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Why was the latest "inclusion" thread (Staffroom topic) deleted?

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bialystockandbloom · 25/09/2014 21:53

Blimey, I'd just written a calm and eloquent post, and pfft, it had gone. With a deletion message that it was deleted because "it wound up some parents".

FFS how about being deleted because it was yet another recent example of prejudice and disablism? No bloody wonder it "wound some parents" up, the OP was offensive and ignorant in the extreme.

MN this is so disappointing. Why is it the parents who are trying patiently to explain yet again about life with SN who get stamped on?

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EllenMumsnet · 25/09/2014 23:11

Evening folks.
Just wanted to chip in about thread deletions, and the one that was zapped earlier.

Clearly we try not to stifle debate, but in cases where we think there's a chance that someone has been deliberately goody, we will delete their thread / post.

Without going into too much detail as it's coming up to bedtime TSSDNCOP , we respond to complaints that come in via the report button. Fanjo admits to reporting the thread earlier, but was not alone in doing so. (Indeed, WRT to the perceived discrepancy between the Victoria Beckham thread that was deleted, and another one that shames a woman because of her appearance, we were able to get off the starting blocks much more quickly with the former because it was reported earlier than the latter - which will, of course, be looked into).

In the case of the staffroom thread, we felt that the feelings of some of the parents of kids with SEN who use the site needed to be respected - it's hard to have to regularly educate other folk - although clearly we can see that sometimes such threads contain such gems of wisdom, advice and information that they are worth persevering with, and then preserving.

If we got it wrong, we are sorry. We do try our utmost to take an impartial and balanced look at all the info we have in front of us - and we still manage to cock up pretty regularly. But our hearts are in the right place, honest

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RowanMumsnet · 26/09/2014 16:15

Hello

Just to follow up on our previous post - you're quite right: the deletion message should really have said 'deliberately inflammatory'. The deletion message was intended to convey the 'deliberately inflammatory' vibe, but probably didn't do so clearly enough - sorry.

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