Chris John
Posted on 02/07/2003 12:06:53 PM PST by jra
Edited on 02/07/2003 6:57:16 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Do we have new rules today? I've seen more locked threads and deleted posts today than ever.
If you're getting hundreds of reports of abuse, I'd understand...but it seems that today the mods have itchy fingers.
MODERATOR RESPONSE: First was a vanity that was essentially an ad for another website: Posted on 02/06/2003 4:06 PM PST by chrisjohn316 An Important Message from the Australian Prime Minister at A Memorial by An Australian http://www.chrisjohn316.com The next one pulled was "Rally for the Troops at the U. N. in NYC at 12 noon on 2/15/03 Thread II". It was pulled at the request of the person who posted it. "The reason for my request is that some people are concerned that the e-mail auto responder and number that I set up might be used to gather personal information. That is not the case, but seeing as I am getting concerned freepmails regarding this matter I prefer the thread be pulled. In addition, I made the mistake of taking my own initiative in helping the organization of the rally and that seems to have caused friction in [our] chapter" The next was http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837678/posts as you can see was a duplicate post, with the pull message linking it back to the original. Next was a post called "American In Bosnia". We got a complaint from a well established freeper that it was a bogus post, and while we were looking at that the person who posted it submitted "My post is not true please delete I hope this is the right way to get it taken away." Then came "An Important Message from the Australian Prime Minister". Guess what, same as before. Then we had http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837882/posts which was another duplicate, linked via the pull message to the original, as you can see. Then there was this one which also was a duplicate. It was not linked to the earlier post because there were no replies to it and the earlier post was the very previous one on the latest posts page. Then there was "Man ticketed for having 'noisy' flag" which was pulled because it had personal information of a private individual in it. Another duplicate linked to the original was http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837974/posts here. Another duplicate linked to the original was here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838004/posts Another duplicate linked to the original was here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838045/posts Now we get a sorta meaty one. "Georgia seems to be in the pits." Posted by a newbie as his first action. Another locked and linked duplicate here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838081/posts Next was a post called "I got kicked out of DU!". Jim doesn't want posts about DU up, especially by newbies. An ad for a book was next: "'Bible Code II' Predicts Year of End Time" Next was "Department of Homeland Defense Web site---pitiful!"-- the person who posted it asked for it to be pulled since the website in question updated their information right after he posted it. All of four replies were lost. A newbie posted "University Conference Focuses On 'Gay Language' " Turns out the newbie was a returning banned poster and when his account was nuked the post was pulled. Another duplicate linked to the original: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838308/posts A vanity titled "Should We Bomb The Vatican First???" was next. It had been pulled the day before as well. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838340/posts was another duplicate. Then we have the Zots. All of these were posted by our daily trolls. You can click my profile for the history of the zots. But here are the links to all the zots- you can click 'history' on each one and see what the original post was, but in each case the poster was nuked because they were returning banned posters (who do this every single day): http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838137/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837975/posts
That's it. So which ones should we have lightened up on, out of curiousity?
I missed one in my scan of the report.I've seen more locked threads and deleted posts today than ever.
Since you have been around a long time, and because I have not done so in a while, I thought I would give an overview of all the locked and deleted threads today. If there are any you disagree with, I am sure you will let us know. Thanks, AMAn Important Message from the Australian Prime Minister
He also had a few prior bans under his belt.The risky games of Shevardnadse cost the people of Georgia too much. Now it becomes more and more dangerous to live in Georgia. Shevardnadse is to blame for the present situation in Georgia (and not only here). He did his best to shelter Chechen bandits from Russian ‘federals’. Chechens of course didn’t waste time and just settled down in Pankisi. They used the area to store weapons and ammunition, to train terrorists and even (!) to produce poison gases. Only when Bush smelled the rat in Pankisi did our president came to senses. He only made a try to more or less bring order in Pankisi. Threats from Basaev and Udugov were fast to follow. Well, the words of Udugov from one of his interviews have just flashed through my mind. He recommended his people in Georgia to be correct and rather tough at the same time with Georgians for them (that is for us) to feel (!) the ‘power and threat’ of the Chechen fighters. Got it? Even then they felt themselves masters on our soil!!! They had the nerve to do it! And Shevardnadse swallowed it! Can WE swallow it as well?
That one has been banned before.
I pulled this one: "Rumor has IDF and CNN merging"
Hopefully why is self-obvious.
If you remember which thread was pulled last night, let me know, I'll review it.
A troll is a liberal disruptor that tries to advance the liberal agenda here. See our profile page for a history of 'zot' (another defination of troll).
Last night the thread that was pulled was titled "Should We Bomb The Vatican First?
The content was: Aziz visits Pope and FoxNews reports that Vatican says Powell presentation was vague and Vatican is against war on Iraq.
The content was factual. The title was meant to be sarcastic so a to incite discussion...I don't think anyone in his/her right mind would be in favor of such a thing, but the question begs the question, "why was this question asked?".
Should We Bomb The Vatican First???The problem is, we were getting complaints because you did not link an article to a source. How could this story be verified? You can see, the author is you, people were questioning this thread. Repost the same story with the appropriate links, original title, etc.FoxNews | 02/06/03 | Self
Posted on 02/06/2003 2:32 PM CST by Positive
Trickster Aziz to meet with Pope.
FoxNews today reports Vatican says Powell vague and Vatican is against US war on Iraq.
Here's the thread you posted.
Should We Bomb The Vatican First???
FoxNews | 02/06/03 | Self
Posted on 02/06/2003 2:32 PM CST by Positive
Trickster Aziz to meet with Pope.
FoxNews today reports Vatican says Powell vague and Vatican is against US war on Iraq.
The problem is, we were getting complaints because you did not link an article to a source. How could this story be verified? You can see, the author is you, people were questioning this thread. Repost the same story with the appropriate links, original title, etc.
I don't understand, you zotted it again. I thought you meant my original title - since you quoted it. Did you mean abcnews' original title? I ain't going to try for a third strike - but I would like to understand the rules.
The original title from the source and the HTML link to the source.
Well if you behave yourself, maybe next year they'll let you be a Shadow Mod.
But I did put the link to the original story.
Original abcnews.go.com title: Pope and Germany Stand Together Over Iraq
URL in my post: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20030207_266.html
I am a Catholic, went to Catholic school for 12 years, was an Alter boy for 8 years, can still recite "The Confiteor" in latin.
Guess I forgot about the Infallibility of the Pope...
Actually, the real answer is that no one has been threatened with being banned only for calling someone an idiot. Never happened, never will.
You were also told to put the story in the post.
You can't make a three line vanity about a news story you do nothing with but link to, when the vanity is basically a slam against Catholism, and expect it to stay up.
Thanks, AM
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