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?

[mathsgsceresit]

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.

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.

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

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

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?

Thank you Olivia "here to make parents lives easier"

My thoughts entirely.

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

In regards to the thread this is referring to. It was an odd thing to read, and no not generally the done thing. I don't think the op of that thread should be berated for wanting it deleted. She wants a balanced opinion but is concerned about repercussions. If the thread isn't deleted than it could certainly be shunted into OTBT.

In regards to the op of this thread. Well she doesn't deserve to be berated either. She found the op a unusual assumption, given what MNHQs usual stance has been on the deletion of threads.

It is however amusing that she has asked in site stuff so HQ will be aware of it and reply but an awful lot of posters have given her definitive and rude answers. Pity they are different.

I suspect the actual definitive reply from MNHQ will be somewhat more measured and polite in tone and response. And I guess that's why they get the blue boxes

HOLY FUCKING HELL,YOURE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omg!

Olivia never have a litter of babies and leave again. Ever.

@walkonthewildside

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

Nope.

maths

You have written all of these things -

I've been on a few threads which the OP has stated will be deleted and it is annoying when you've bothered to reply

the thread was useful and it made me realise that I hadn't worked out in my head as much as I needed to what I'd do in a similar situation

it seems to me that threads are deleted at the OP's request and I'd like that clarified. Because if that is the case, then there's a thread I'd love to start if I could be sure that HQ would pull it if I asked them to

The problem I have is that the OP of the thread today, for example, posted with a proviso in the very first post that it would only be up for an hour or two and then they would get it deleted

If you think someone who shouldn't might read a thread, can I gently suggest you choose somewhere other than AIBU in the country's biggest fastest moving parenting site to post it?

Fuck understated Maryz.

Please join me in the jumping up and down and screaming won't you.

But Latte you said I said I was "enjoying" that thread. I never said that.

Well hopefully posters who read this thread will take that on board.

Because the OP of the thread this thread refers to obviously thought differently.

And what is wrong with any of what I said?

I'm enjoying this thread.

((Hugs maths)) I have feelings of bonhomie, peace and love.

Olivia Welcome home

How long have you been back? Or are you only on shitty Sunday afternoon patrol?
x

maths

Can you please tell me in which of my posts I said you were enjoying the thread?

This thread has gone a bit bonkers, but hey- Olivia's back.

Right folks, please don't row about this specific thread from today. Given that this is a thread to ask about policy, let's not turn it into a TAAT that has to auto implode.

Suffice to say, we are not about deleting just cos people ask us to BUT we are also not about make life difficult for people either.

HTH

Sorry Latte my mistake it was Nikki

following posters including the OP spoke of being annoyed because they were enjoying the thread

Olivia can you clarify please that if a poster says "privacy concerns" then that means automatic delete or not?

@mathsgsceresit

Olivia can you clarify please that if a poster says "privacy concerns" then that means automatic delete or not?

There is no such thing as an automatic delete.