Timeline for "President" is to "presidential" as "moderator" is to what?
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| Aug 19, 2016 at 1:34 | comment | added | Lawrence | @cat Thank you. The link referenced the quote rather than the URL, my mistake. Fixed now. | |
| Aug 19, 2016 at 1:32 | history | edited | Lawrence | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected an incorrect URL
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| Aug 19, 2016 at 0:51 | comment | added | cat |
This site can’t be reached this%20is%20a%20moderatorial%20note%20that%20there%20appears%20to%20be%20somewhat%20of%20a%20%27personal%27%20edge%20appearing%20in%20these%20discussions%20and%20that%20could%20easily%20lead%20to%20us%20locking%20this%20thread.’s server DNS address could not be found. I do believe you screwed up :P
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| Aug 19, 2016 at 0:23 | comment | added | user207421 | 'Archaic' is irrelevant. It's an obvious enough back-formation. I've rarely if ever seen it but I wouldn't expect anyone to have difficulty understanding what it means. | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 7:04 | comment | added | Santi Pérez | @Lawrence Yeah, I mean that, presidential relates to "being" The President and moderational to "acting" as a good moderator. Even though your word is the most accurate match, I proposed moderational for being totally descriptive, functional, but still not looking as far fetched as Moderatorial. That is what I meant by best of both worlds. | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 6:51 | comment | added | Lawrence | @SantiPérez Because that would sound like it's related to the process (moderation), rather than the person (moderator). Its analogue with presidential would be something like 'presidingly'. | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 6:47 | comment | added | Santi Pérez | Why not Moderational? It could be best of both worlds, I believe. | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 6:11 | comment | added | Lawrence | @user191160 I've added a couple of examples where moderatorial is used in contemporary, forum-administration settings. | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 6:09 | comment | added | Lawrence | @reirab I've added some usage examples that demonstrate the "qualities befitting a moderator" sense when used outside the narrow field noted in the definition. Does this address your question? | |
| Aug 17, 2016 at 6:07 | history | edited | Lawrence | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added usage notes, as well as the term *moderatorly*.
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| Aug 17, 2016 at 5:46 | comment | added | reirab | Even in the narrow field where it's used, does this have a "possessing qualities befitting a moderator" meaning like 'presidential' does with 'President?' | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 17:27 | comment | added | user191160 | Well it ultimately hinges upon which definition of moderate one uses. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 17:26 | comment | added | Lawrence | @user191160 There is also moderatorly as an analogue to kingly. It has some usage support (Google), but no dictionary support. It's also doesn't show up in Ngram's database. I prefer moderate to medial. Moderators do more than enforce the middle line. Also, medial doesn't have the same feel as an analogue to the OP's presidential. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 16:43 | comment | added | user191160 | My issue with this word is that it is fairly archaic, and only has a religious or political significance and use. Medial is a much broader term, and speaks to the primary definition of moderator. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 16:14 | history | answered | Lawrence | CC BY-SA 3.0 |