Dumb question

[rusmeister]

What does it mean when a thread disappears completely? Nothing in the 'own posts' or the control panel, not locked, not moved, but just gone.


"OK, George. You've got your wish. You've never been born."

[Philothei]

Memory eternal.... for your thread....lol.. it means someone zapped it....

[Theophorus]

Memory eternal.... for your thread....lol.. it means someone zapped it....


That's geigh.

[Akathist]

Please pm with with the specifics. I can tell you what I am allowed to tell you.

[Khaleas]

The the big bad dictator door ogre ate it :P

Guess this site has gone 'super secret' again...

[rusmeister]

Please pm with with the specifics. I can tell you what I am allowed to tell you.
Roger Dodger! Have done so!

[Akathist]

oh, just for clarity sake. I think it only fair to say that the thread in question was not started by rusmeister.

If staff temporarily remove a thread (which is not very often) for staff discussion a notice should be given automatically. There could be a bug but last I heard there wasn't for these automatic reports in particular. (But we do have a bug about notices for reported posts that I understood had been fixed.)

If staff decide to remove a thread permenantly, the person who started the thread is given an explanation through the pm system.

Staff are not allowed to discuss actions we take on another member's post or thread. But, we as staff work hard to explain these actions to the member.

We often have to do things that might not make sense to another member because you are not aware of all the particulars. And, to protect privacy, we can't share all of this publically.

[Matrona]

The the big bad dictator door ogre ate it :P

Guess this site has gone 'super secret' again...

How long until the Christ of Maryknoll avatars return?

[rusmeister]

Thanks! My remaining objection is to causing the threads to disappear completely, leaving no trace. I ought to be able to see at least that the thread was purposefully removed.

[Thekla]

Thanks! My remaining objection is to causing the threads to disappear completely, leaving no trace. I ought to be able to see at least that the thread was purposefully removed.
at our age, in ten years we won't even notice ;)

[Hoankan]

I can sort of understand this. However, just imagine that annoying advertiser X puts up an add for pornography. Deleting it the way things are now makes this thread completely disappear. However if we show it, then you still have a bunch of disgusting words to contend with on the TAW main page. Not to mention if it gets busy and several are deleted at once, then you have a giant mess of deleted threads sitting there taking up space on the first page instead of the stuff we want to read.

[rusmeister]

I can sort of understand this. However, just imagine that annoying advertiser X puts up an add for pornography. Deleting it the way things are now makes this thread completely disappear. However if we show it, then you still have a bunch of disgusting words to contend with on the TAW main page. Not to mention if it gets busy and several are deleted at once, then you have a giant mess of deleted threads sitting there taking up space on the first page instead of the stuff we want to read.
Of course that makes sense.
But can't we distinguish between porno idiocy and regular posters?

[Tonks]

Of course that makes sense.
But can't we distinguish between porno idiocy and regular posters?

True...but the only thing that you would see would be a redirect (it would say "moved" with an arrow) with the thread title and when you clicked on it you'd get this message (substitute your own username...):

Tonks, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

[Tonks]

I also should have added...we're discussing a solution that tries to address these issues so it doesn't appear that threads are disappearing into a black hole...