[barmar]

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

[barmar]

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).

[barmar]

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

[barmar]

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

[diana_eva]

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

[broze]

 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.

[diana_eva]

 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.

[broze]

 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"?

[hrothgar]

 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.

[barmar]

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

[diana_eva]

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

[Vampyr]

 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.

[diana_eva]

 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.

[Vampyr]

 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.

[diana_eva]

Removed a possum rant about players who game the bots.

[thepossum]

 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

[hrothgar]

 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.

[TylerE]

 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.

[diana_eva]

Pls don't hijack the thread.

[barmar]

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