# Have you assembled a moderator team?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-you-assembled-a-moderator-team/318994
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [July 29, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-you-assembled-a-moderator-team/318994 "2024-07-29T10:45:26Z")
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### Author: ![NiceOldGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/niceoldguy/32/326207_2.png) [@NiceOldGuy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NiceOldGuy)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-you-assembled-a-moderator-team/318994/18 "2024-08-04T15:55:28Z")

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There are a couple of good [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) queries to help identify active users to consider for a moderation team.

[Top posters in a given timeframe](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-x-posters-in-a-given-timeframe/309724/4)

[Top users by likes received overall](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-top-users-by-likes-received/293714)

[Top users by likes received from a variety of people](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-top-users-by-likes-received-from-a-variety-of-people/293723)

[Top users by likes received from users w lower trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-top-users-by-likes-received-from-a-user-with-a-lower-trust-level/293717)

[Top quality users in last six months](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-quality-users-in-last-six-months/275006)

Each of these links go back to a topic that discusses how they work; what they’re measuring. And there are many more queries in the rich #sql-query tag that may be helpful in identifying potential moderators.

> [@Tris20](#):
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> below are some of the things I consider:

I also particularly like @Tris20’s list of characteristics to look for in a moderator.

Finally I’ll say that, as a perfectionist who’s finishing his first year leading a moderation team I’ve been part of for three years—it’s been difficult to recognize that there are other right ways of moderating. Learning from my team has not been easy but has definitely been good.

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