Jjs Goodman Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 That title probably already has you scratching your head, doesn't it? Another mod application? Didn't we do one not that long ago? Isn't six staff members enough? Will Donald Trump become the next president? Why am I asking YOU all these questions? Mermaid Man, where are you?! There isn't really an easy way for me to say this, so I'll just come out and say it. After much discussion between the staff, we have decided that CNF will need to take a break from his mod position soon. Now before you get all sad, this isn't out of spite, hatred, or such. It wasn't an easy decision for us either. CNF was a great mod, and he's not being coldly fired or anything like that. However, as some of you may have or have not noticed from his rare appearances, CNF doesn't have much time to go on SBC anymore. He is very busy with school and other things going on his life, and I'd hate for us to drag him down, so we felt it may be best to give him a break. I've talked it over with him, and he understands my perspective. Now, his removal won't be happening just yet. I want to hear more on his thoughts first. Regardless of what happens though, CNF won't be forever gone. We still welcome him back with open arms whenever he feels he can return. Until then however, I felt it was best to start a new mod application, as we will need someone to cover his position. Much like the last one, I am opening up an application to all users. Just simply send a PM to me and you will be given a list of questions to answer. However, if you sent in an app last time, do not simply copy and paste your old one. The questions this time will be different, and there's more than past ones. I'm going to say right now if you want the position, you better show it in your application, because the questions won't be simple "yes or no" answers, we would like you to go in-depth for them. They will also require you to answer multiple things, so we want to challenge you more with these questions. The apps will be judged by the main staff (me, hilaryfan80, JCM, tyeam, and Patty), along with some select retired staff. You have until February 12th @ 4 PM to submit an application, so that is a good two weeks. Everyone can submit, so don't fear you won't have a chance because you're "too new", we will be looking at them all equally. Keep in mind only one will be chosen, but it doesn't hurt to try. If you didn't do that great on the last application, here's another chance to do better. Some may be wondering why we don't just automatically promote someone, but we've found the app process allows us to evaluate users better and get to know people we may have overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongeOddFan Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 i feel so bad for CNF Anyways, good luck to all who'll be future mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 More new blood on the staff is always great. I can't wait to read the new applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 42 minutes ago, Mr. Dr. Professor Patrick said: That should be "applicants". *waits for immediate disapproval* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Biden Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Sent in my application. Hopefully, it'll be even better than the last one I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 5 hours ago, Trophy said: That should be "applicants". *waits for immediate disapproval* Nope. While true that the adjective form of "applications" is "applicant," the use of "applications" is acceptable in this case as "SBC mod applications" is the subject of the sentence. Likewise, you could replace "SBC mod applications" with "final exams" and the meme would be grammatically proper. In this case, replacing "final exams" with "exam finalists" or "final exam takers" would still not make any sense. Therefore, the proper use in this meme is "SBC mod applications" for the purpose of having a subject rather than a descriptive noun. You really shouldn't argue with a future English teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.V.I.L. Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mr. Dr. Professor Patrick said: Nope. While true that the adjective form of "applications" is "applicant," the use of "applications" is acceptable in this case as "SBC mod applications" is the subject of the sentence. Likewise, you could replace "SBC mod applications" with "final exams" and the meme would be grammatically proper. In this case, replacing "final exams" with "exam finalists" or "final exam takers" would still not make any sense. Therefore, the proper use in this meme is "SBC mod applications" for the purpose of having a subject rather than a descriptive noun. You really shouldn't argue with a future English teacher. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 28 minutes ago, Mr. Dr. Professor Patrick said: Nope. While true that the adjective form of "applications" is "applicant," the use of "applications" is acceptable in this case as "SBC mod applications" is the subject of the sentence. Likewise, you could replace "SBC mod applications" with "final exams" and the meme would be grammatically proper. In this case, replacing "final exams" with "exam finalists" or "final exam takers" would still not make any sense. Therefore, the proper use in this meme is "SBC mod applications" for the purpose of having a subject rather than a descriptive noun. You really shouldn't argue with a future English teacher. *waits for disapproval this time for being a clueless dumbass like Omair on music* 23 minutes ago, E.V.I.L said: Like you haven't done worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.V.I.L. Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 9 minutes ago, Trophy said: *waits for disapproval this time for being a clueless dumbass like Omair on music* Like you haven't done worse. At least I admit it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 1 minute ago, E.V.I.L said: At least I admit it I did though by waiting due to being an incompetent idiot who could really live life without going deeper in to what can be the messed up world of English Grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Trophy said: I did though by waiting due to being an incompetent idiot who could really live life without going deeper in to what can be the messed up world of English Grammar. eh. There's a difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. Prescriptive grammar is the grammar that everyone is so afraid of: it's very strict and relies on historical contexts of words to determine what is proper grammar (in fact, my sentence phrase ended with a preposition, "of," and that is improper according to prescriptive grammar). The huge majority of English speakers speaks in descriptive grammar, the grammar of the common language, where "ain't" is a word and you can end a sentence with a preposition (e.g. "Where are you go to?"). Anyways, going back on topic: yay mod applications! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushingmayhem Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Sent mine last night, wish me luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbl Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Good luck future moderators! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu! Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I guess we'll find out soon enough... Good luck, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye Q. Krabs Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I think this time I'll take a shot at submitting an application. Good luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjs Goodman Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Reminder: Only one week remains to apply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70s Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Don't think I've been around enough recently to even consider applying, but good luck to everyone that does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjs Goodman Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Deadline is up. The winner will be coming later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jjs Goodman Posted February 13, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2016 Welp, it's time. We didn't get as many as last time, but this was still a tough grading nonetheless. In all honesty, this may have been the hardest grading in SBC history. We could only pick one person, and some of us even had to do another discussion to decide in the end. I felt bad, as this was a close one. Honestly, this set of applications is probably the best I've seen in SBC history, because there were really no bad ones. Everyone brought something to the table. In the end, we had to pick one, and the lucky wiener is... ... Spoiler KANYE WEST! ...is who I would be saying if it weren't for the fact it was the man of mayhem himself, and the moderator on SpongeCraft.... CRUSHINGMAYHEM! Yup, we feel he was the best fit for the position, and has already done good for the site by helping out on SpongeCraft as a mod there, so he is now full time staff. Give him a round of applause. He was the one we agreed to the most in the end. But please, no tears if you weren't chosen, this was a tough call. It upset me too that we could only pick one, because we were really stuck between two members. This will probably be the last application for the foreseeable future, so we end it for now with an overall pretty great set of applications. (Buuuuut if you need to cry that badly I'll provide some tissues) 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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