Can a moderator be wrong?

[tranthidung]

If a member of the forum who makes a topic that they feel is important, and relevant to the board where they have posted it discovers shortly after they have made the post that their topic was moved to "off-topic" even when the topic was already creating relevant engagement, is it possible for them to contest it? or are the moderators always correct?

Read forum rules again, please.

23. When deciding if a user has broken the rules, the staff have the right to follow their interpretation of the rules.[e]

Moderators have rights to interpret forum rules on their own and if you feel a moderator's decision to handle your topic is wrong, you can appeal for changes.

Unfortunately, most of times, moderators handle things correctly. You can appeal but change to succeed is very slim.

[FinneysTrueVision]

If you are quite certain that the thread belongs to gambling board, you can try moving the thread back to gambling board again.

Now this is another problem to be clear with, moving threads that were already moved by a MOD, isn’t that disagreeing with the Moderators decision? What’s the punishment for that, a temp ban? I think OP might just use the other option of just giving the MOD a better reason of why it should be where he posted just same way the MOD might have been written to move it to off topic from the first place

When I had less experience in the forum somebody reported a post I made in the gambling discussion board and it was moved to off-topic. Another user advised me to move it back to gambling discussion so I did, but a moderator then moved it to off-topic again. After moving it back a second time, a mod put it back in off-topic. I did not receive a ban for this but I learned it’s better to just let these kind of things go. I’ve also had posts deleted which I felt were relevant to the topic and after inquiring a mod about it received no reply. The mods will do what they think is best and there’s not much point trying to go against them.

[Zaguru12]

When I had less experience in the forum somebody reported a post I made in the gambling discussion board and it was moved to off-topic. Another user advised me to move it back to gambling discussion so I did, but a moderator then moved it to off-topic again. After moving it back a second time, a mod put it back in off-topic. I did not receive a ban for this
 

I think if you had tried it the third time you might have been punished for nuisance  , I wish you had done that at least we would have had what happened from an experienced person

but I learned it’s better to just let these kind of things go. I’ve also had posts deleted which I felt were relevant to the topic and after inquiring a mod about it received no reply. The mods will do what they think is best and there’s not much point trying to go against them.

You know sometimes it is not just them looking at your post and deciding it should be moved, one or many members might have reported it with concrete reasons. It is not necessarily because the post was bad but because the spamming going on there might be much and moving it elsewhere might be the solution

[EarnOnVictor]

If a member of the forum who makes a topic that they feel is important, and relevant to the board where they have posted it discovers shortly after they have made the post that their topic was moved to "off-topic" even when the topic was already creating relevant engagement, is it possible for them to contest it? or are the moderators always correct?

Of course, you can contest it, and I've even seen people contest it by creating a thread in this Meta section of the forum, some will even create it in the Beginners & Help section to make their dissatisfaction known to all. I've also seen at least two members rewriting the same post at where they deem fit to be the relevant section of the forum if the moderator is not cooperating since they are fully sure of what they wrote, especially when everybody reading it knows that it makes sense and was posted at the right section.

Many will even garner more relevance and merits due to that, because at times, it is obvious that the content creator is right but the moderator could be overbearing. Nevertheless, what I can say is that moderators are given power more than regular users, so they can do and undo it. If you protest, some of them might reason with you and do what you want, but I think that some more reputable members and/or their fellow moderators intervene too.

Above all, moderators are also humans, they are bound to make mistakes, and this could be traced to mood and stress at times.

[hilariousandco]

If a member of the forum who makes a topic that they feel is important, and relevant to the board where they have posted it discovers shortly after they have made the post that their topic was moved to "off-topic" even when the topic was already creating relevant engagement, is it possible for them to contest it? or are the moderators always correct?

Mods can of course make mistakes just like regular users can as well. Users are also free to complain about mod actions in Meta. Sometimes things are also subjective. If we are talking about this thread below you could argue it could fit in maybe gambling discussion or maybe even rep or service discussion subs but I don't think it's wrong in off topic. I wouldn't disagree if it was sent to the trashcan either. People sometimes also have their own biases. I've seen people in the past complain about a thread being moved and they're mostly annoyed that they can't get paid for it in that specific sub.

Wouldn't it be better if you left here a link to the discussion in question, so you would immediately get concrete opinions and not just guesses?

I think the OP is pained that this topic - What if an employee of a betting company misuses company funds for gambling? was moved to off-topic.

[Queentoshi]

I have read through the replies, I am satisfied with the answers I have received. I will lock the thread to prevent spams.
Thank you.