Editing Moderation (section)

{{Short description|Process of eliminating or lessening extremes}}
{{Other uses|Moderation (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:The Yuza-no-ki.jpg|thumb|A teaching material in [[Ashikaga Gakko]] (Japan) to teach students the importance of moderations. The cup is inclined when it's empty. When you pour water into it, it goes upright. If you pour more water, it becomes inclined again.]]

'''Moderation''' is the process or trait of eliminating, lessening, or avoiding extremes. It is used to ensure [[Assimilation (sociology)|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 [[Forum moderator|moderator]] may remove unsuitable contributions from the [[website]], [[Internet forum|forum]] or [[chat room]] they represent in accordance with their [[moderation system]].
* Ensuring consistency and accuracy in the marking of [[Test (student assessment)|student assessments]].
* A "moderator" is one name for the formal position of one who [[chairperson|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 [[neutron]]s in a [[nuclear reactor]].