SOCVR nomination for ryanyuyu

Nomination_ryanyuyu.md

Greetings.

My name is Ryan, and I've been actively moderating Stack Overflow since January 2015. I actively participate on meta, and I'm interested in keeping Stack Overflow awesome. As my many MSO answers show, I've become very familiar with how Stack Overflow works, and I eagerly try to help others get the most out of the site.

My moderation style focuses around communication. I believe that, more often than not, users are trying to do the right thing, but that they often can't express what they're trying to accomplish. Proper edits and timely comments can get posts back on track and resolve conflicts before they get out of hand. Likewise, as an RO, I would first try to diffuse situations by making sure that everyone is on the same page. I am not shy in editing posts to make them more understandable, especially to fix grammar.

What is one thing that you would add to, change in, or remove from the current guidelines or FAQ?

What is one thing that you would add to, change in, or remove from the current guidelines or FAQ?

I would emphasize Rule 17: "Moderate the post, not the user. Keep the discussion on the merits of the post, not on behavior of the user." I think that much of the drama that pops up arises from an offhand remark along the lines of "that user has a pretty bad question history." At this point, we have already opened the door to targeting users and we need to stop immediately. We need to be more proactive in heading off this kind of behavior. And now, we have a really good MSO discussion to remind people to focus on the post.