Quote Originally Posted by Father Bill View Post
Tobus, you're right as far as you go, and that is that if somebody does complain, the moderators may still choose to say, "No, this is not really and truly a violation." More than that, it's by a voting process in which each moderator has a say. In this way, should a complainant pass something on, the moderators' role is to decide whether the compaint is justified.
True, but if there's no violation then it's no-harm, no-foul. What I'm talking about, though, is when there are two separate threads, both of which are technically violations of Rule 11. One gets reported, one doesn't. And so one goes "poof" and the other is allowed to stay.

Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
Let us not forget that the moderators are also members. They do not hang in a wardrobe like and old raincoat and only brought out when needed. If they see something that they believe is offensive or an infringement of the rules, of course, they bring it to the other mods attention.
Do they? I was under the impression from Steve's posts that the moderators are only allowed to take action if a member reports it. The way I read his description, it is the membership that determines what gets reviewed (via the report feature), and only then do the mods get to take action. This was specifically done to avoid any allegation of moderator partiality. Maybe Steve can clear it up for us.