Very close. 🙂
WafflesAreDelish and CrustSideOnTop would be the same user. And I think Mrs. Buttersworth's part is redundant. So it can be simplified to this:
I have various forums setup, each with distinct moderators that only have moderation permissions within those forums:
Pizza Forum
Pancake Forum
Peach Cobbler Forum
Braymond, a noted expert in established pizza circles, is a moderator only in the pizza forum, with no moderation privileges on the peach cobbler or pancake forums.
New member, WafflesAreDelish, posts a first post in the Pancake forum which must be approved by a moderator.
Braymond receives a notification to approve WafflesAreDelish's post in the pancake forum because they are a moderator somewhere, but not in the Pancake forum.
And then consider that there are subforums also with different moderators, which doesn't change anything logically just shows the extent of the issue.
Pizza Forum
Thick crust
Thin crust
Standard crust
Stuffed crust
Pancake Forum
Peach Cobbler Forum
Etc.
Support says that is what is supposed to happen. I agree with you that it should be configurable, which is why I posted here. It's surprising to me that this isn't common.