How to deal with mod removal requests in the future?

I disagree with sanctioning Mods who withdraw from multiple projects.

There are many real-life occurrences where you might be forced to do so, and from many projects all at once.

However, if you see a pattern that one user does that a lot, naturally you as a CM will not give him that position anymore. That would be the proper punishment.

Rather than punishing/sanctioning/limiting all the time, we should think of rewarding the good behaviour. Create privileges for projects which were completed by a user.

For example, Viki can create Moderator badges indicating 5, 10, 20, 50 and so on (MOD5, MOD10, MOD20, MOD50) finished projects. This would be particularly helpful for CMs when hiring.

  1. It would identify really fast which users quit their projects midway - those with many, many projects in Project Contributions list and a badge indicating just 5 finished projects.
  2. The CMs will know that applicants with higher Mod badge number are on average (but not always) more likely finish the project.
  3. It will give a subconscious incentive to the Moderators to finish their projects the same way as a subtitling badge does.

These badges may also carry more practical privileges, such as having a higher number of allowed projects once you reach 20 finished projects.

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