We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from February - May 2015
This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).
Volunteers who wish to help keep DU running smoothly should consider joining the Malicious Intruder Removal Team (MIR Team). The role of MIR Team members is simple: they are empowered to revoke the posting privileges of people who show up at DU with the intent to disrupt.
Members of the MIR Team are provided with tools to delete spam posted by people who have had their posting privileges revoked, but they are NOT responsible for removing community standards violations, locking threads, or dealing with violations of DU's Terms of Service wherever they may occur.
If you are a DU member with at least six months of membership, at least 1,000 posts, and proof of identity (ie. you are a Star member) then you can apply to be a member of the MIR Team. (Please note that if your Transparency page is displayed, you are disqualified from serving on the MIR Team.)
How do I apply?
Simple: just post in this thread to let us know that you'd like to give it a try, and you could be selected by the Admins. There is no application form to fill out, and no confidentiality agreement to sign. MIR Team members do not have access to any privileged information about other DU members.
We plan to introduce the new MIR Team on Tuesday February 3.
For much more information about the MIR Team, click here!
[font color="red"]NOTE: If you are a current MIR Team member who is eligible to serve next term, please do not state your intentions in this thread. Instead, use the thread in the MIRT forum. Thanks.[/font]
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Thank you.
Thanks, EarlG!
How much fun it would be to work with you again!
I'd love to work with you again, too! From what I can see on this list, looks like another terrific group! 
We'll have NRL too! I love having smart people to work with!
I've really missed being able to weigh in on some of the trouble spots I've observed recently, but the time went by surprisingly fast. But, most of all, I've missed the people.
I saw a trouble spot last weekend and I was just itching to get in there!
I hope they will take us both!
I think it was Sat night, and LG was on the loose, posting like mad.........and nobody around that I could see!
I alerted but it was allowed to stand. Damn!
It was then that I realized how much I still have to contribute!
Plus, MIRT seems to be the only area where everyone is mostly rational and polite
Maybe it's because MIRT often has to deal with such loathsome disruptors, it's probably the most civil and friendly corner of DU... 
If you've never done it before, I think you'll find it an eye-opening experience.
I'll have to watch that i don't snark at the wrong people this time around, but what the heck 
You're a good MIRTer!
Hell, MIRT restored my faith in DU!
It helps that I'm still defensive about this place after all these years
And it's a bit addicting, since you'll want to know what's happening with whatever MIRT is dealing with at the time. It is an eye opening exercise, as many have said, a look behind the scenes, gives you a new appreciation of what a user friendly place DU really is, mainly due to the efforts of MIRT...
