Why was thread about the VAWG survey moved from FWR?

[ahagwearsapointybonnet]

Hi MN,

I was just looking back at my previous threads and noticed the thread from FWR about the government consultation on violence against women/girls had been moved to "petitions and activism" shortly before the end time of the consultation.

Obviously it's a bit late now, but just wanted to flag this up and ask why it was moved there, as a) it's not a petition, nor "activism" as such, but a government consultation which I believe even MN had been promoting for people to complete, according to some posts on the thread, and b) surely as such, FWR was a very appropriate place for it and to encourage women with an interest in stopping VAWG to complete it, whereas the "petitions" topic (which is very quiet) was hardly likely to help anyone notice that the consultation was active and about to close.

Not much that can be done about it now of course as the consultation will now have closed, but I wanted to mention it to understand the reasons for the move and maybe prevent this happening to similar things in future, as this is obviously a very important topic for MNers.

Thank you!

Because all petitions and surveys on any and every subject are moved there.

Doesn't matter what topic they started in. Every single topic, and every single subject, are treated the same

Hi @ahagwearsapointybonnet,

Points taken, absolutely!

We're sorry this thread was moved over so close to the deadline. As a rule we tend to move any survey or petition threads over to the appropriate topic (be that NFP Surveys or Petitions & Activism), but in retrospect we agree that this one really should have been left to run on our main talkboards, just to allow as many women as possible to take part in this consultation.

As you've said, unfortunately the consultation deadline has now passed but we've taken on board your comments and will do our utmost to prevent this from happening in future.

For anyone who missed it at the time, here's a link to the consultation - Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Call for Evidence.

Thanks @DawnMumsnet, and that's good to hear. Hopefully the consultation will have a good result anyway!

So does this mean that all such surveys can now be posted in any topic?

Because it would be unfortunate to have different rules for this between topics

@AuntieStella

So does this mean that all such surveys can now be posted in any topic?

Because it would be unfortunate to have different rules for this between topics

What would be really unfortunate would be if Mumsnet was unable to distinguish between random surveys about favourite socks, sofas and saucepans vs a Government Survey to inform policy on Violence Against Women and Girls [eye-roll]

You really think I was being that trivial?

Perhaps you don't remember the huge thread about the one concerning autism? And what MNHQ settled view was, of everything being included in on emoderating standard?

This is an important change in moderating policy, and it would be helpful for everying to know that is has happened, and that all surveys/petitions can now be in any topic.

@DawnMumsnet - please would you clarify. This is a significant change to what has gone before. And all MNetters need to know, explicitly, that this is now OK.