Moderation

<p>Moderation is the process or trait of eliminating, lessening, or avoiding extremes. It is used to ensure <a href="/facts/Assimilation_(sociology)/hwrCtR9q">normality</a> throughout the medium on which it is being conducted. Common uses of moderation include:
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<ul><li>A way of life emphasizing perfect amounts of everything, not indulging in too much of one thing.</li>
<li>A <a href="/facts/Forum_moderator/bRuqfQfN">moderator</a> may remove unsuitable contributions from the <a href="/facts/Website/SAsjJnca">website</a>, <a href="/facts/Internet_forum/bRuqfQfN">forum</a> or <a href="/facts/Chat_room/QbFjlYQU">chat room</a> they represent in accordance with their <a href="/facts/Moderation_system/AwdjqfIW">moderation system</a>.</li>
<li>Ensuring consistency and accuracy in the marking of <a href="/facts/Test_(student_assessment)/CjK7g99B">student assessments</a>.</li>
<li>A "moderator" is one name for the formal position of one who <a href="/facts/Chairperson/RS6EemFF">presides over</a> a discussion, helping to ensure that the discussion is balanced among its many voices, for example in the <a href="/facts/Methodist/XXvj9D0G">Methodist</a> church's use of the term for the heads of its conferences.</li>
<li>A <a href="/facts/Neutron_moderator/1qa6YvDD">neutron moderator</a> is used to slow down <a href="/facts/Neutron/oRCM1geb">neutrons</a> in a <a href="/facts/Nuclear_reactor/8xqjIbge">nuclear reactor</a>.</li></ul>

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Moderation