# Moderation |  | **Moderation** is the process or trait of eliminating, lessening, or avoiding extremes. It is used to ensure normality throughout the medium on which it is being conducted. Common uses of moderation include:A way of life emphasizing perfect amounts of everything, not indulging in too much of one thing. A moderator may remove unsuitable contributions from the website, forum or chat room they represent in accordance with their moderation system. Ensuring consistency and accuracy in the marking of student assessments. A "moderator" is one name for the formal position of one who presides over a discussion, helping to ensure that the discussion is balanced among its many voices, for example in the Methodist church's use of the term for the heads of its conferences. A neutron moderator is used to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Moderation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderation) |