I hope it acts as a slight show of my seriousness and commitment to this.

Finally, and to sum up, I'll just say I'm a mature, fair and thoughtful person, who would like the opportunity to show this to you. I expect this application is not the only part of the process, and hope I can demonstrate these qualities over the next step(s) whatever it/they may be.

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I was formerly know as Spiritar.

It's been a while.