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Is this not the place for a ‘thread about a thread’, then?

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GoldenOmber · 20/08/2021 22:40

If we can’t ask about whether or not a given thread was really as per deletion message ‘not in the spirit’ here, then where is the board for that?

I thought ‘thread about a thread’ meant ‘stop gossiping about the trainwreck/troll we’ve deleted’, not ‘thread deletions may never be discussed’?

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LilyMumsnet · 20/08/2021 22:49

Hi OP

The deleted thread in site stuff was a pretty obvious TAAT, which we don't allow.

The original thread was deleted because it received a lot of reports - and we didn't think it was in the spirit of the site.

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LilyMumsnet · 20/08/2021 23:03

Hi OP

We're always happy to clarify deletions, but there's a few reasons we don't allow threads about threads. We think our moderation can be queried without making a TAAT (like this thread) - and we're always happy to clarify off the boards, too.

The original thread was removed because it wasn't in the spirit of the site. We promote our site as being 'by parents, for parents' and we'd very much hope that included all parents. (It was just that, when we were choosing a name for the site, 'Parentsnet' didn't really fall off the tongue in the same kind of way.) And, actually, we do have a fair few members who are not parents at all, either because they are pregnant or hoping to become pregnant soon or, they are interested in our discussions and wish to reflect their own viewpoint.

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