Disappearing posts?

Originally Posted by stuartyboy

Hmm...national pride....it pays to show some measure of respect towards....

That'll be the same respect the particular mod showed to its members then!

sigh

I'm sorry, I don't fully understand this clipped together post.
I can understand if you feel agrieved that there was a lack of, how shall we say 'equality of respect', shown between a moderator and yourself...

... but please explain the first part?
I'm not being bitchy or anything by the way - I genuinely don't get what you are trying to say and only wish to understand the situation, or rather your point of view, correctly.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by stuartyboy

That'll be the same respect the particular mod showed to its members then!

sigh

Oh dear...

With respect, If the poster ( I dont know who it was ) had given some thought to the thread title in the first place then it wouldnt have required Mod intervention in the first place. Moaning on that the sweary word filter doesnt work properly is just dodging the problem. If people thought about what they wanted to post before they posted it, we wouldnt need it in the first place. We've had a U rating since I joined the forum at the end of 2003, nothings changed in that respect.

Moaning on about it and heavy handed moderation isnt going to get anybody anywhere and all it does is cause discontent and spread bad feeling.

Just accept it and remember for next time that we have a set of rules and that they are there for a reason even if you might not know what that reason is. I get sick of explaining the rules to be people who can't be bothered to follow them so I tend to just edit / delete stuff as I see fit. Its sometimes difficult to find a balance and sometimes I dont always get it right ( hey I'm human after all )

If whoever had posted that thread had done so in any of the other sections of the forum, the outcome ( it being deleted ) would have been just the same and no they probably wouldnt have been told about it either.

Yeah, I'd go along with that Fizzwheel but, at the risk of thread creep, K's instruction to take our national pride somewhere it really matters is pretty rude to say the least.

They might not go for pride in their country much down Northampton way but we're really quite keen on it up here.

Could be worse of course, the good people of Ulster have to share their 'region' with a foreign country while the poor old Welsh just get ignored!

It'll be the Cornish next, you mark my words...

I appologise if you felt I was being rude - but it's not like I said your national pride didn't matter now was it?
Merely that its mention in this context was not entirely appropriate... perhaps that is what I should have typed the first time, again, appologies.

As for Northampton, well, where you live is not always indicative of who your are... or where you're from.

S&WS is for the South and West of the UK, a huge area. Its spans borders and we all get along just fine. Thanks for worrying.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Oh dear...

With respect, If the poster ( I dont know who it was ) had given some thought to the thread title in the first place then it wouldnt have required Mod intervention in the first place. ........

Moaning on about it and heavy handed moderation isnt going to get anybody anywhere and all it does is cause discontent and spread bad feeling.

.....

If whoever had posted that thread had done so in any of the other sections of the forum, the outcome ( it being deleted ) would have been just the same and no they probably wouldnt have been told about it either.

Fizzwheel - it was me that made the original post and it wasn't bad at all. I did give it some thought because I'd seen similar posts before. Infact there's one on this very forum from Muzikill so I have good basis for my thread. Mine's was no different to muzikills - a simple tongue in cheek post about a test ride - or did I miss something?

Cronos deleted it - no explanation. I asked him why and I got a ridiculous excuse back.

If Cronos is going to delete threads like mine then he should at least be consistent and have the courtesy to say why. If he can't show consistency then should he be moderating our forum at all?

You are 100% correct - heavy handed moderation is pointless and breeds resentment. All I said was a bit of common sense would have went a long way.

As for posts on other threads - I've seen similar so where do we draw the line?

Originally Posted by K

I'm sorry, I don't fully understand this clipped together post.
I can understand if you feel agrieved that there was a lack of, how shall we say 'equality of respect', shown between a moderator and yourself...

... but please explain the first part?
I'm not being bitchy or anything by the way - I genuinely don't get what you are trying to say and only wish to understand the situation, or rather your point of view, correctly.

IMO there was no respect shown to me. My last post explains it well enough.

I think tiger summed it up...It's not just offensive to Scots - its offensive to English, Irish & Welsh people living in Scotland too.

I'm sorry, maybe I'm just being really dumb here, but what has national pride got to do with respect shown between a moderator and a member whose post has been deleted?
The post was deleted (I gather) due to contravention of the U rating... where does national pride come into that?
Am I missing something? Are you accusing an English moderator of picking on a Scottish post/poster?
I'm confused here.

Originally Posted by K

I'm sorry, maybe I'm just being really dumb here, but what has national pride got to do with respect shown between a moderator and a member whose post has been deleted?
The post was deleted (I gather) due to contravention of the U rating... where does national pride come into that?
Am I missing something? Are you accusing an English moderator of picking on a Scottish post/poster?
I'm confused here.

I think you're mixing up the two different issues, there was one with the nanny state this forum has become of recent times... then there was a little "moan" about us scots being classed as a region.

Originally Posted by K

I appologise

Cheerfully accepted, no harm done

Originally Posted by Dr Rich

S&WS is for the South and West of the UK, a huge area. Its spans borders and we all get along just fine. Thanks for worrying.

Oh I'm not much of a worrier me, but seriously, watch out for the Kingdom of Kernow. Splitters!