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Original poster

Deleting the regular information roundup on the Ukraine War Threads.

34 replies

DucklingSwimmingInstructress · 13/02/2025 10:57

Mumsnet what on earth are you playing at?

I have done a roundup of information from 4 different Ukraine news outlets for THREE years now, almost every day. You know this. You've seen it, the thread has been reported when unpleasant people invade the thread; it's one of the most long running threads in Chat. It serves a purpose.

Today, in your infinite and oh so great wisdom, you decided to delete the 20 minutes' work I'd done on the Kyiv Independent Telegram thread.

This is the message I got:
Hi there,
Thanks for getting in touch. We have checked and in fact deleted your post altogether because it was really just a wall of cut and paste links rather than a considered contribution to the discussion.
Best,
Hope
MNHQ

These threads have been useful to people for 3 years. They are read and commented on and the curated information, I've been told, is useful. On the basis of these threads as a whole, one person even put together a vanload of supplies and took it to Ukraine.

They take hours and hours of my time.

If you had a problem with the posts, then why start now and not three years ago?

Please restore it.

-Duckling.

OP posts:
HauntedBungalow · 13/02/2025 12:28

The Ukraine threads in general are one of the worst parts of Mumsnet.

<\Waits to be called a Russian shill>

Natsku · 13/02/2025 12:25

We all really appreciate those round ups, deleting them is a very weird thing to do - what rules are they breaking?

Original poster
DucklingSwimmingInstructress · 13/02/2025 12:10

(with big thanks to @Blueshoes , @DesdamonasHandkerchief and @LIttleDrummerGirl and others too who do the roundup)

OP posts:
PerkingFaintly · 13/02/2025 11:56

PiggyPigalle · 13/02/2025 11:38

The whole point of the roundups, is to provide a snapshot of anything relating to to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Ukraine.
If we wish to read an article in more depth, we have the link provided.
Where's the harm in that?

For all of us interested in European peace, you couldn't have chosen a worse time to do this, when the USA is pulling the rug from beneath Ukraine and we're all feeling pretty down about it.

@DucklingSwimmingInstructress Thanks to Ducks and others who've stepped up at times, for always providing this important information.

And every word of this.

PerkingFaintly · 13/02/2025 11:56

The round-up posts and their links are incredibly important!

Please reinstate them!

DuncinToffee · 13/02/2025 11:44

I lurk on the threads but I find your round ups and links extremely helpful

Please restore the post MN

PiggyPigalle · 13/02/2025 11:38

The whole point of the roundups, is to provide a snapshot of anything relating to to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Ukraine.
If we wish to read an article in more depth, we have the link provided.
Where's the harm in that?

For all of us interested in European peace, you couldn't have chosen a worse time to do this, when the USA is pulling the rug from beneath Ukraine and we're all feeling pretty down about it.

@DucklingSwimmingInstructress Thanks to Ducks and others who've stepped up at times, for always providing this important information.

Pinkybelle · 13/02/2025 11:09

Agree with this: the Kyiv Independent posts are important

Igotjelly · 13/02/2025 11:00

100% agree, poor show Mumsnet. Clearly you aren’t aware of what these threads are or the value these posts add. We’ve discussed a few times whether people want these roundups and the response is always a resounding yes.

Ironic that posts like these are deleted on a whim yet CSA material stays up for hours….