Looking for guidance on what can be posted

8th January 2008 | naturalman1975

[naturalman1975]

I'm just interested to know if there's clear guidance anywhere on FR as to what can and can't be posted. I've just had an entire thread pulled which consisted of an article by one of Australia's best known journalists in one of Australia's largest mainstream newspapers referencing a US political situation (I'm avoiding mentioning what it is, because the thread was pulled and I respect there may be good reasons for that - the topic was a confronting one). It's the first time that's happened to me though in three and half years on FR, so I just want to review the rules, so to speak, and looking around I can't easily see anything that the post seems to me to have violated.

[jdm]

I just had a thread get locked too, and it’s the first time for me:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949991/posts

It’s not a dupe as I did a search.

Maybe the software is malfunctioning right now.

Not sure.

[martin_fierro]

Socks threads are typically OK.

[jdm]

Oh, and the error was this...

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/admin/abuse?id=1949966

Not sure what that means. I don’t know what 1949966 signifies.

[varon]

OMG, that’s a ‘sandal-toe’ ;-)

[Cicero]

That’s a nice warm looking rug.

[Psalm 73]

"That’s a nice warm looking rug."

It's a SHAG, baby....

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

Whatever you do, avoid controversial topics....

[richardtavor]

Your previous posts look quite reasonable, and I assume you checked that you weren’t a duplicate post. Since we were not able to read it, we have no idea what the issue was, if any....

[ken21]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111944/posts

[tear gas]

I think Rudy lovers should not be banned so long as they don't try to spread their pro-Rudy poison around here.

I think the Free Republic policy regarding Rudy lovers should be like the miliary policy towards homosexuals - "Don't ask, don't tell."

[txroadkill]

My opinion means nothing as I am never in the "know", but....

I think the problem with your thread was that it discussed the assassination of a Democratic Presidential candidate. Even though the article was written by a leftist loon and was completely absurd, those post tend to be taken out of context and used against us by the left.

[Admin Moderator]

You did very well for someone not in the know. The topic is as touchy as it gets, on more than one count.

BTW, no demerits to the poster or anything like that.

[naturalman1975]

Fair enough - I just wanted to know so I can steer clear of it in the future.

[Solitar]

I too would like to know what sources we can’t post articles from, or which we can only post excerpts from. Is there a file or list someplace which we posters can use?

[Solitar]

Thank you for that link to the thread with that list.
At least it is a start.
It would be nice to have a *current* updated list.

[Admin Moderator]

Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints

[Solitar]

Ah yes, even my blindspot can sometimes be worked around when somebody shows me the same thing enough times. Thank you. Now I see that the original post in that thread is updated. As in: Edited on 01/03/2008 11:53:59 PM MST by Admin Moderator.

[Allegra]

Socks threads are typically OK.

Actually, the occasional sock thread is essential to FR.

If there appears to be a dearth of sock threads, it is acceptable to hijack other vanity threads and make them about socks.

Preferably new socks.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Preferably new socks.

Or at least clean socks.

[darkangel82]

Just as long as you don’t get sand in them, that might be a bit uncomfortable.

[Allegra]

Just as long as you don’t get sand in them, that might be a bit uncomfortable.

Over the past four years, I have become an expert at keeping sand out of socks. ;-)

[pax_et_bonum]

[humblegunner]

Did you know you can re-size images?

It's true.

[pax_et_bonum]

I hear you can resize lemons, too.

[Allegra]

I hear you can resize lemons, too.

And you can make one lemon into a whole lot of lemon pieces real fast.

I wish y'all could hear some of the comments that is getting here. ROFL!

[pax_et_bonum]

And you can make one lemon into a whole lot of lemon pieces real fast.

I wish y'all could hear some of the comments that is getting here. ROFL!

humble says that next time he wants to duck tape pineapples to his head and blow them up.