Vanamonde is now a Team Leader!

[Specialist290]

While it is informal, there is still a hierarchy. If Vanamonde and I were to disagree on how to handle a situation and couldn't reach a consensus, I would defer to him and support his decision. Almost all of the time we and the other mods are able to reach a consensus so such situations are very rare, but it can happen.

Seconding this. It's also in place to prevent one single moderator on a power trip from abusing his or her responsibilities, as if there's any possibility that a particular decision was taken in error, the member in question can appeal to a moderator higher up the food chain to review the decision and pass judgement on the situation. That way, if there really wasn't a good reason for a particular action (or if there was, but the mod in question acted totally out of proportion), we have a "safety valve" available to help defuse the situation.

To our team's credit, I can't think of a single instance where that sort of situation has ever been a problem. In part this is because, as the others have mentioned, in the really serious matters we try to get a consensus among whoever's active just to safeguard against overreacting in the first place. Still, it's an option that's there if we ever need to use it.

Edited June 29, 2015 by Specialist290
Holy mother of run-on sentences, Batman!

[John FX]

Congratulations Vanamonde.

You guys are the best moderation team on any forum I have been part of.

[Vanamonde]

Thanks.