# A couple of questions about moderating (Charlie Wayne and drewtwo99)

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**Created:** [March 7, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-moderating-charlie-wayne-and-drewtwo99/714483 "2015-03-07T23:21:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-moderating-charlie-wayne-and-drewtwo99/714483/84 "2015-03-14T22:16:26Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Seems like **Tom** is willing to [admonish that type of behavior in GD at least.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18185434&postcount=10)

But wrongly so. It seems to me that he’s using his mod powers to silence someone that he personally disagrees with.

Or, as Thudlow Boink put it, (and I agree) :

> [@No Wonder the Council of Nicaea Banned This Gospel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-the-council-of-nicaea-banned-this-gospel/714347/19):
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> **tomndebb** , thank you for posting those corrections, but I think you should have done so as a poster and not as a moderator. As I understand it, it’s not the moderators’ job to be the Accuracy Police.

To which Tom replied:

> [@No Wonder the Council of Nicaea Banned This Gospel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-the-council-of-nicaea-banned-this-gospel/714347/38):
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> Probably true.

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