Welcome the new trio of moderators of 2014

January 26, 2015 by . 3 comments

The MSE elections are over. Sure, this is a bit late, but that’s no excuse not to be excited. Welcome the new moderators!

profile for Jyrki Lahtonen at Mathematics Stack Exchange, Q&A for people studying math at any level and professionals in related fields

profile for Pedro Tamaroff at Mathematics Stack Exchange, Q&A for people studying math at any level and professionals in related fields

profile for Daniel Fischer at Mathematics Stack Exchange, Q&A for people studying math at any level and professionals in related fields

We should also take a moment to thank the retiring moderators Alex Becker and Willie Wong.

 

This was also the biggest election we’ve had, both in the number of candidates and the number of voters. For some comparison, look at the growth. In blue is the number of eligible voters on all of the site. In red, the number of visitors during the election phase. And in green, we have the number of voters.Voter Data from 2011 to 2014 at Math.StackExchange

Well, from this angle, it’s not as clear that the number of voters is growing. But if we look at just the voters, we see that there’s really been a lot of growth!

Number of Voters from 2011 to 2014 at Math.StackExchange

Why was there such a spike in interest? Who knows? But perhaps greater community interest is a good thing.

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  • Ahaan Rungta says:

    2015 you mean? 😮 Anyway, welcome the dragons!

    • mixedmath says:

      I suppose you could say 2015. But the election itself was in 2014. The previous three elections were in the middle of their respective years – this one’s the oddball.