Just wanted to weigh in here...
The issue appears to be resolved so I won't comment on the moved or non moved Posts. However if you have an issue with something a moderator please handle it via PM's to the Moderator, and if that doesn't work you can work your way up the chain to other folks. I don't like allowing a habit of publically questioning Moderators, when it can be easily handled with PM's. And if anything else fails feel free to contact me also.
And yes OT is fine in the SE:IV forum, but remember there is no such thing as freedom of speech in a privately run forum. So if a thread needs to be moved or locked, it is a totally apprioriate thing by the mods depending on the circumstances.
As far as rules go, no we don't make hard and fast rules since we trust our Moderators to deal with things appriopriately. Favoritism can be shown by a Moderator no matter what the rules are, so that's a fairly invalid point. I am not a big person for telling folks how to do things, expecting that over time corrective actions and the community will set the community standards for Moderators, Admins, and forum posters alike. Now I could start making very specific rules, but I don't think folks would like that much either
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