Moderator Action Sticky
Brian has requested that instead of deleting each individual comment in the Moderator Action Sticky, that we instead just create a new thread. It takes hours of less time, preserves the comments for future explanations, and just clears things up faster.
You'll notice that the previous thread is now locked, and will slowly fade back into darkness. For the time being, the link from the Useful Stuff menu will point to the wrong location. We're working on a fix for that.
This thread is an ad-hoc way of tracking what threads and comments get removed. Mods that remove a thread should post the title here with a brief reason as to why the thread is gone.
NOTE: if you leave an irrelevant comment in this thread it will be deleted.
Mgoblog is not Bleacher Report.
Hey, this went downhill quickly.
OT: Billable hours App for iphone/ipod question
OT - 10 days till GMAT - any cram suggestions?
Let's discourage the board from becoming a kiosk. The more OT things we let slide, the closer we get to the entire sidebar becoming "Jobs to Save the Environment" posters.*
* BTW - this isn't a statement about the environment (I do enough of that at my day job). It's about how every kiosk used to get completely covered by those gd "Jobs to Save the Environment" fliers.
Not permitted.
OP was passing on info and didn't name names, but the effect of such things is always going to be speculation followed by names, followed by whatever that was today plus bans.
Just 'cause another site is willing to report something doesn't mean it meets the line of cred for this site. When you're posting information, please try to maintain all of this blog's journalistic standards.
META: Just Because the Internet Is Anonymous, Doesn't Mean its Okay
I appreciate the sentiment but the more you keep bringing up the "something that might have happened" the more people will go looking to find somethihng that might have happened.
Everything discussed here is already in the MGoBoard FAQ:
Why did my post get deleted/edited?
Getting personal on college athletes usually results in a deletion, and virtually always when it's a Michigan player in question. Threads that invite flaming also get deleted. Threads with misleading titles designed to scare the crap out of readers before they click will either be deleted or edited so that their titles reflect their contents.
Threads that invite flaming also get deleted.They may get deleted but typically not until there has been 191 comments and 15,000 page views. I know I'm not the most widely loved poster but there has to be something that can be done to stop things like this from happening again.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/empty-net-goal-photoshop-thread#new
Brian, you gotta mod-power some guys to delete comments like the one's deep down on sight. it's been up eight hours
Threads on players and former players' personal lives will generally get deleted unless they are directly relevant (for example a guy's public website making an announcement, or like with LaMarr Woodley who uses Facebook to organize his charity efforts and keep in touch with fans).
Thanks.
OT: antasy baseball.
Mostly harmless, but nixed under the "Board's not a diag kiosk" rule.
"JOBS TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!" people! COME SEE OBLIVION PLAY TONIGHT AT THE BLIND PIG!
Actually, Oblivion at the pig was a great show.
May be the wrong place to post this, but is there a reason other people can not see my posts? I've been talking to myself for a few months now. Is it something I did?
"[Player] commits to UM."
TomVH said in the comments that [player] did not want this released and that he was going to make his announcement on Friday. Can we please delete this thread?
done. Thanks.
Want to buy or sale your old cars with exiting price
then visit this site..====
Deleted a thread on a rumor denied the same day by the guy who started it. Apologies to those who already made popcorn.
Deleted thread on cop who got cop of the year, but not before the conversation turned to whether iMacs are bigots.
No, you don't get to know how they got there.
any particular reason why I lost something like 600 points last night? I don't see a points chart anymore so just curious...
Weird - You got hit with a massive points expiry.
What did you do that got pos-banged like a MF-er on April 15, 2010, around 2 to 3 a.m.?
I've adjusted you back to where you should be able to do everything again.
point loss today. Did I do something offensive?
FA and I used to give lumps of points for absurdly great things last year so it's probably that.
I'm not as insigntful as you are with this, because this is (an at least part time) job for you.
However, I've edited the thread about M's salaries and Title IX enough times that it could possibly deserve a diary. If you could make this decision I would be very grateful. I started it as a thread and it ended looking like a diary.
Either way, thank you Misopogon.
Appreciate it.
I unpublished both threads. Calling out "fair weather fans" is the kind of thing that happens to every fanbase. Since I can't moderate it properly and a minority have gone to fightin' words, I'm killing it off because ultimately the whole idea of superiority among fans based on old divisions is just incredibly petty.
Are you sure you want to delete OT: new Gorillaz album "The Fall"
yes.
Are you sure you want to delete "OT Casino winner"
yes. Congrats, though. Next round's on you!
Also: Dropped some hammers. If you see angry responses to things that seem to be harmless, that's the caving.
April 19th, 2011 at 12:57 PM ^
No Bleacher Report.
April 19th, 2011 at 12:58 PM ^
No Bleacher Report.
If you know "it's just Bleacher Report," don't post it. That is not acceptable content.
I'm just curious as to why my "foreclosed personalities" post was deleted.
New meme: any time someone copies and pastes a Huffington Post or Drudge whatever article, I'm BAMN-ing it.
Today: People against the proliferation of longer lasting lightbulbs By Any Means Necessary!
A new mod!
Just out of curiosity, it is now the offseason, are OT posts going to be tolerated more now? Or are they still a no no for some reason?
OT is tolerated, but things that are really stupid, inappropriate, or political are going to get pulled and I'm going to put the poster in time out for a little while.
OP got the minus 150 he had earned through cumulative negging. Thread deleted because it was going nowhere fast.
I'll give the OP credit and assume the post was sarcastic, but there were already at least five NCAA 2012 posts in the past couple of days--at least one of which mentioned the drum major.
April 23rd, 2011 at 11:49 AM ^
comment 37 (i think) - user should be caved
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/darrius-morris-repsonds-izzo-post-game-comm…
Done
...that this thread might get out of control?
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-brandon-marshall-stabbed-wife
Some moderation is in order.
Couple people got put in the penalty box for a month. Thanks.
Repeat.
April 23rd, 2011 at 11:41 PM ^
but about 75% of the threads I comment on end up in these mod action stickies.
April 25th, 2011 at 12:35 PM ^
I'd send an email. But someone may want to delete his post here-
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/so-what-did-i-miss
Off the site completely.
He's on a flight to Bolivia.
Lost Keep Jim Tressel thread. Didn't really add anything and there's a Tress thread right below it.
April 25th, 2011 at 10:36 PM ^
Yeah
No need to scare the denizens because Rivals is slow to update.
Best wishes to Tuscaloosans, but too OT.