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Notice of Thread/Post Moderation A place where moderators describe action

#821 User is offline   barmar 

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Posted 2017-January-10, 10:38

I removed two off-topic, ad hominem attack posts in the Responding 1H with 3 card Major thread in the Laws & Rulings forum.

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Posted 2017-April-12, 15:32

Moved the "Mentors" thread from Water Cooler (which isn't supposed to be about Bridge/BBO) to "Find a Partner/Teacher" (a mentor is a kind of teacher).

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Posted 2017-July-18, 09:02

Deleted the "What is this" thread in BBO Tournaments Discussion. The author edited all his posts to nothing.

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Posted 2017-July-18, 09:27

Moved the thread about the Turkish cheating ruling from Water Cooler to General Bridge Discussion, since it's about bridge.

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Posted 2017-September-26, 09:28

Removed a topic from General Bridge Discussion for using an inflammatory title.

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Posted 2017-September-26, 12:15

 diana_eva, on 2017-September-26, 09:28, said:

Removed a topic from General Bridge Discussion for using an inflammatory title.


I can sympathise with this deletion but what constitutes an inflammatory title is quite subjective. If the title and content is factually misleading and inaccurate I would be more inclined to ban it. However, the OP in question linked to an article with the facts of the case so in my honest opinion the deletion was ott. I really hope it was not my doing by mentioning the BW mods! The mods at Bridgewinners err on the side of deleting posts and I think this is totally the wrong approach. In their favour I will say that they are very good at suspending trolls once their behaviour is established. They got rid of one particularly poisonous poster there and then subsequently banned him when he posted under a pseudonym.

I will add that I appreciate that this forum has this thread so that mods get accountability when they delete. Thanks.
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Posted 2017-September-26, 12:18

 broze, on 2017-September-26, 12:15, said:

I can sympathise with this deletion but what constitutes an inflammatory title is quite subjective. If the title and content is factually misleading and inaccurate I would be more inclined to ban it. However, the OP in question linked to an article with the facts of the case so in my honest opinion the deletion was ott. I really hope it was not my doing by mentioning the BW mods! The mods at Bridgewinners err on the side of deleting posts and I think this is totally the wrong approach. In their favour I will say that they are very good at suspending trolls once their behaviour is established. They got rid of one particularly poisonous poster there and then subsequently banned him when he posted under a pseudonym.

I will add that I appreciate that this forum has this thread so that mods get accountability when they delete. Thanks.


Your post had nothing to do with it. I found it borderline, and discussed with other mods then we decided to remove. The title was fake and misleading. We have no problem with the discussion itself, the headline used by the poster was the problem.

You're welcome to post or link to anything bridge related or not, but when doing so, choose a title that does not grossly misrepresent the facts.

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Posted 2017-September-28, 02:43

 diana_eva, on 2017-September-26, 12:18, said:

Your post had nothing to do with it. I found it borderline, and discussed with other mods then we decided to remove. The title was fake and misleading. We have no problem with the discussion itself, the headline used by the poster was the problem.

You're welcome to post or link to anything bridge related or not, but when doing so, choose a title that does not grossly misrepresent the facts.


What has happened to the new topic which was titled "Top bridge players convicted of gross tax fraud"?
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Posted 2017-September-28, 05:39

 diana_eva, on 2017-September-26, 12:18, said:

Your post had nothing to do with it. I found it borderline, and discussed with other mods then we decided to remove. The title was fake and misleading. We have no problem with the discussion itself, the headline used by the poster was the problem.

You're welcome to post or link to anything bridge related or not, but when doing so, choose a title that does not grossly misrepresent the facts.


But please feel free to lie as much as you want when posting to the thread because we don't give a rat's ass about that...

In all seriousness, if you're going to start getting rid of threads just because the titles are a little overblown, how about getting rid of the actual trolls starting with Al-U-Card?
This feels arbitrary at best.
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Posted 2017-September-28, 08:16

Edited the "Whatever happened to Relaxed" thread to remove the vulgar subtitle.

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Posted 2018-February-09, 16:04

Removed the "is this cheating" thread from general bridge discussions, guided poster to abuse@bridgebase.com.

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Posted 2018-February-10, 16:25

 diana_eva, on 2018-February-09, 16:04, said:

Removed the "is this cheating" thread from general bridge discussions, guided poster to abuse@bridgebase.com.


Why did you do this? The OP’s opponent psyched, and you have now encouraged the OP to continue to think that this is improper.
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Posted 2018-February-10, 18:12

 Vampyr, on 2018-February-10, 16:25, said:

Why did you do this? The OP's opponent psyched, and you have now encouraged the OP to continue to think that this is improper.


I don't know why you assume this. I closed the thread because it degenerated into flaming.

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Posted 2018-February-10, 19:47

 diana_eva, on 2018-February-10, 18:12, said:

I don't know why you assume this. I closed the thread because it degenerated into flaming.


Oh, I see. I didn’t see any of that.
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Posted 2019-April-04, 14:56

Removed a possum rant about players who game the bots.

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Posted 2019-April-06, 20:42

 diana_eva, on 2019-April-04, 14:56, said:

Removed a possum rant about players who game the bots.


Even if they do. Not allowed to mention it eh :)

I'll be more careful about upsetting powerful people here in future. I'm used to it by now. They always get upset on whichever forum it is. Goes with the territory :)
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Posted 2019-April-06, 21:09

 thepossum, on 2019-April-06, 20:42, said:

Even if they do. Not allowed to mention it eh :)


Hardly. You just don't get to say that people who do so are cheats.
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Posted 2019-April-06, 22:06

 thepossum, on 2019-April-06, 20:42, said:

w. They always get upset on whichever forum it is. Goes with the territory :)


As the saying goes, if you smell crap everywhere you go, maybe check the bottom of your shoes.
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Posted 2019-April-07, 03:13

Pls don't hijack the thread.

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Posted 2019-October-15, 08:48

I deleted a thread calling for banning Turkish players from BBO. Our policies are not based on politics and racism.

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