How do you remove an answer?

[crystalbee27]

I don't come on here very often as I have been using it mainly for 'serious' questions (and recipes) but got stuck in the house yesterday waiting for a repair man and came on and was on most of the afternoon poking about all the interesting stuff. Anyway, on some threads there is 'Answer removed' but I can't find any button or way to remove an answer you have given but then maybe thought better of it or you made an obvious mistake -how do you do this? Also there was a reference to a 'moderator (s)' do these people work for the AB? thank you.

[HowardKennitby]

Only the Editors can remove answers.
Moderators are normal users who have been given some more authority here. The Eds can't be here 24 hours a day.

[albaqwerty]

The mods are volunteers for the Ed. They have little gnome badges :-)

An answer can be reported if it is abusive, contains profanities etc and either the Mods or the Ed will zap it.

[bibblebub]

and when a user is banned from the site all their answers are removed

[sunny-dave]

The mods can't remove individual posts - only suspend or ban a user (with the option of deleting all that user's posts).

So they are very useful for evicting 'trolls', but have their hands tied rather when dealing with normally sane users who just 'go off on one' for some reason.

[bibblebub]

have their hands tied? so s&m stands for spare ed & moderators

[crystalbee27]

Its a shame you can't delete your own answers though isn't it? Who 'moderates' the Moderators? What if one went on a bender and suspended everyone they didn't like?

[HowardKennitby]

^

At the bottom of page there is a link 'Contact Us' Anyone can email the Eds and make any points they want. If a Mod did as you say they would soon not be a MOd.

[LoftyLottie]

If Mod's don't behave they are sent to the AB dungeon which is run by Monks. They are thrown in a cell until they are reprieved. But can only come back if the Editor allows it.

[LoftyLottie]

Bibblebub. Don't forget Spare Ed is now Ed!!

[AB Editor]

"Its a shame you can't delete your own answers though isn't it?"

No.

"Who 'moderates' the Moderators?"

Me.

"What if one went on a bender and suspended everyone they didn't like?"

They wouldn't be a moderator any more.

[crystalbee27]

oops! well that's me told...slinks away with tail between legs.......

[jno]

moderators don't get the key to the Ed's liquor cabinet, contrary to rumour. They're allowed the occasional Bailey's truffle but that's all. You can't suspend many people fuelled with one of those. And that's just for Christmas. The rest of the year the monks only allow them yaks' milk.

[AB Editor]

"oops! well that's me told...slinks away with tail between legs..."

My apologies if my answers were abrupt. We usually get this kind of question from users who have been banned/suspended previously with an axe to grind (because of course, nothing could ever be down to their own actions) - naturally I have little time for questions of this nature.

[rowanwitch]

You always have the option of reporting your own answer on grounds of stupidity etc and Ed might see fit to remove it

[crystalbee27]

Thanks for the replies x