# When mods mess up

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mods-mess-up/760182>\
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**Created:** [July 18, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mods-mess-up/760182 "2016-07-18T03:08:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mods-mess-up/760182/22 "2016-08-01T18:55:38Z")

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The question was addressed.

> [@When moderators break the rules.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-moderators-break-the-rules/759805/214):
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> As Ed noted, Mods will abide by all SDMB rules.  
> This includes a prohibition on characterizing another’s post in GD or Elections in a way that can be construed as an accusation that a poster is lying or bending the truth.

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