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Clarification please

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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 16:25

So I come back to find that you have deleted my thread asking why my Santa thread was deleted.

Of course it was a thread about a thread, it was asking a question about the thread.

Wtf else is one supposed to do?

I put it in site stuff.

It was also a really nice friendly thread full of poetry and laughs. Why why why why was it deleted? What the hell is going on there?

Secondly, if one wants to talk about something, and that something has been deleted purely owing to others mischief, does that mean that one is never to talk about that subject again??

How mad is that?

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reelingaroundthechristmastree · 05/12/2013 21:16

Perestroika and Glasnost is wot MN needs.

Mainly Glasnost, openness, if you want to report you have to say you are doing it and why, otherwise no go.

GodRestTEEMerryGenTEEmen · 05/12/2013 21:15

Agreed, usual.

What I'm smelling is fear. MNHQ fear of the accusations of 'known, regular posters' getting 'special treatment'.

So rather than laughing at the ridiculousness of that premise or saying TSSDNCOP, as they used to, they are seeing reports about certain posters and hitting the big red button.

usualsuspect · 05/12/2013 21:15

I was enjoying the posts about presents in shoes.

HotheadPaisan · 05/12/2013 21:15

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PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline · 05/12/2013 21:14

I think people reported it because they thought it was a thread about a thread. Among other reasons. (I didn't report it btw)

There's obviously confusion about threads about threads. I thought it was against guidelines but apparently it isn't? Confused

LifeofPo · 05/12/2013 21:13

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BIWI · 05/12/2013 21:12

WHO THE ACTUAL FUCK REPORTS STUFF LIKE THAT?!

Sorry for shouting! but - really ...

HotheadPaisan · 05/12/2013 21:12

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HoneyDragon · 05/12/2013 21:11

Oh please yes delete all the P&C threads.

I shall DEMAND this henceforth as a result of this thread

usualsuspect · 05/12/2013 21:11

Why would someone report it though?

For what reason?

BIWI · 05/12/2013 21:11

Shock at RebeccaMumsnet. Not sure you're really thinking this through ..., and suggesting that Hully emails you indicates that you're uncomfortable with talking about this publicly.

It all seems very silly - as well as unfair

ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 21:10

I'd love to know who reports. And why.

reelingaroundthechristmastree · 05/12/2013 21:10

But WHY did many people come from the first thread, were they perhaps just looking for a bit of a bunfight?

Doesn't take a lot of reckoning to work out what's going on.

usualsuspect · 05/12/2013 21:10

I thought MN was a self moderated board.

It doesn't feel like it anymore.

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RebeccaMumsnet · 05/12/2013 21:08

@Maryz

Rebecca, you have to appreciate how frustrating this is.

It's like having kindergarten rules in an adult pub.

We totally do - it's a judgement call - there are no hard and fast rules BUT Hully was the OP of both threads. Many people from the first came onto the second. The same subject was being discussed in a similar way. We were getting lots of reports. It was a thread about a thread.

We should have posted to explain earlier before removing the thread, apologies.

bruxeur · 05/12/2013 21:07

I think you may be confusing specificity with repetition, MNHQ.

ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 21:05

Surely every P&C parking thread should be deleted then?

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RebeccaMumsnet · 05/12/2013 21:04

@PlentyOfPubeGardens

Hully, If a thread - even one with a clear question in the title, goes on to talk about the same issues as in the first removed thread - then it is considered a thread about a thread.

This is just completely stupid! The 'issues' were father christmas and how or whether and why we lie to children about it, and the repercussions of that. I didn't see the first thread but the second 'why' thread was great. There were lots of really intelligent posts that people had obviously put a lot of thought into. I saw no bunfightery and I'm quite pissed off that it's gone.

Apologies Plenty, I have been more specific in my following posts.

PlentyOfPubeGardens · 05/12/2013 21:00

Hully, If a thread - even one with a clear question in the title, goes on to talk about the same issues as in the first removed thread - then it is considered a thread about a thread.

This is just completely stupid! The 'issues' were father christmas and how or whether and why we lie to children about it, and the repercussions of that. I didn't see the first thread but the second 'why' thread was great. There were lots of really intelligent posts that people had obviously put a lot of thought into. I saw no bunfightery and I'm quite pissed off that it's gone.

HotheadPaisan · 05/12/2013 21:00

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bruxeur · 05/12/2013 20:58

Jesus Christ on a second-hand Segway! I'm not sure this one is even Turing +ve.

ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 20:57
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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 20:54

I'm going now

I am really really disappointed by this.

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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 20:52

And you haven't addressed the fact that there weren't personal attacks on the second thread either. Which was thrown in as an additional deletion reason.

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Maryz · 05/12/2013 20:51

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