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Deleted Messages messages. IYSWIM.

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SuePurblybilt · 03/11/2012 17:59

Dearest MNHQ. I would hate to add to your workload but can we look again at having different messages when posts are deleted?

I know it's been said before, but just having 'deleted for breaking Talk Guidelines' can make one look like a bit of a cunt, tbh.

Could you not have a choice of a few standard phrases? 'message deleted for legal/copyright reasons', 'message deleted for advertising/spamming', 'message deleted for breaking Talk guidelines' etc?

I think most of us associate the standard 'deleted' message with someone having said something awful or having made a personal attack. Which is clearly not always the case.

Thanks Smile

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Sparklingbrook · 04/11/2012 10:12

I would quite like a thread deletion option. As in 'whole thread deleted due to it being ridiculous'. Prime example being the Dog poo wheelie bin thread that has been raging since Thursday and is still going. Grin

GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt · 04/11/2012 10:10

Yes this would be great. I was deleted loads a few months back on a thread for just mildly arguing with the OP, however there were some other MNesr who were deleted for being really cunty, and it looked as if I had said the same things (racist comments) from reading the comments that were left.

Does that make sense? It does in my head.

Anyway it would be a good idea to have something like post deleted because she was a bit of a twat, but she was NOT cuntish like her over there or summat.

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SuePurblybilt · 04/11/2012 10:04

YY tethers. And deleted because of sheer weight of po-faced reporting

Thank you Olivia btw

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tethersend · 04/11/2012 09:56

Can I have deleted for exceptionally witty comment which some people didn't get, please?

Sparklingbrook · 04/11/2012 09:48

I still want 'deleted as the poster was being an arse'.

ProcrastinatingPanda · 04/11/2012 09:47

And perhaps trolls could have their messages deleted and instead of the 'breaking talk guidelines' message, mnhq could post a picture of a troll instead?

ProcrastinatingPanda · 04/11/2012 09:46

I agree, but I think it's important to point out just how much of an arse a poster is being, for instance disabilist posts should have a message saying 'deleted for disablist comment.' So everyone knows they are an arse, then any subsequent post saying 'you were an arse for saying that.' could just have the 'breaking talk guidelines' message so posters could work out that they weren't saying anything really nasty.

MNHQ
OliviaMumsnet · 04/11/2012 09:38

Hallo
Thanks for this, we will have a think.
No promises, mind.

Tee2072 · 03/11/2012 18:24

Also, further to Pinot's point, sometimes a PA should stand.

::sits on Pinot::

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SuePurblybilt · 03/11/2012 18:22

YY - exactly.

Poster A: Horrible remark - then deleted
Poster B: How horrible you are Poster A. Do fuck off - then deleted

Scores of others: What a horrible remark - left standing

Easy to get confuzzled over who was the cuntish poster, no? Though I appreciate that one is harder to fit into my helpful suggestions above ^. Grin

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Pinot · 03/11/2012 18:18

Yes please.

I was deleted earlier for saying this:

XXXXXXX, you are spouting your usual inflammatory claptrap, always designed to wind people up

Don't engage with her, it really isn't worth it

On a thread about a very, very sensitive subject. I was trying to stem the tide of poison so that others on the thread didn't get hurt.

Now, fair do's if it was a PA but to anyone looking in, it could very well appear that I have been an atrocious cunt and said something vile about the subject.

If anyone thought that I had, I would be very hurt and upset indeed.

BeerTricksPott3r · 03/11/2012 18:15

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

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SuePurblybilt · 03/11/2012 18:12

Which I don't mind when I am Sparkling Grin. But in some contexts it can look a bit off - for eg my XF thread with lots of deletions due to legal reasons.

I spose it's not earth shatteringly important.

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Sparklingbrook · 03/11/2012 18:10

That's true Sue. When I see the deleted due to guidelines thing I do tend to assume the poster was having a good eff and jeff and being generally despicable to all.

Tuttutitlookslikerain · 03/11/2012 18:08

I agree with Sue.

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