The Question and Answer Board

[Porgie Tirebiter]

This is an excellent idea.

Admin will approve Moderator positions based on the person's history of abiding by the rules themselves and/or their activity level in enforcing the rules in previous Moderator positions.

The posters who occupy the mod position should be held to a high bar in regards to observation of the T.O.S.

It should be relatively easy for the geeks to set up a routine which checks for moderators who have a high rate of having their own messages deleted, and high restore rates for deletions they've made, similar to the one which currently checks for inactivity.

Qualification to be added as moderator should be based on the applicant's demonstrated ability to post within the T.O.S. consistently.

Like any change, I'm sure this one will be subject to the law of unintended consequences, but it's probably going to be an improvement over the old system.