Susan

The moderators generally go with the ruling of the first moderator to deal with the situation. Sometimes, one moderator has dealt with the reported post by making a simple post in that thread. However, another moderator, going to the reported post directly through the link provided in the reported post forum, may not see that post by the other moderator until after they have also dealt with the issue in the manner they saw fit to perform. That has happened at least once, probably more, even in a closed thread as moderators that jump to a thread via a link do not see that the thread is closed, are able to post in that thread without knowing it is closed, and only find out about it later on.

HOWEVER, we do not always hold to the ruling by the "first come" moderator and another moderator may issue or remove an infraction if they feel the situation warrants a change in ruling. In those very rare cases, the moderators have discussed the situation behind closed doors, usually with Rich being involved as well. Most of the time, it is simply a misruling by a newer moderator that doesn't know that similar situations have been dealt with in a certain manner as per Rich's instructions. Sometimes, Rich over-rules the decision himself.