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Original poster

Can you tell me what the score is with posting a thread and saying you're only wanting it up for a while then you're going to get it deleted?

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 16:53

Just I was posting on a thread which has now been deleted or hidden until the MN team can take a look at it.

I have no issue with the OP of the thread (just to make that clear!) but they said from the get go that they were going to put the thread up just for a short time and then get it deleted.

I didn't think that was really how it was supposed to work?

Is it possible to get some clarification on this?

Thanks.

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Maryz · 07/09/2014 19:06

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

walkonthewildside · 07/09/2014 19:05

So if a poster starts a thread saying ' I will ask for this to be deleted in their OP. You will delete?

Maryz · 07/09/2014 19:03

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NickiFury · 07/09/2014 19:03

Thank you Olivia "here to make parents lives easier"

My thoughts entirely.

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 19:00

Olivia - thank you but ... (sorry!) the OP of that thread seemed to be confident that the thread would be deleted. So is "privacy concerns" an automatic deletion then?

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 18:59

Nicki - please can you point out where I said I was enjoying the thread?

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MNHQ

TheOnlyOliviaMumsnet · 07/09/2014 18:59

Hi there
Will need to confer with the powers that be but am pretty sure there will be no policy changing.

On this occasion we deleted as the underlying principle of the guidelines (other than Peace and Love, natch) is that we're here to make parents' lives easier.

But the guidelines re: deletion are as have been quoted, i.e. that we don't
like to do this.

HTH

NickiFury · 07/09/2014 18:58

Clarification of the rules is not a problem, it was talk of being annoyed and posters shouldn't post on a public forum if they are worried about being recognised etc.

I think that does not recognise the need that some posters might have for this site and for me doesn't really support what MN is about. The OP said "clarification" but following posters including the OP spoke of being annoyed because they were enjoying the thread and stating that people shouldn't post if there's a danger of being recognised.

In my opinion clarifying this in the way requested by some on here could put people off posting and I think one thread being deleted isn't indicative of a big problem that needs that kind of clarification.

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 18:56

I don't think I have chopped and changed re my motives for starting the thread

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EveDallasRetd · 07/09/2014 18:51

I Wondered about that one too. It did seem a very strange thing to say, and I do think that MNHQ could do worse than to clarify the 'rules' and how they uphold them.

The OP of that thread either didn't understand the site policy (so therefore it needs clarifying) or she was confident that her request would be granted (so the policy needs updating to reflect that).

This is a good thread, in that hopefully by asking the question other potential OPs of threads can understand the rules and make clearer decisions about whether to post threads that could have repercussions or not.

Not sure why that is a problem?

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 18:51

This

Just I was posting on a thread which has now been deleted or hidden until the MN team can take a look at it.

I have no issue with the OP of the thread (just to make that clear!) but they said from the get go that they were going to put the thread up just for a short time and then get it deleted.

I didn't think that was really how it was supposed to work?

Is it possible to get some clarification on this?*

That was my motivation for starting the thread maybe I didn't express it very well - tis Mumsnet's site, they can do whatever they like with regard to deletions but I think there is a disparity between the guidelines and what some posters think happens and I'd like to get a clear answer. If the policy has changed and is delete on demand, that's fine, if it's delete rarely, that's fine too, but I just want to know one way or another.

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walkonthewildside · 07/09/2014 18:50

You can't say nowt on here anymore without someone jumping down your throat.

walkonthewildside · 07/09/2014 18:49

I agree, math.

There might be new posters who saw that thread who now think that's how MN works. It has never worked like that.

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 18:48

I don't care whether HQ delete on demand or only delete rarely. I just think there's a disparity between what happens on the site / what posters like the one today THINK happens on the site and what the guidelines say and I would like to know the HQ stance.

That's all

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NickiFury · 07/09/2014 18:46

And I just responded, perfectly legit.

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 07/09/2014 18:46

maths you keep chopping and changing your mind about your motive for starting this thread. Maybe you need to decide which it is - that you don't think it should be allowed or that if it is allowed you want to do it.

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 18:45

Maybe she is a new user Nicki and maybe in that case HQ need to clarify their guidelines because she seemed to think she could post a thread that would only be up for an hour or two and it would be deleted as soon as she asked for it to be deleted?

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walkonthewildside · 07/09/2014 18:45

This is site stuff, the OP is asking a question about the site.

There is no need to bite her bloody head off.

Mintyy · 07/09/2014 18:45

It doesn't really matter THAT much but I can't see the op has made a fuss of any kind. Why are YOU so worked up about it?

She just asked the fucking question.

Perfectly legit.

Mintyy · 07/09/2014 18:44

I didn't read it like that at all. Funny eh.

NickiFury · 07/09/2014 18:43

Maybe the OP was a new user? Maybe she didn't understand how MN works? Maybe she thought she could get it deleted on request? Does it really matter THAT much?

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 18:43

Nicki - you're wrong. I just thought it was "off" to start a thread and say you were going to get it deleted.

I didn't think it was in the spirit of the site or the "done thing" so I wanted to ask the question of HQ.

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NickiFury · 07/09/2014 18:41

She's not getting it in the neck. She's being disagreed with. As you say Mintyy you've never seen it before, me neither. This would indicate to me that it's an unusual thing. In my opinion it's more about being irritated that OP doesn't get to see how it all pans out than concerns about The Rules.

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mathsgsceresit · 07/09/2014 18:40

It'sfab I did start my own thread off the back of that one was that the wrong thing too now?

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walkonthewildside · 07/09/2014 18:39

The point is you cannot start a thread and know for sure HQ will delete it.

That's not how MN works.

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