It is as I said in the PM I sent you just now (rephrased):

The general bulk of your post was fine, yes. However there was really no need to put in that in the middle of your post as a passing shot at the other user. Saying "oh and BTW I've reported you" or words to that effect helps noone and never has a place in a thread. It should come as no surprise ofcourse that this was the point which was picked up on in subsequent replies and that's where the thread was going because of it. Intentional or not, you said it and as such you were unfortunately moderated. 

Was it harsh? Maybe, yeah. But I disagree that it was an error.

No the moderation would have been the same either way. It's just that in this case the threat of a derailment actually materialized so it seemed like something worth mentioning as a backup that it does happen.

Doesn't mean it impacted my decision in any way however.

so, even though only one tiny part of his post wasn't completely on topic... he got moderated?  I have to agree with basil here that this is on the extreme end of moderating.  Especially since his little snippet was a direct response to the other user...  personally I think it is taking the stay on topic part of the forum rules to the extreme.  

I'm pretty sure they are talking about this post... but it isn't marked as moderated so I could be wrong...

That seems it was most likely it. 

In this instance, the moderation makes sense - but only because of prior moderations made for the same thing. I've seen others get moderated for saying they've reported someone, someone's even done it to me and I contacted a Mod about it and they said people shouldn't be saying things like that, or something to that extent. (This was awhile ago, I can't remember exactly what the Mod said.)

However, I don't agree with that reasoning. It's not any type of flaming to the other member and is quite kind when you think about it; they are giving the other person a little heads up. (Something I don't get is how 'anal' is an insult, if that's what Basile meant.)

well, saying somebody is anal does have negative connatations (and possibly perverse...)  but yeah, basil kind of overreacted.  It definitely isn't that insulting... Like Rol said, neither side should have been moderated...

Perverse connotations are the best connotations.

I don't agree Basil getting moderated here, either.

Yes indeed, that was the case. The actual content isn't too bad from Faxandu; it's more he got offended, asked him to stop and told him why we was offended and then continued on regardless. The initial post if you check isn't actually moderated, but it is the one afterwards which is. 

For example if I were to call you a fuddy-duddy and then you tell me to stop doing it, then I immediately call you it again; regardless of that; then that's a bigger offence IMO. Yeah it's an overreaction, but even so it seems like he's just baiting him into a more aggressive reply.

Also I've already explained my stance on Basil's post (apologies for not putting in the mod note, that was careless as I was distracted by Basil's PM) and I stand by that. Is it harsh? Yes, maybe it is. I said that above as well.

As you know, most of the time I do indeed post a warning in a thread; either before or during an argument. But the whole thing was completely unneeded and unusual from both sides (continuing when asked to stop by one party, overreacting and posting the needless "reported" comment by the other) and as both were due just a warning I decided to stop it right there and punish both parties right off the bat. 

Hilarious. A spambot posting in the mod performance thread!

Ka-pi96 said: Way to go with that spambot guys

Thanks. I do try!