One way to handle these kinds of contentious moderator debates is with freedom. Since Stackoverflow/Stackexchange does not open source their code, there are a

One way to handle these kinds of contentious moderator debates is with freedom. Since Stackoverflow/Stackexchange does not open source their code, there are a number of Free Software clones which handle questions and answers Stackexchange style. I will link to just one: https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel Point being, there is nothing stopping someone from hosting this code and making their own Q&A board with their own moderation policies.