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12 years ago

Try reading the forum rules - I bet you a nickle you can figure it out on your own, sport!

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bankrolls 12 years ago

Deleted: Didnt read all rules, apparently they are in two different threads.
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- WillR 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by bankrolls
  
  I did read them actually, I did not break any rules. Whoever is mod of this forum, please PM me about deleting my thread about over-optimizing
  
  This actually brings up a very good point, I think.
  
  At the moment we have a thread called 'Warrior Forum Rules' that has only a few of the Warrior Forum rules inside it. We then have a second thread called 'New Members: Read This' which includes a whole load of other forum rules such as not posting a thread asking why your thread was deleted, and so on.
  
  I've seen this same mistake before where the OP has probably read the thread called 'Warrior Forum Rules' and rightfully so assumed that contained ALL of the rules for this forum.
  
  Would it not make sense to have all of the forum rules in the one thread called 'Warrior Forum Rules'? If not then even just having a link in that first post of the 'Warrior Forum Rules' thread saying more rules can be found here and linking to that second thread?
  
  I think it kind of defeats the purpose having a thread called 'Warrior Forum Rules' when it doesn't infact include all of the Warrior Forum rules. I imagine it would be confusing for new members.
  
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Paul Myers 12 years ago

DM,

I've had post's nuked that haven't even remotely came close to breaking the rules.

Some things are learned in our early years, and aren't assumed to need written into rules for a business forum. "Work and play well with others" comes to mind.

You have a tendency on occasion to become nastier than is needed or useful, and to persist in the nastiness for post after post.

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- Paul Myers 12 years ago
  
  DM,
  
  I couldn't possibly agree with that. That only happens if I know I'm dealing with a pure idiot.
  
  The fact that someone disagrees with you is not, in itself, a reasonable basis for calling them an idiot, "f'ing" or otherwise.
  
  And it's not "nastiness", it's called "debate".
  
  There is a useful distinction to be made between debate and abuse.
  
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  Paul Myers 12 years ago
  
  DM,
  
  Why not?
  
  CDarklock does. His post's don't get nuked.
  
  Actually, he doesn't call people idiots just for disagreeing with him. Even if they disagree strongly, and he seems quite sure he's right and they're wrong. He tends to reserve his not inconsiderable firepower for people who get unduly snarky with him first.
  
  It is easy to have a rational debate with Caliban, and disagree with him vehemently, without any need for the discussion to descend into abusive terms. I know. He and I have disagreed strongly on many occasions without that sort of thing entering into it.
  
  That said... Ask Caliban how many of his posts I've nuked over the years for crossing those lines. Or how many times he's been banned for it. If I see them and I feel they're unconstructively abusive, I delete them. Regardless of who posted them.
  
  He also tends to say what he has to say and not hammer the same point over and over in a thread, or across multiple threads. That matters.
  
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mojojuju

12 years ago

I had a few threads deleted too within the past year or so. Would the admin(s) who deleted those please PM me too?

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bankrolls 12 years ago

Deleted: Didnt read all rules, apparently they are in two different threads.
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Rob Whisonant

12 years ago

You are aware you are breaking the board rules by even starting this thread?

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bankrolls

12 years ago

Deleted: Didnt read all rules, apparently they are in two different threads.

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taskemann

12 years ago

Originally Posted by bankrolls

well how the heck else am I supposed to understand why this person deleted my thread without any cause? and yes, now i am aware of this so screw it, apparently shit just gets deleted without any cause and no one gets to know why. sounds like china.

Read the quoted text with Bender's voice. Hilarious!

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rosetrees

12 years ago

Originally Posted by bankrolls

well how the heck else am I supposed to understand why this person deleted my thread without any cause? and yes, now i am aware of this so screw it, apparently shit just gets deleted without any cause and no one gets to know why. sounds like china.

With that friendly, helpful, cuddly attitude it might not be just your threads that get deleted.

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Paul Myers

12 years ago

There is always a reason. I didn't see the thread in question, but if it was an SEO topic in this section, you answered your own question. And proved you didn't read the rules very carefully.

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Chris Silvey

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

There is always a reason. I didn't see the thread in question, but if it was an SEO topic in this section, you answered your own question. And proved you didn't read the rules very carefully.

Paul

Very odd, there was a very good thread by a fellow who wanted to learn how to make 10 bucks a day. It was a very good thread and I intended to comment on this morning. It was up about an hour ago, now it's gone.

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salegurus

12 years ago

Agree with Paul, you probably started a thread in the wrong forum.
For example: if it was SEO related you should post in the SEO forum and not in the Main forum.

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Tim3

12 years ago

Perhaps your thread wasn't enhanced enough

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Paul Myers

12 years ago

Will,

Good point. Thank you.

I think "New members: Read this" in the stickies section should be pretty clear, but I've added links to the main rules post for folks who aren't familiar with general forum practices.

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Neil Morgan

12 years ago

I know it can seem harsh sometimes but it happens to everyone without exception, and for good reason.

If it wasn't for this policy, the WF would have become an unusable spam-fest years ago.

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New Comer

12 years ago

hey dem sneaky modz deleted a thread of mine first dayz i wuz here too...

Ye'in see me pose no threed abut it!

That's cause I read the other threads that said not to do this though! lol

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Andy Fang

12 years ago

I suggest next time, don't post this on the main internet discussion section. Open a help desk as these members cannot help you. Only mods.

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Paul Myers 12 years ago

Andy,

Open a help desk as these members cannot help you. Only mods.

Do NOT use the help desk for this sort of thing. That is not what it's for, and Thomas is unlikely to be the person who deleted your post. (Possible, certainly, but the odds are against it.)

I can't speak for the other mods, but if I find out people are wasting Thomas' time with this kind of trivia, I'll give them a month off for it.

I would also recommend that you not give advice on how to resolve questions here if you haven't been a member long enough to know what is and is not acceptable yourself.

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keinz053

12 years ago

I think we should be send a pm telling us why our post was deleted. That we prevent such from happening again

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livo 12 years ago

Originally Posted by keinz053

I think we should be send a pm telling us why our post was deleted. That we prevent such from happening again

Excellent idea!

But for newbies only, i suppose its mainly newbies that have posts delete,because they have not read the rules in the first place.

But surely it only takes a minute or for the mod to pm the person and let them know.

At least the person gets to know why and does not post the kind of thread again
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- Kay King 12 years ago
  
  That we prevent such from happening again
  
  for newbies only, i suppose its mainly newbies that have posts delete,because they have not read the rules in the first place.
  
  If you haven't read the rules....maybe you shouldn't be posting yet.
  
  Having a thread deleted is a simple warning of "wrong section", "bad topic", "duplicate thread" or "rules violation". Best to accept it and move on. It's happened to all of us at some time or another.
  
  Or you can rant and argue and try to re-post the same thread and demand explanations...childish behavior that may earn you a time out.
  
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Shaun OReilly 12 years ago

Originally Posted by keinz053

I think we should be send a pm telling us why our post was deleted. That we prevent such from happening again

Erm... NO!

Why should the moderators waste their valuable time to
send PMs that teach people the rules?

The solution is to READ THE RULES and follow them.

That way, new forum members eventually learn the rules
using their own time and effort.

I'm grateful for the work that the moderators do on this
forum and wouldn't want to see them wasting their time
educating the ignorant.
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onSubie

12 years ago

It's not only newbies who get posts deleted. But they are the ones who seem unable to shrug it off without complaining.

But clearly the OP was simply posting seo topics (likely rehashed) in the main forum and not in the designated seo forum.

He didn't do anything seriously wrong except complain here. Which is also against the rules.

And to send an email with an explanation for every deleted post? That would be a LOT of work for admins. I'll bet most people here don't even see 90% of the posts that get deleted from the amount of spam I see come and go.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

My goodness! I don't quite understand all of the hoopla over a deleted post. It happens all of the time for so many varied reasons.

6. Remember that threads get deleted for lots of reasons, most of them having no reflection on the original poster. They can be nuked because they're the umpteenth copy of the same discussion in a short period, because they're on topics which too often degenerate into flame wars, because they have nothing to do with making money, because they're pointless, because they tend to drift into bashing, and lots of other reasons.

The thought of the mods having to send a pm to each and every poster is just ludicrous. Are there even that many minutes in a day? Some threads that get deleted have 2 or more pages with 50 posts per page. Do you realize how many members that could entail?

If your post gets deleted and it hurts your feelings, just go cry into your pillow until it is thoroughly soaked and come back feeling better...just like I do.

Haha!

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twister85

12 years ago

Warrior forum is one of the Top Forums on the internet which is known for its neatness and cleanliness as well as Spam free.

There is nothing on the earth that will make the moderaters or the admin go crazy and delete posts anyway.

There must be something in your post that makes the admin delete it. And Better than Asking admin through new threads, you should Optimize your post as it meets the forum rules requirements and Both the admin and you will be cool.

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Istvan Horvath

12 years ago

The thought of the mods having to send a pm to each and every poster is just ludicrous.

Perfectly said!

However, not that much for the reasons listed above but because even if the mods would send an email/PM to the offending member... it would result in endless exchange of messages: the deleted party would NOT agree with the mod (of course!), would demand further 'explanation' etc. etc. etc.

That's why we don't get any announcement - PM or otherwise - from the mods when posts/threads are deleted. Plus, in this way we don't even know which mod deleted it, so there won't be personal attacks

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ronrule

12 years ago

Let me rephrase the OP's question...

"Would the admin that outsmarted me and figured out what I was really trying to do please tell me how he figured it out so next time I can outsmart him instead?"

Come on man ... if you really think about it you'll figure out why it was deleted. Heck, even I've had threads deleted that when I POSTED them I didn't think much about it, but after seeing it disappear I realized why it was taken that way.

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mikeink

12 years ago

Originally Posted by bankrolls

Would the admin that deleted my thread please PM me and tell me what I did wrong?

Look at it this way, This a $50.00 speeding ticket or a warning to fellow the rules. Lost 5 coffee/cookie at coffee shop.

Next time it may be a $500.00 ticket and a one week or longer suspension from posting. Now that would cut into my coffee money at Starbucks.

Third time well you take it from here.

Now there goes my weekend steak & lobster outings.
Now the ribbing you will get also

Here I come Mickey D

Please read the T&C again.

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travlinguy

12 years ago

Maybe we should have a "Sandbox" forum. You know, like PayPal. Sorta like training wheels. This would be where new members can post and become accustomed to how things work here. Then, after having a hundred or so "clean" posts they can graduate to where the big kids play. Maybe this forum would then return to: Where We Talk About Making Money :rolleyes: