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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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Mintyy · 05/12/2013 19:52

It will be interesting to see how it goes on Nickelbabe's thread. I am sure she genuinely hasn't seen Hully's earlier threads.

TheCurseOfFenric · 05/12/2013 19:52

But Rebecca, the thread earlier was actually having the discussion the first thread tried to have (as well as wondering about the deletion policy)

Having a blanket thread-about-a-thread must DIE policy is a bit bonkers, tbh.

Yes, if they are started to goad, or hound, or wind up. But if it is just quietly going about its business, with some debate happening, wtf should it be zapped?

LadyBeagleEyes · 05/12/2013 19:50

I can't believe people actually reported the thread.
I totally disagreed with Hully but I thought it was a debate, you know, when you disagree with each other.

HoneyDragon · 05/12/2013 19:45

My crowning glory was disagreeing with Hully yet still being called a sycophant.

I am an actual paradox. I may actually be that Higgs Boson particle wotsit all those clever folk are looking for

MNHQ
RebeccaMumsnet · 05/12/2013 19:41

Evening all,

Hully, from what I can see, your initial thread was removed because it turned into a bit of a bunfight and was being reported to us. We took a look, there were several PAs and deletions and so we decided to zap it.

You are, of course, welcome to debate whether or not to tell children about Santa and any other subject for that matter. However, we did feel that you weren't looking for a debate or discussion, you wanted to share your views on the subject - others gave your theirs, everyone disagreed - Cake throwing, reports, deletions and then it was zapped.

We may not have been as thorough as we generally are last night and apologies if we zapped rather than spent a long time trawling through deleting individual posts. We had a rather large back log of reports to plough through as our email systems went down .

That's not to say that it wouldn't have gone anyway, but apologies if we didn't spend as long on it as perhaps we should have.

Your thread earlier was a thread about a thread that was deleted.

PlentyOfPubeGardens · 05/12/2013 19:37

They're discussing That Bastard Santa over here. I shall watch with interest.

Mintyy · 05/12/2013 19:33

I usually enjoy threads about threads more than the original thread Grin.

Of course they should be deleted if they are started because op has a grudge to bear with someone on another thread and is trying to draw attention to it, or if they have got a reaction they didn't like on their thread and are starting one in a different topic/with a different title/under a namechange in the hopes of getting a different outcome.

But I can't see why they should for other reasons.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 05/12/2013 19:22

I don't usually get embroiled in this sort of business. Raises my blood pressure, boils my piss (ewwwwww hate that expression), is for my mental health and ruins my evening.

HOWEVER.

A very wise previous poster said this:
I always thought that the "thread about a thread" formula was just a shorthand for saying "this thread re-initiates problematic against-guidelines stuff from a previous thread and therefore needs deleting."

I always thought that people who thought the very idea of a "thread about a thread" was against the rules were misunderstanding things in a fairly stupid way. Was I wrong? If so, isn't that the silliest prohibition in the world? What about threads that say "Following on from the thread about baking powder, this is a thread to further examine the recipes suggested there." Is that forbidden?

I mean seriously. Come on, MNHQ, a little substance over form would be in order here, no?

Original poster
Hullygully · 05/12/2013 19:14

YOU'D THINK...

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ChasedByBees · 05/12/2013 19:12

This thread better not be deleted. Asking why a thread was deleted is not a thread about a thread, particularly if it diverges into people having fun, quoting poetry and generally debating. Why the bloody hell would you delete that? It's just plain rude!

cherryademerrymaid · 05/12/2013 19:06

OK...would you all mind dropping me a message? I can guarantee by the time I get to it MNHQ will have poofed this thread :)

PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline · 05/12/2013 19:04

Could I have the eggnog recipe too please?

HECTheHeraldAngelsSing · 05/12/2013 19:03

I'd also like the eggnog recipe please.

IslaValargeone · 05/12/2013 19:00

I'd love the egg nog recipe if you really don't mind?
Green bean casserole, perhaps not so much. I don't think I could ever be persuaded to like green beans.

cherryademerrymaid · 05/12/2013 18:56

I can dig it out for you if you'd like? I also have an lovely green bean casserole recipe too - I know it's American but it's a nice change for green beans!

IslaValargeone · 05/12/2013 18:54

I could do with a decent egg nog recipe.

cherryademerrymaid · 05/12/2013 18:52

I know I'm late to the party but people seriously got upset because someone had an opinion about NOT telling lies about Father Christmas existing? Oh the hysteria....this place has gotten weirder and weirder this past 3 years....

I've lied for 8 years so far....I'm not upset that someone else chooses not to.

Egg nog anyone? (home made, not that nasty store bought shite)

  • looks for the egg nog emoction -

We need an egg nog emoction.

Original poster
Hullygully · 05/12/2013 18:46

me too mintyy

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NewBlueCoat · 05/12/2013 18:45

Oh bugger. Was in the middle of a huge reply to Tee when I had to break off to film ds' first steps. And now have lost my reasoned debate reply.

Oh well, it'd only have been deleted for being too serious anyway, I expect.

Mintyy · 05/12/2013 18:42

I don't know what I'm going to do if this thread gets deleted for the same ridiculous reason. Explode probably. Guts everywhere. Not nice for the dc to witness that Sad.

GodRestTEEMerryGenTEEmen · 05/12/2013 18:34

Why?

Because MN is huge now. Really huge. And gets media attention all the time.

And godforbid the media pick up something serious. Rather than Penis Beakers.

I am very anti-MN lately, for many many reasons. I doubt I'll ever leave and I'll still post on fun threads when I see them, but I am stopping a lot of the other stuff I used to do.

Like defending HQ.

NomDeClavier · 05/12/2013 18:34

Actually the more I think about this the more Hmm I am. I think I need to start my own thread on the topic, genuinely, because in DH's family Santa brings all the presents but in my family we give presents to each other. It's a really sticky cultural issue apparently and we didn't have to discuss it last year. But apparently now we do and I can't even start an AIBU because we can't discuss the ethics of Santa without it possibly getting bunfighty?! It's Santa, of course people are going to get uptight!

PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline · 05/12/2013 18:29

Ah ok, I was worried I had missed a Hully original rhyme. Smile

Original poster
Hullygully · 05/12/2013 18:26

they were ts eliot pomes, so you can easily read em

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PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline · 05/12/2013 18:25

I missed poems.Sad Were they as good as the web chat limericks?

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