Can a mod over rule an administrator? 
From this thread
I do think samclem makes a hell of a lot more sense.
With regard to moderation decisions, there’s no hierarchy between moderators and administrators. The main difference is that administrators have access to a few more control functions than moderators.
Thread moves are pretty much at the discretion of the moderators of each forum. Once I’ve moved a thread out of GQ, it’s basically up to the mods of the new forum what they want to do with it. It’s not an “over ruling” if they decide it’s a better fit for another forum.
On rare occasions I’ve have however gotten into a ping-pong match with an IMHO mod who’s sent thread back to GQ after I sent it over there (or vice versa). 
Not sure if there’s a serious question there, but in case there is: both mods and admins do regular moderation duty like moving threads. Admins have additional back-end access, so can do things like, oh, ban every single person on the boards, change usernames, etc.
For day-to-day stuff, there’s no significant difference between the two ranks.
Kinky!
Read: keys to the liquor cabinet.
looks like i got ninja’d… and by the better quip, too!
Also, thread moves are generally discretionary and non-final. In the OP’s example, I assume **samclem ** didn’t notice **Marley’s **post. But if you’re asking if **samclem ** is somehow bound by **Marley’s ** thread move, the answer is no. Of course, as a matter of comity, we usually won’t move a thread back to a forum whose moderators have said it doesn’t belong there:
- On purpose;
- Without discussing the matter with the moderator who moved it.
ETA: This isn’t what I expected to find when I opened this thread. I was hoping for a bit of the ol’ ultra-violence. 
How in hell does samclem make more sense?
The thread wasn’t opened in GQ, and I don’t see what going AWOL for five years has to do with where the thread belongs.
I imagine the thought there was that, after a 5 year absence, you may have gotten a little rusty on where threads go.
There will certainly be an adjustement period while you get the hang of the new Moderation style…
Not unlike a conversation I recently had with a colleague wherein he noted that my shortfall in mental acuity might be related to an attendant shortfall in recent acts of sexual congress, whereby he advised a rigorous, if somewhat solipsistic masturbatory regime.
Well, if the Admin is unhappy with a moderator decision they could ban the entire board.*
*Not that this situation has ever happened
To answer the question how often people drive drunk, simply has no definite answer to my mind and can only be answered by a best guess or opinion.
Never mind that the OP asked for thoughts and opinions.
How do you know that a moderator couldn’t ban every administrator and other moderator ?
I’m in charge! I’m in charge!
A challenge has been issued!
I knew Al Haig, and believe me, you are…
They can. Mods on the SDMB all have Super Moderator privileges, which allows them to ban users, other mods and admins. Mods don’t have access to the Admin Control Panel, which allows for things like banning IPs and other miscellaneous board settings (including shutting the board off with a single click).
Even if a mod were to ban all other mods and admins, a root administrator could reset/restore the board to its previous state.
Wasn’t that an April Fool prank, or locking every single thread on the board, or something else that demonstrated the awesome might of TPTB?
How many other questions fall into that same category and are nonetheless handled factually? How many people are there on the planet? How many people die of smoking related causes each year? How many people will die in car crashes in 2012?
At first blush, the OP in question seems to be a factual question regarding frequencies. I’m not arguing that it belongs in GQ, just that samclem missed that it was not opened in GQ and that the issue of the OP’s absence has nothing to do with its appropriateness to any given forum.
Not to mention, sameclem lacks backdoor privileges and has to ask for extra sugar and powdered creameresque for his vending machine coffee.
samclem is the vending machine.
Had it ever occured we might call it Marloutage, or the Big Red Button Affair.