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Ok, so I was just in the middle of replying to an OP when the thread no longer existed when I submitted my response... this irks me.

oh. did you need to namechange to let us know or were you already irked???

Are you referring to the McCann's thread? Why was it deleted? Did people get all libellous and potty mouthed?

thisisyesterday - I namechange according to my mood :)

lucilastic - there have been others but yes the McCann's thread was deleted, mostly it appears, due to continous namecalling, OP getting upset, and I guess easier to delete whole thread than continue policing posts

Sometimes I think they could be locked & sent to a dungeon somewhere for us to read, obv sometimes posts cannot be allowed to stand but the discussion will begin again and then we chase our tails. plus I am nosy and would like to read threads at leisure

no libel
irks me too

I hid that thread earlier. I suppose it would have been deleted for legal reasons.

It would be better if they could just lock threads, so nothing further can be posted. It irritates me that they completely disappear.

I agree with ILoveTiffany. There was no libel on that thread. Merely opinions. MNHQ allowed the thread to continue for quite a while just deleting individual posts.
Pisses me off no end. No explanation from MNHQ either.

nope bof.......it had moved away from mcann talk

i think they deleted it in case it got libelous overnight??

oh i see,how do you know this then Beertricks?
thought that as they are so hot on deleting mm threads then they might pre empt this one in light of the book serialisation being out today??

not self moderated when it comes to mm and libel!!

one thread the other week was deleted with the libelous explanation used...they dont want another gf do they??!!

I think deleted threads ought to be put somewhere for us to read - ditto trolls. There was a troll recently - had a lot of bad things happen very quickly - and the poster reminded me very much of one a few years ago - but it had long gone so there was no way to check that the posting style was the same (i thought it was)

It also helps with the 'arsehole' check for future reference...

Meaning those with 'arsehole' opinions are there forever.....

I think the op asked for it to be deleted to answer those of you wondering why it went.

Yes the op wanted it deleted and wanted to deregister and leave mn!

I hid the thread after the OP's first post - felt that whatever was going to be written from either side wasn't going to be anything I would want to read - far too contentious but now I'm wishing I'd stayed on to read a bit more and nose into the details a bit more

What is 'gf'? (Gina Ford?)

Girlfriend? Gf?

Ignore last post! It's not that, I hadn't read all above