I propose so.

Of course, first of all, all of them have to re-register. Some may not even know that the forum is up again. Do we have e-mails so we can inform people?

Anyway, I can have back Greek empires and general world history. I can help with some more until more people step in as moderators.

Cheers, Yiannis

I agree with Yannis, however though, if some decline, or do not show up, can I be the moderator of a forum?

I'd love to have my old Imperial Age moderator job back.   And maybe a new post for the Roman and Greek discussion board if Marcus Petrius doesn't make it back.

Same goes for me.

/Capa

General History

and any others if needed...

Old mods have priority, but we need some new blood as well! New minds and ideas are welcomed

We're going to make this forum even better that the old one, we have the momentum to achieve it!

I hope this doesn't sound too shocking, but since we are having a fresh start I would like to resign as a moderator of the East Asian Forums. I know I have been a moderator there almost since the beginnings of AE's existance, but I ended up being a moderator there just because I happened to know a little about Japan when we were electing moderators for the first time. Considering the complexness of some discussions on the East Asian Forums and my tiny knowledge of the subjects involved I feel I am not at all fit to moderate this forum. There are members who are far more knowledgable when it comes to Eastern Asia and I would prefer to see those in my former position.

If you want to consider me for a forum, Roman and Greek history and Literature (if such a forum should be created as a sub-forum of intellectual discussoins once we have the chance to create sub-forums, just a suggestion) are options for me. I know I haven't been active in the Roman and Greek board for a long time, but I'm going to study Latin and Greek from September onward and given the collections of the libraries of universities I guess I could catch up pretty soon. It's the only historical subject I feel confident enough about to moderate, as the Ancient World has held my fascination for a long time. I also really enjoy literature so that would be an option for me too, just in case such a board would be created.

That's my two cents

Thanks Dawn  The great thing about a literature forum also is that there are so many different nationalities over here that we can get to know a very wide range of authors.
I think we should investigate if there are enough people who are interested in literature over here and then - if possible - make it a sub-forum for intellectual discussions. Making it a seperate main forum might be a bit too much.

I also like the idea of a literature section.

/Capa

  Jalisco Lancer reports for duty.

  Regards

I'd like to have my post in the area/time section, if we decide to switch to this moderational grouping sytem.

I would consider it a very good idea especially in the case that one of us goes missing, there will still be many others to keep a watchful eye on all boards in the category.

Either way is good with me. Both have pluses. You probably wouldn't require the same number of mods if you went with the new idea.

True that. On the other hand it would be difficult for Mods to keep up. Especially when the forum takes off (soon I hope :-)

I think I'll go for specialization, better to have different Mods for different threads.

And Dawn, don't worry, you're still the empress of our hearts  

Hmm, I would like to pick the Area/Time one...

Btw, will we have "Global Moderators"?

I think I'd go for specialization. Moderators that completely understand issues are more useful than mods that don't (as I learnt on the Asian board )

I don't know if we should have Global Mods. It didn't really add a lot, IMO. I didn't do much with that position anyway, although there were others who did, of course. But aren't two or three admins enough?

I agree with that.

I don't think there's anyone who has much knowledge about all the time/area forums.

Off course we can make a poll and let everyone vote about the best option.

True. Moderators ought to be chosen after they've shown they are mature to do the job, and never break the rules the mods are there to uphold, like using names, provoce, spam etc. I suggest firstly choose old mods (TJK, Jalisco, Dawn, Cornellia et al, did an excellent job) from AE and maybe give them several fora, and later, when other people have shown they're a good pick, assign new ones. There isn't very much use of mods now in the infant days anyway.