Ah, I see.
My mistake, then. I took your post as an independent thought, not an argument by proxy for Lyn.
At the end of the day, understand this:
Policy is to treat complaints and reports regarding members of the Mod Team on a case-by-case basis. This is the same way we take complaints and reports about every other user. This is not something that we feel needs to change. Not this year, not last year, not next year.
If we review a complaint and decide that no action is warranted, then that is the decision of the Team and that's pretty much the end of it. It only takes one Mod to decide to moderate a post. Same as for anyone else. The issuance of formal Warnings and Bans is much more a committee decision. In obvious cases, warnings or bans can be issued without discussion, but these are extreme and rare circumstances. As a rule, Warnings and Bans only occur after discussion has taken place and there is either consensus or at the very least agreement between Silver and I, the two active Administrators.
This is the standard by which everyone on Backstage is moderated, whether they are a Moderator themselves or not.
Understand further that the Team does not consist of just me and Morwen. Active members:
Silver Night - Admin
Havohej - Admin
Morwen Lagann - Mod
Samira Kernher - Mod
Utari Onzo - Mod
Semi-active:
Jekaterine - Mod
Inactive:
Misan - Admin
Ghost Hunter - Mod
Ciarente - Mod
If a Moderator's action is so bad that action against that Moderator is actually warranted, up to and including their removal from the team, that will happen. There is already precedent, in fact. It has happened.
Finally, understand that it is up to you as a user of the Forum to either trust that we make these decisions fairly, or not. In an earlier post, I pointed out a couple of things that we did not promise at the founding of this forum. Another thing that we don't promise is that everyone will be pleased all the time.
