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Original poster

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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ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 20:39

What's whittling?

reelingaroundthechristmastree · 05/12/2013 20:39

Hully, we haven't always got on too well but YOU ARE RIGHT .
Santa is the dark destroyer and Godwin's law should be changed to anyone who ever mentions royalty in relation to MN.

Haven't RTWFT but don't bail, t'would be a lesser place without you.

MNHQ
RebeccaMumsnet · 05/12/2013 20:40

@Hullygully

Also, is no one ever allowed to talk about the existence of santa or not again?

Because that will be a thread about a thread, won't it?

Sorry, to be more specific. If the same posters are talking about a thread that was removed about the exact same issues, very shortly after the initial thread was removed - then yes, it's a thread about a thread.

There were also several personal attacks against other posters from the original thread on the second thread.

ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 20:40

I'll pm you Honey when not on my phone.

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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 20:41

No there weren't. Not a single name was mentioned. I said I had been insulted by a group of twits, that was all.

The only person attacked on either thread was bloody me

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BriarcliffBelle · 05/12/2013 20:42

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HoneyDragon · 05/12/2013 20:42

Whittling is a condition I inherited from my mil Grin. It mean low grade but continuous worrying that won't bugger off, rather than wood carving.

It shows my level of whittleness that I let slip and typed it Grin

bruxeur · 05/12/2013 20:42

That's some impressive recall from someone who admitted fairly recently that they hadn't read the thread.

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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 20:42

No there weren't Rebecca. I talked about a group of twits, that was all. The only personal attacks on either thread were directed at me.

And could you explain why a thread on SITE STUFF asking why a thread was deleted = "a thread about a thread?"

And EXACTLY HOW ELSE IS ONE SUPPOSED TO ASK THAT QUESTION

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HoneyDragon · 05/12/2013 20:43

Oh and Thanks to exit

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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 20:46

Really I like to have a nice time, a laugh and sometimes a heated debate, I hate all this crap. But I CAN'T LET UNFAIRNESS AND ILLOGICALITY just slide by.

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ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 20:48

I whittle constantly then Xmas Grin

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RebeccaMumsnet · 05/12/2013 20:49

@Hullygully

No there weren't Rebecca. I talked about a group of twits, that was all. The only personal attacks on either thread were directed at me.

And could you explain why a thread on SITE STUFF asking why a thread was deleted = "a thread about a thread?"

And EXACTLY HOW ELSE IS ONE SUPPOSED TO ASK THAT QUESTION

I think you have asked that question now Hully and I have tried my best to answer it on this thread in site stuff. Apologies that we didn't answer on your previous site stuff thread.

And we are always here if you'd like to mail?

Maryz · 05/12/2013 20:49

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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 20:51

I would email, but lots of people share the same concerns, so it seems a bit daft.

How should I have asked my question then to avoid it being a thread about a thread?

Should I have put "Why was my Santa thread deleted??" Don't anyone else dare post or this will be deleted?

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Lifeisaboxofchocs · 05/12/2013 20:51

"But I CAN'T LET UNFAIRNESS AND ILLOGICALITY just slide by.'

Awesome.

Perhaps channel it to something a tad more worthwhile than this?

Maryz · 05/12/2013 20:51

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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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Hullygully · 05/12/2013 20:54

I'm going now

I am really really disappointed by this.

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ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 20:57
bruxeur · 05/12/2013 20:58

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

HotheadPaisan · 05/12/2013 21:00

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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.

MNHQ
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.

ExitPursuedByAChristmasGrinch · 05/12/2013 21:05

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