I asked for some help in another thread (Threads assistance forum) and JoshPet was kind enough to respond. I'd like to offer a suggestion that would be of benefit to admins:

Right now Admins have no control whatsoever over Moderators (other than assigning them). Sometimes this process is like letting out a vigilante cop who doesn't have to answer to anyone and who can do whatever he wants without the admin knowing.

If you have a few moderators in a forum then there's no way to find out who deleted a post or even an entire thread - no evidence is left to investigate. What's worse is that even if they tell you about it, there's no way you can confirm that they did the right thing as the post/thread has been erased (and cannot be undeleted or looked at).

My idea is to give the admin actual control over moderator actions. Why not create a penalty box (similar to a trash can on the Windows desktop) that only the Admin could emply? This way if there is a dispute about a deleted message then the admin can look into the post and bring it back to life if he finds that it's been treated unfairly.

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