Our first new Moderator is:

AKASH

More Will Be Added Shortly

about time :D

Originally posted by XTStrike
Our first new Moderator is:

AKASH
Good choice. He certainly would've been one of my picks... :agree:

Vito

took us a long time to figure on out, but its a matter of everyone agreeing and making sure no members hate the mods guts.

Akash has been atop our list for some time.

So what will akash do? :)

Moderate !!, what else to moderators do ?? :D

Move topics...move topics...close topics..delete topics... thats about it :D

YAY for Akash - you got my vote buddy!

While Akash "beds in" moderating on WHT he will be a general moderator, then we will decide on some focussed moderating tasks that akash can carry out.

Of of yet Akash will remain a general moderator until a decision has been made.

Good luck :D

They were going to pick me over him, but Robert Marsh got worried I would take over the world.. really he did. :(

Originally posted by XTStrike
...then we will decide on some focussed moderating tasks that akash can carry out.
Cool. Sounds like specialized training in the Navy Seals, or "special teams" in a hockey game. Does that mean akash will wear like a decoder laser powered ring? Or perhaps an optical mouse with built in GPS capabilities... :D

Vito

will wear like a decoder laser powered ring?

Yes.

Good choise. Akash will be a great mod.

Sweet.

sounds good.

new to wht, who is "AKASH".

A famous celebrity (ie britney spears) :dunce:

Akash is one of WHT's more helpful members, always around - I'm sure he'll do a great job :)

Originally posted by rsanchez
new to wht, who is "AKASH".

A famous celebrity (ie britney spears) :dunce:


I invented the internet!

thanks for all the great support guys :beer:

Congrats akash. You had my vote from the start. One of the most helpful members on WHT.

Good stuff. All the best akash.

Gary

first of all, congrats to akash and lastly, hope your contribution to the community isn't going to get limited because of your new duty as a mod

:)

cheers

I invented the internet!

I thought that was 'potatoe'-guy.. what's his name? Quail something? ;)

Originally posted by akash
I invented the internet!

thanks for all the great support guys :beer: Cool... I'm sure akash is going to be a great moderator! Nice title too... 'WHT Assistant Moderator' :).

Alan

Originally posted by alpha
first of all, congrats to akash and lastly, hope your contribution to the community isn't going to get limited because of your new duty as a mod

:)

cheers

:beer: No shouldn't be limited - i only plan on "modding" as I see things while I'm browsing WHT.


Originally posted by ho247
Cool... I'm sure akash is going to be a great moderator! Nice title too... 'WHT Assistant Moderator' :).

Alan

doh! Xtstrike must've changed that....I'll change it back in a bit...

akash,

Congrats! Youve also been on the top of my list for a long time, you've definitely contributed a lot to this community. As others expressed, I sure hope you continue to add your insight to topics as you've done in the past.

I couldnt have thought of a better mod, congrats again!

-Matt

But, but, but I hate Akash's guts :D.

kidding of course, congrats Akash -- it is well-deserved (not sure if that is a compliment or an insult).

Good choice. :D

Wow, looks like an overwhelming approval for having selected akash as a mod. When's the last time you ever read so many members agreeing on something??

akash could very well be the glue that keeps WHT intact...

Vito

Akash has been working up to this for some time now. I'm a bit worried about how young he is, but I'm sure he'll make a good mod. :)

Congrats. :beer:

Good Luck Akash :beer:

Akash,

I don't know if I should say congrats or wish you the best of luck with your new responsability. ;)

an excellent choice

I have observed Akash being rational and well mannered, also being politely firm without being obnoxious when other members (no names mentioned here) have been obnoxious to him

I have seen flames being dowsed quietly with the minimum of fuss from Akash

as I said, an excellent choice and one that reflects on the good sense of the wht administration

Originally posted by vito
Wow, looks like an overwhelming approval for having selected akash as a mod. When's the last time you ever read so many members agreeing on something??

akash could very well be the glue that keeps WHT intact...

Vito

Of course all of you don't realize his secret plan. Robert Marsh is actually a robot warrior invented by akash, with the sole purpose of taking over the entire web hosting industry ;).

Okay, so I was just trying to be difficult, congrats :).

Originally posted by Aussie Bob
Akash has been working up to this for some time now. I'm a bit worried about how young he is, but I'm sure he'll make a good mod. :)

Congrats. :beer:

Hey now! I turn 13 soon!



If 12 year olds can start a hosting biz and get away with it......

Originally posted by Alex042
I thought that was 'potatoe'-guy.. what's his name? Quail something? ;)

Al Gore, my friend. :D

How old is AKASH ?

I just said i was turning 13 soon...sheesh ;)


No seriously, do a search, i've posted it only once on the forums - other than that I'm describe as young, but still of legal age.

18? 19? 17?

Congratulations Akash!

Well done Akash! Cheers :beer:

Congrats, Akash.
I hope you won't be too appalled by the content of the 'garbage' (or whatever the name) forum (where the removed threads are stored) ;)

Originally posted by akash
No seriously, do a search, i've posted it only once on the forums - other than that I'm describe as young, but still of legal age.
No seriously, just tell us here please. What's to hide?? :eek:

Originally posted by Aussie Bob
No seriously, just tell us here please. What's to hide?? :eek:

But then that means it's posted in 2 spots ;). Nothing to hide...just don't want to read loads of replies that say "woah" like last time.


Originally posted by FastHost
18? 19? 17?

4 more months and I'll be 2 years short of the legal drinking age...:D :beer:

Whoa!

So you're 18 now?? Yes or no. :)

If that's the case, "woah". ;) :D

For now i am ;) Tomorrow may be a different story....

Excellent Choice!
And just for the hell of it "Whoa".

Come on you knew it was coming ;)

-Faraaz

Akash, what will happen to MOTM now?

Originally posted by Reptilian Feline
Akash, what will happen to MOTM now?

It will now become known as Mod of the Month. :)

It will be good when there's enough mods that we can rate them. :-)

G

MOTM will still be Member of the Month just like always ;)

Now you can close the voting at the right time, instead of having one of the mods do it. :)

Originally posted by vito
Wow, looks like an overwhelming approval for having selected akash as a mod. When's the last time you ever read so many members agreeing on something??
Rather surprising, isn't it? ;)

We'll be adding more and it is very likely that some won't agree with the choices, however all will be on a trial basis and we do ask that they be given a chance to prove themselves.

Akash has been on the short list for months, so we're pretty sure with that pick. With others we may be less sure, but if it doesn't work out, they simply return to being a member and probably hate the rest of the moderators.

It's a bad member if they hate the mods after being on trial for a while and then put back with the regular members.

Think of it as a regular job and a trial period to see if you like the job, the job likes you, and the people yiu work with agree with you. :)

Congrats to Akash :)

Congrats to Akash :beer: (you are allready "legal age" in Austria for drinking..so cheers :))

you can drink in the UK aswell akash!!

hey look on the bright side people hated me for about 2 months when i first became a mod, probably cos i was telling people to follow the rules then forgetting them myself, woops!!

Makes us mods think we made a wonderful decision putting akash as mod.

Not easy choosing 1-2 people out of a gang of probably 10,000 active members, even the short list are pages long :)

And you closed the "if you look at this you must reply thread." I still haven't forgiven you for that.

LOL . . . . And here I thought I was gonna hafta remind XTStrike that some members likely 'do' still hate him. :D

Originally posted by XTStrike
Not easy choosing 1-2 people out of a gang of probably 10,000 active members, even the short list are pages long :)
10,000 "active" members?? What's your definition of being active?

. . . . . thread starts to go wildly OT :blush:

Good luck my friend,and CONGRATS!!!!

You picked a good site 2 be a mod on!!

The Dude :)

Great choice, he is very dedicated... but WHT still needs more moderators. I say 1 moderator per 2,000 members, at least!

Congratulations Akash

Originally posted by Curtis H.
Congrats akash. You had my vote from the start. One of the most helpful members on WHT.

I would say shoot for one mod per 500 members. It is better to have them and not need them then to need them and not have them.

Originally posted by iamdave
Great choice, he is very dedicated... but WHT still needs more moderators. I say 1 moderator per 2,000 members, at least!

I think we need to go by how many active members and how many new posts there are. We have 30K members, but not all of them are active ;)

Originally posted by akash
I think we need to go by how many active members and how many new posts there are. We have 30K members, but not all of them are active ;) LIKE I SAID, at least one mod per 2000 members... Even with just 500 active users... so much bs goes on...

Originally posted by Aussie Bob
10,000 "active" members?? What's your definition of being active?

. . . . . thread starts to go wildly OT :blush:

When we last done the test we filtered by having visited the forum within the last month, the figure came to about 10,000

Congratulations akash! You're definitely qualified for the job and I think you will become a great asset of WHT as a moderator.

Originally posted by mindboggle
Congratulations akash! You're definitely qualified for the job and I think you will become a great asset of WHT as a moderator.
He's not qualified yet. ;)

There's still the 6 week intensive Mod training program he has to undertake first. :D

Yep......then i have to pay the membership fee, get burnt by the traditional forum flame, take the oath and get "officially" sworn in.
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get burnt by the traditional forum flame
I'm ready Akash. :D

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WHT boot camp :D

akash is a good choice (a bit late to reply).

Originally posted by mindboggle
WHT boot camp :D

LOL....man what a scary place :eek4:

Congratulations Akash. Sorry for delay in posting here. But I think I already sent my wishes by PM. :)

Akash has grown up a lot here, like most of us. Read early post and read recent post. He has certainly changed for the better. He is not so defensive, and certainly has become pretty level-headed (especially for an 18 year old ;)).

Good choice for Mod.:agree:

WHT bootcamp is a good idea.

We could have a rating system. 10 negative votes against a user and they are sent to bootcamp for a week.

I nominate YUPAPA as WHT Bootcamp drill sargeant. :D

Vito

Originally posted by vito
I nominate YUPAPA as WHT Bootcamp drill sargeant. :D

Vito

If it means he stays at bootcamp 24/7 im all for that! :D

I might even volunteer for bootcamp.
Sounds like a party with YUPAPA at the helm! :beer:

Fork! Fork! :fork: :fork:

Vito

Personally, I think this board and some of its moderators go way overboard in deciding on what is and is not acceptable to say, think, and feel when replying to various posts here. Ive had many posts deleted for my opinions and I think you are doing people a dis-service by deleting posts by people who actually have THIER OWN opinion and not afraid if everyone will accept it.

That seems to be the commonality here.. its almost as if people sit there and contemplate before clicking that submit reply button... is this politically correct? will most people agree with me? am I going to offend anyone? ...... meanwhile its not how they truely feel, its not what they really think, its what they think everyone wants to hear, now Im not saying everyone is this way, just the ones who have flamed me for expressing my TRUE thoughts.

So.. I guess what Im saying is give people a little more freedom to be themselves and let them speak thier minds without any self righteous "you cant have an opinion" bull**** , that goes for everyone.. not just the mods.

Ive had many posts deleted for my opinions and I think you are doing people a dis-service by deleting posts by people who actually have THIER OWN opinion and not afraid if everyone will accept it.


I don't recall myself in the past week ever deleting your posts, but I see the regular mods have. You're entitled to your opinion, but when you make derogatory remarks that cross the line, the posts get edited and/or deleted.

Originally posted by ee-o
Ive had many posts deleted for my opinions and I think you are doing people a dis-service by deleting posts by people who actually have THIER OWN opinion and not afraid if everyone will accept it.

I've often expressed my own opinion without having my posts deleted/edited. Perhaps its the manner in which you express your opinion and not the opinion itself that creates the problem?

Originally posted by allan
I've often expressed my own opinion without having my posts deleted/edited. Perhaps its the manner in which you express your opinion and not the opinion itself that creates the problem?
I agree. Many members seem to think they can just say anything in any manner they see fit, regardless of decorum. I've read plenty of controversial posts that are not deleted. I certainly don't think of WHT as over-censoring...

Vito

Hope you enjoy your new task.

Cheers!

Grats to Akash... I have no idea who you are, but wehay!

This isn't a thread about you and your posts, so this will be the only comment on the matter and anythign else will be removed.

Originally posted by ee-o
Personally, I think this board and some of its moderators go way overboard in deciding on what is and is not acceptable to say, think, and feel when replying to various posts here. Ive had many posts deleted for my opinions...
Your posts have been removed because you've flamed companies, called other members "idiots" or "morons", etc. You should have been banned, but we give people chances, too many, and if you had done this today, your account would be suspended without notice.

As I said, this is a thread about a new moderator.