I see two parts to this discussion: disciplinary actions and thread management (merging, moving, closing, etc.)
Leaving aside the disciplinary actions part of this, I have questions for the Mods;
How can you tell if there are questions about about your moderation style, if no one is allowed to ask ?
How often are you questioned, or called out about it ?
Is it always the same people, or group ?

I think it would be helpful to all if the decision making process of thread management was open to questions publicly without violating the TOS. If members could ask publicly, the public response or lack of response from the moderator would let all know what was going on. If a "question" was obviously snarky, looking for a fight or always from the same person(s) the other members would see that too, and know who is the real trouble maker(s).

Regards,
Mych