So What Gets Deleted?

I was a bit disappointed to find that the recent dehydrator thread has been deleted.

I thought I'd dreamed it until I found it via the search function.

So Beth was a bit sweary - big deal.  The rest of the thread was a reasonable discussion and I  am a bit miffed that my carefully crafted comments have been deleted from history.

If you're out there, Big Brother, what are your criteria for deciding who becomes an 'unperson' and whose comments are deleted from history?

Best Regards

Winston Smith    

Was it really deleted? fucking hell!

We have to stand up these censorious bastards now!

Who's with me, brothers (and sisters)...

Ray !!!!! wrote (see)

have not got it fb but i do have a recent post from a couple of weeks back when peeps were on langdale meet.

OH

Anyway back on topic, I think Jake is looking for a degree of transparency and consistency in moderation - Is that right Jake or did I miss the point?

Fossil Bluff wrote (see)

OH

Anyway back on topic, I think Jake is looking for a degree of transparency and consistency in moderation - Is that right Jake or did I miss the point?

Yup Bloof.  You should take as a guideline that the Langdale incident should have been deleted.  Does that make everything clear?

Frum wrote (see)

Yup Bloof.  You should take as a guideline that the Langdale incident should have been deleted.  Does that make everything clear?

Fossil Bluff wrote (see)

OH

Anyway back on topic, I think Jake is looking for a degree of transparency and consistency in moderation - Is that right Jake or did I miss the point?

You did indeed get the point my friend.

Why is it OK for people to swear on the Windy thread and not on others?

I could understand the Mods deleting the Windy thread on the grounds of not boring the rest of us to death with their witless drivel but that's a whole other conversation...   

Langdale incident?

now I'm very curious! ...is someone going to pm or email me the details

...please?

I can tell you all about Langdale Glyn as unlike these sorry tossers I was actually there..

It rained, a lot

We drank beer, a lot

I enjoyed it, a lot ....apart from the rainy bits......ah 

Jake wrote (see)

You did indeed get the point my friend.

Why is it OK for people to swear on the Windy thread and not on others?

I could understand the Mods deleting the Windy thread on the grounds of not boring the rest of us to death with their witless drivel but that's a whole other conversation...   

I couldnt agree more.

The threads are not independant little islands divorced from the rest of the world, nor are they private to some people and not others. I would imagine the vast majority of views on this forum come from non members getting google hits.

So why is it acceptable for someone to say 'Fuck' on windy - and yet it will be deleted from here as soon as a brown noser reports it?

Interesting isnt it

I think Jon does a good job of moderating this forum. Basically, letting us get on with it like adults and self moderate until someone has a fair grievance and complains.

I don't know why the thread mentioned in the OP was pulled, it contained worth while stuff. I was following it from the beginning and cannot see any reason... even if people did get a bit sweary. It's a Saturday, Jon normally has better things to do and a bit of sweary rant normally goes un-checked, or just that post will be modified. So I'm guessing that the original poster of that thread asked Jon to pull it.

Rocky wrote (see)

 So I'm guessing that the original poster of that thread asked Jon to pull it.

OutdoorsMagic Editor | jon@outdoorsmagic.com 

Jake wrote (see)

Fossil Bluff wrote (see)

OH

Anyway back on topic, I think Jake is looking for a degree of transparency and consistency in moderation - Is that right Jake or did I miss the point?

You did indeed get the point my friend.

Why is it OK for people to swear on the Windy thread and not on others?

I could understand the Mods deleting the Windy thread on the grounds of not boring the rest of us to death with their witless drivel but that's a whole other conversation...   

Folks would do well to realise that there are real people behind the forum personas.

Some things aren't funny, and are not for an uninvited audience. It's maybe easy to forget that this place isn't a pub with a few mates sitting around the bar; anyone with an internet connection can read what's posted here.

Jake: We may well spout witless drivel, but on the whole we at least have some sense of propriety.

Jake wrote (see)

Why is it OK for people to swear on the Windy thread and not on others?

I could understand the Mods deleting the Windy thread on the grounds of not boring the rest of us to death with their witless drivel but that's a whole other conversation...   

Jake, to help us evaluate your criticism please say whether you :

a. Visited Windy once, saw what it was like and thereafter kept away.

b. Are a regular, long term lurker (aka peeping Tom) there.