Have the October 2019 moderator removal procedures been used?

Question

Related: Has the October 2019 moderator reinstatement process actually been used?

In October of 2019, a new set of processes were enacted to handle cases of potentially misbehaving moderators and warn them or remove their diamonds as applicable.

Have either the Action or Conduct processes been used? If so, are any outcome statistics available (e.g. fifteen moderators were put through the Action process, with three released with no penalties, three warned, four removed, and five still in process)? Have any problems been noted?

To be clear, I'm not seeking action or non-action against any specific moderator. What I'm asking is whether the new processes that were introduced with much fanfare and quite a bit of debate last year are actually getting used in day-to-day operations and how well they are meeting their stated goals and the goals of the company and community.

I'm also not asking for anyone's "dirty laundry" to be aired on Meta for all to see, so anonymized data or redacted case studies are fine.

In response to comments by Catija ♦, the question is fundamentally on whether the processes have been used, and if so, how they have worked out. I don't have any reason "why [I] think it might need to be changed", because I don't currently know how well they are working. If an answer indicates that the processes have largely become name-calling farces in which the end results were already well-known before the processes started, then that could lead to a suggestion by me (or someone else) that a change be implemented. If the processes are working well, that is all the more reason not to lightly propose major changes.

Answer 1

Moderator removals are by right (in terms of the letter and spirit of the rules), not something that's meant for SE to publicly discuss.

We've all seen what happens. Presumably an angry mod who left in poor standing is going to be complaining loudly. A moderator removed for the wrong reasons will result in quite a fuss. A moderator who messed up badly enough might keep quiet but the community would notice.

I guess the best way to work it out, is to see if the canary is still singing. I'm personally not aware of any new mod removals outside resignations. I've not heard anything. If you hear of it, its happened. Its not a satisfying answer but as far as I'm aware it hasn't been used, and this is in line with what we're experienced in the past.

Mod removals are rare and hopefully continue to be so.

Answer 2

Knowing whether it's been used or not is not a question that we are going to answer. The important thing is that no one has been removed without the process or other known practices like moderator inactivity. We hope it will never need to be used but I'm not going to affirm whether or not it has been because it will immediately lead to speculation.

As to whether they will be revisited, they are more likely to be revisited in response to suggestions from y'all than from actual use. The need to remove a mod for any reason other than inactivity or at their request is extremely rare and generally noticed by at least the site they represented. Putting these policies in practice is... likely going to take decades before they have enough data to make educated changes... if ever.

So, if you want to change the policy, don't wait for data.