# Has a moderator ever admitted he/she was wrong? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692 "2003-02-22T01:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/1 "2003-02-22T01:15:35Z")
I’m curious to know if anyone has a cite of a moderator admitting they were wrong. I’m sure they exist, I’d just like to see who/where/when/how. This thread is not meant to be as passive-aggressive as it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/2 "2003-02-22T01:34:20Z")
I said I was wrong once, but it turned out I was right after all. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/3 "2003-02-22T01:47:24Z")
You’ve already been pitted once this week, Eutychus, I wouldn’t push it if I were you. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/4 "2003-02-22T02:18:10Z")
**UncleBeer** admits he is wrong all the time. Oh. You mean publicly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/5 "2003-02-22T02:20:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 2trew \* > \*\*You’ve already been pitted once this week, Eutychus, I wouldn’t push it if I were you. \*\* Twice, if you count that pitiful attempt at self-pitting. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/6 "2003-02-22T02:21:34Z")
_cough_ Well, there was this [one time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1866701#post1866701) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/7 "2003-02-22T02:31:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*_cough_ > Well, there was this [one time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1866701#post1866701) > :rolleyes: \*\* Wow, that thread now has _two_ admissions in it! _That_ has to be a record… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/8 "2003-02-22T02:47:49Z")
[Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=128450) a classic, and classy, example thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/9 "2003-02-22T02:50:57Z")
_cough_ Here are the two threads where Manhattan called the Catholic church a child sex cult and subsequently apologized for it. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106646](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106646) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106985&highlight=catholics](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106985&highlight=catholics) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/10 "2003-02-22T03:09:25Z")
I made a mistake once, it was in 1993, it was in May, I think it was a Tuesday, and I apologized for it. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/11 "2003-02-22T03:26:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*I made a mistake once, it was in 1993, it was in May, I think it was a Tuesday, and I apologized for it. \*\* Oh, you mean the rest of the time it was deliberate. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/12 "2003-02-22T03:33:05Z")
You shouldn’t make a moderator apologize, Johnny. My uncle made a moderator apologize once. Once. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/13 "2003-02-22T03:35:27Z")
I admit that I’m wrong all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/14 "2003-02-22T03:56:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*I made a mistake once, it was in 1993, it was in May, I think it was a Tuesday, and I apologized for it. \*\* No, that’s wrong. It was definitely a Thursday. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/15 "2003-02-22T04:33:28Z")
I’ve never made an error while functioning as an SDMB Moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/16 "2003-02-22T04:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*I admit that I’m wrong all the time. \*\* I love you **Scylla**. I love you just about as much as I can love a conservative I have never met. It’s because you make me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/17 "2003-02-22T05:06:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*I made a mistake once, it was in 1993, it was in May, I think it was a Tuesday, and I apologized for it. \*\* [It was April of 2000 when you apologized for it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=10638) ---
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/18 "2003-02-22T05:30:47Z")
I’ve been thinking it’s about time we did something about these mods. Think about it: - they probably possess WMD in the sense that they could ban us all at a stroke if they wished. This is the internet message board equivalent of a nuclear bomb, it would wipe us all out. - they have links to terrorism. I’ve seen them allow links to other sites on the internet. They sit there in their fine palaces dining off the blood shed by the likes of you and I. We, the prolitariate, give of ourselves daily just to keep this whole ship afloat. I suggest a pre-emptive strike on the admin. The aim in particular would be to take out the head of the regime, Tuba Diva, but if any mods stood in our way…well Wake up people, we’ve allowed these tyrants to stand for too long!!! ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/19 "2003-02-22T06:55:15Z")
I see no reason to rush into this. Think about the possible loss of posts, or even whole threads! Remember “The wineter of our discontent?” Do you want to go through something like that again? No. NO! I say! We must work together. Members from GQ, GD, CS, MPSIMS, and yes, even the PIT. If we work together with oversight from Cecil, there would be no need for this pre-emptive strike you speak of. Besides which, we can clearly see you ask for this strike for the sole benefit of yourself. You want cheaper…smilies. You want avatars, and editing powers. You just want to storm the board and take these powers when they aren’t rightfully yours. I will say this. You sir, are a bully! ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692/20 "2003-02-22T06:56:42Z")
Stupid submit button… I swear it said preview! please disregard all grammatical errors in the previous post [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-moderator-ever-admitted-he-she-was-wrong/156692.md?page=2)