2007-12-30

What would lead someone to create the Ballbra men's underwear?

Post 67814 by jayzallme deleted for the following reason: This Is Against The Rules. -- jessamyn

2007-12-29

vinyl sleeve heads

Post 67804 by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese deleted for the following reason: The first four words of this deletion reason are actually the cover of the debut album of Tommy Double and the Conjoiners. -- cortex

Riot Right Clit Click Shave Save

Post 67799 by freshwater_pr0n deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

Best Weblogs About Media and Journalism

Post 67785 by jlori deleted for the following reason: put it projects, thanks! -- jessamyn

*insert line from video here to render joke unfunny*

Post 67784 by Christ, what an asshole deleted for the following reason: We've seen some of this previously, and you admit that you main link isn't up to snuff, and you're being super defensive in the thread? And you decided to go with "cunt" for a username? This may not be the best way to debut your new account. -- cortex

2007-12-27

Securing Pakistan's Nukes

Post 67746 by scalefree deleted for the following reason: Put this in the open thread. -- cortex

Dry Cleaning v Radioactivity

Post 67742 by tombola deleted for the following reason: Ugh. So this is the latest in a long history of posts to sites you either run or edit? Not cool. -- cortex

2007-12-25

"I can still actually feel her smell"

Post 67718 by amyms deleted for the following reason: Alas, a double, and recently. -- cortex

Over on the r i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ght....

Post 67715 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: this is a grindy grindy OMGXIANS post and really isn't a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2007-12-24

"I always hesitate to say things like this in interviews because they tend to come back to haunt you, but if I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled."

Post 67707 by dawson deleted for the following reason: Double. Creepy! -- cortex

I play poker (and lose).

Post 67703 by timsteil deleted for the following reason: if your one tag is metafilter and your point is metafilter then this maybe needs to go on metatalk. Calling out an ex-user in this fashion detracts from what might otherwise be a decent post. -- jessamyn

2007-12-23

Not Romney Says Monitor Editors

Post 67690 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: single link blog op ed filter -- jessamyn

2007-12-22

How seo effect search engines results ?

Post 67668 by emilio deleted for the following reason: This is a bad idea. -- pb

... the grave deeper.

Post 67656 by Pants! deleted for the following reason: Let's all just revel in the irony of this deletion. -- cortex

2007-12-21

Handbell hero

Post 67637 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: The truth? You can't handbell the truth! -- cortex

Huckabee on Foreign Affairs

Post 67631 by shivohum deleted for the following reason: single link typoed op ed with a lot of RWAR RWAR RWAR language in it and a lot of elided pullquotes. This isn't really a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2007-12-20

A new dawn

Post 67620 by ruelle deleted for the following reason: doppelter Pfosten -- cortex

2007-12-19

Because everyone needs a little tightening now and then.

Post 67595 by blatant gizmo deleted for the following reason: The whole "don't self-link or you'll get your post deleted and your account banned" thing isn't exactly a minor policy point around here. -- cortex

Christopher Hitchens Gives a Dramatic Reading of Tom Lehrer's "A Christmas Carol"

Post 67585 by pjdoland deleted for the following reason: If you're going to post an example of Christopher Hitchens being a provactive dick, it should probably be something just dang superlative, not a short video of him bitching about Christmas and butchering Tom Lehrer. -- cortex

2007-12-18

Sexy Women in Space

Post 67565 by nixerman deleted for the following reason: not much here beyond zomg hot women -- mathowie

The Future is Now

Post 67550 by Chinese Jet Pilot deleted for the following reason: Four lightweight articles (one is a paragraph blurb!) trying to make a general point doesn't really add up to a quality post. -- cortex

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Post 67547 by craniac deleted for the following reason: The content here -- celebrity's age, get surgery -- isn't exactly new stuff, the presentation of the photos kind of sucks at that, and you've bizarrely pushing people toward some other bulletin board. This is a pretty strange post. -- cortex

Rabbit pulled out of a Language Hat

Post 67545 by cogneuro deleted for the following reason: To metatalk, before the horses get randy again! -- cortex

2007-12-17

HEEYUKYUKYUKYUKYUK

Post 67527 by pyramid termite deleted for the following reason: Ha ha! -- cortex

Is France Ready For A FLILF?

Post 67526 by Skeptic deleted for the following reason: bleh. -- jessamyn

2007-12-16

Underrated Beatles Songs start at Song of the Day

Post 67506 by randyripoff deleted for the following reason: good morning, self-link, banned. -- jessamyn

2007-12-15

The Bali Roadmap

Post 67475 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: this is a single link to a news wire article on a hot button topic. If you're really passionate about global warming, you might want to make a post with more depth and content. -- jessamyn

Teddy Muhammad

Post 67473 by lunit deleted for the following reason: The Teddy Bear product thing is kind of lame and banal mean-spiritedness, and the rest of this is just recapping updating on the still-open thread that you linked. Probably better to just drop this as an update comment there than start a huge argument here. -- cortex

He turns to me and says "That’s the Spice Girls - they’re this like, girly f*ckin’ band from England in Scotlandshire."

Post 67468 by beaucoupkevin deleted for the following reason: NSFW: Lame. Sorry Astro Zombie. -- jessamyn

2007-12-14

test post

Post 67458 by pb deleted for the following reason: Just a test -- pb

The Best Entertainment-Related Gifts

Post 67457 by Coherence Panda deleted for the following reason: An skimpy EW blog entry and a product page for a novelty wonka ticket? There doesn't seem to really be a post here. -- cortex

heroine

Post 67454 by plexi deleted for the following reason: Been there, Dimmocked that. -- cortex

Miles and Miles of Shiny Things

Post 67452 by Stynxno deleted for the following reason: wish this wasn't lame. alas, it is. -- jessamyn

Clarity

Post 67441 by jimfl deleted for the following reason: this is a press release and a wikipedia article. While I agree it's sort of inteersting news, newsfilter posts are held to a sort of higher "why shoudl I care" standard since it's a huge melting pot of nerds from all over here. -- jessamyn

2007-12-13

Small moves, Ellie, small moves.

Post 67434 by ikahime deleted for the following reason: And good for her, but a link to a defamer about water cooler celebrity stuff that anybody who cares has already heard about is pretty weak stuff. -- cortex

7-year-old shot 6 times

Post 67430 by k8t deleted for the following reason: This is an awful story, but local sensational-violence newsfilter with a botched summary and a donate-here link is pretty off the mark for an good metafilter post. -- cortex

Merry Christmas

Post 67429 by 31d1 deleted for the following reason: This seems like a pretty bad idea. Sparking a debate—especially with provocative presentation—shouldn't really be the primary justification for posting. -- cortex

Little Miss Muffet sat on her crumpet

Post 67423 by plexi deleted for the following reason: This is crappy fight-starter of an op-ed. -- cortex

Mitchell Report

Post 67416 by stupidsexyFlanders deleted for the following reason: I'd say wait until the report really comes out. -- mathowie

2007-12-12

I CAN HAZ DARKNESS PLZ?

Post 67397 by InnocentBystander deleted for the following reason: Can't start a fire / can't start a fire without a spark / this post's for hire / even for doublepostin' in the dark -- cortex

the Gap

Post 67385 by plexi deleted for the following reason: Throwing together some blurby news bits is probably not a great way to approach a post about something as emotionally and culturally charged as this. -- cortex

Biore Nose Strip Zit Contest?

Post 67383 by emilbus20 deleted for the following reason: popped. eww. -- jessamyn

2007-12-11

ZOMG! I want one!

Post 67371 by jlowen deleted for the following reason: Meh. -- cortex

2007-12-10

Bad dog. BAD.

Post 67319 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: Ayuh, that dog sure was humping the crap outta some inanimate objects alright. -- cortex

2007-12-09

Making "The Shining"

Post 67316 by dhammond deleted for the following reason: Yep, it's a double. -- cortex

4 Star Review of the Bic Crystal

Post 67314 by spock deleted for the following reason: A sarcastic review on Amazon (a) is pretty thin for front page material, and (b) has been done in at least a half-dozen previous posts. This post has been flagged something fearsome. -- cortex

Rule 34 strikes again.

Post 67303 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: You know, we don't have to prove Rule 34 by example, and it feels like it's been a little heavy on the "well, look at this weird porn!" stuff lately. -- cortex

2007-12-08

Combinatoric economics (beta)

Post 67294 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh / The phone, the tv and the news of the world / Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh / Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies / Put us back on the train / Oh, back on the chain gang -- cortex

2007-12-07

What does "matures" mean?

Post 67282 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

The enchanting Joseph Smith

Post 67262 by barjo deleted for the following reason: we've done jack chick and lolxians a fair amount here already and this is a link to a comic, a mefi post and a mefi tag search. -- jessamyn

2007-12-06

Mind over METAL!!!

Post 67247 by jonmc deleted for the following reason: two rhino box set posts in two days is probably one too many. -- jessamyn

Crazy guy sues everyone who was mean to him online

Post 67227 by ObscureReferenceMan deleted for the following reason: Closed randi forums kinda neuter this for the vast majority of readers, unfortunately. -- cortex

2007-12-05

How to be evil with your photos

Post 67191 by sim.possible deleted for the following reason: Well, people seem to think this pretty much sucks. (Curious, though, from the blog: "The winners will be announced here on 31st February 2008." Handy.) -- cortex

Wikipedia-like interface, but for pornography.

Post 67185 by mxmiller deleted for the following reason: With you having just just posted this (twice!) to reddit, bidding for SEO jobs for "an adult website", and other hits for a marc miller pimping the site, this is looking like a pretty blatant self-link. -- cortex

2007-12-04

Chimps are smarter than you

Post 67149 by Mwongozi deleted for the following reason: Still up for debate is how chimps would stack up in the "avoiding double posts" category. -- cortex

2007-12-03

Sperm Donor 'Dad' Must Pay Child Support

Post 67136 by five fresh fish deleted for the following reason: "the topic is a dead parrot" but thanks for trying fff. -- jessamyn

2007-12-02

Verizon disconnects 2 lives

Post 67104 by daninnj deleted for the following reason: this is a single-link newsfilter post with extra dog torture for extra "look at these assholes" characteristics which make it not really that great a post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

Incredibly Secluded Houses

Post 67103 by Ritchie deleted for the following reason: incredibly doubled posts! -- cortex

Should we kill feral cats who kill endangered birds?

Post 67102 by shivohum deleted for the following reason: Just talked about this, including Stevenson, a couple weeks ago. -- cortex

Donate sperm? You may owe child support!

Post 67099 by Sukiari deleted for the following reason: single link newsfilter post about a likely-to-be-hot-button topic is not a great post for metafilter. If you have your own blog, this is a good place to put this. -- jessamyn

On the last beat, drop dead.

Post 67095 by divabat deleted for the following reason: they cut off my link / now I'm a double post / gosh darn you -- cortex

A book lovers paradise

Post 67081 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: If you're going to just link to a store front, it's probably a good idea to tell people what's so awesome about it that's making you put it on the front page. -- cortex

2007-12-01

At the Library? At the Library!

Post 67057 by Miko deleted for the following reason: Miko has been snared by the wily cryptodouble! -- cortex

2007-11-30

Fast Food Linux

Post 67049 by willlangford deleted for the following reason: This is a really thin post (forgive an unkind reference to, say, Slashdot in 1998?); the collapse of objective quality-detection is a big part of why linking to your friends' stuff is generally just not okay on the front page. -- cortex

Hostages taken at Clinton campaign office in New Hampshire

Post 67036 by GrooveJedi deleted for the following reason: nothing personal, but it's a rare story that merits a "BREAKING NEWS" post and there's nothing really to discuss about this one -- jessamyn

Pictures from hitchiking across america

Post 67031 by apathy0o0 deleted for the following reason: Man, I already did this hike. -- cortex

Accordian Hero!

Post 67024 by Steven C. Den Beste deleted for the following reason: I'm deleting this pretty much double to protest the continued delays of Banjo Hero. -- cortex

2007-11-29

Giuliani's terrorist ties

Post 67010 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: there is an open giulinai thread from yesterday, please put these links there, thank you. -- jessamyn

2007-11-28

The end of development?

Post 66977 by chanakya deleted for the following reason: dude, you work at the Wolfensohn Center, so I'd call this a self-link, banned. -- mathowie

2007-11-27

eXtreme Sports?

Post 66949 by IronLizard deleted for the following reason: Guh, this is pretty low-rent stuff. Were you trying to start a fight? -- cortex

Pretty Woman, Pretty Man

Post 66925 by djlynch deleted for the following reason: If your only links are a blog entry that you don't really consider up to snuff and a less-than-a-day-old mefi thread, you should probably hold off and not post. This feels like it's primarly an excuse to state your opinion and start a discussion, which isn't how the front page is supposed to work. -- cortex

Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash

Post 66913 by KokuRyu deleted for the following reason: Alas: Cannonball Done. -- cortex

The Bugle Podcast feat. John Oliver of TDS

Post 66911 by srboisvert deleted for the following reason: bugle bugle -- cortex

2007-11-26

Personalized Sharpies

Post 66905 by k8t deleted for the following reason: I think maybe people yell "Pepsi Blue" a little too quickly or easily around here sometimes, but this is really, really freakin' advertisey and I'm not sure why it needs this kind of front page attention. -- cortex

This is simply a test of the...

Post 66892 by pb deleted for the following reason: test only -- pb

We're all going to buy...

Post 66891 by roofus deleted for the following reason: There's a UK number one single thread just down the page a bit. Put this there, eh? -- cortex

No Love from Russia I guess?!?

Post 66876 by Mastercheddaar deleted for the following reason: Dumb little fluff news pieces aren't great front page material. -- cortex

2007-11-25

charge your DAP with an onion

Post 66871 by univac deleted for the following reason: I deleted this double using nothing but a potato, some scotch tape, and a tired MacGuyver allusion. -- cortex

Wank*Mart

Post 66870 by c0nsumer deleted for the following reason: You know, there's nothing inherently wrong with sexually explicit posts on the front page, but this is seriously just a bunch of videos a guy shot of himself jerking off. I'm not sure that quite clears the bar for being worth the hooah it's causing here. -- cortex

How It All Ends

Post 66860 by odinsdream deleted for the following reason: We saw this guy a few months ago and had a huge argument already back then. -- cortex

It's my problem-free / philosophy / vagina dentata

Post 66859 by Weebot deleted for the following reason: Er, it's nothing but a movie trailer, and a coy, run-of-the-mill one at that. This seems pretty dang slim. -- cortex

Oh the humanity!

Post 66858 by scalefree deleted for the following reason: just a plain old fundraising page for Ron Paul. Not very interesting at all. -- mathowie

BoC Videos

Post 66853 by bigmusic deleted for the following reason: This is a really great example of taking an admirable idea and a lot of effort and completely compromising them by a miserable, easy-to-misunderstand stuntish abuse of the guidelines. Why shoot yourself in the foot by going out of your way to make your post piss people off like this? -- cortex

2007-11-24

There's a stranger out to find you!

Post 66851 by p3on deleted for the following reason: Doubletales / Wooh-ooh -- cortex

Digging a hole

Post 66847 by bryanzera deleted for the following reason: Previously, with better links. -- cortex

Bush Admin: What You Don't Know Can't Hurt Us

Post 66841 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: this is a single link bloggish op ed link to TPM Muchraker which rarely make good links on metafilter. People who want to rend garments or OMGOMGOMG over this can go to TPM Muckraker which is quite a decent blog in its own right, and yet different from MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

Very Short Introductions - book series

Post 66832 by stbalbach deleted for the following reason: yeah, there's nothing here to actually read, just order pages for the books -- mathowie

2007-11-23

British Museum Database of Prints

Post 66826 by peacay deleted for the following reason: Ha! peacay thinks that this is his first double! -- cortex

2007-11-22

Desert Bus for Hope

Post 66802 by joelf deleted for the following reason: 'Hey, look at this thing my friend is doing' is really pretty much not okay. -- cortex

2007-11-21

One-link, BBC Newsfilter post.

Post 66770 by malaprohibita deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. if you absolutely must make a post that violates some basic site guideline why don't you spend your time crafting a good post about it, not highlighting the fact that you have made a one link bbc newsfilter post, which this is, which is not that good for metafilter. -- jessamyn

Former Rhodesian PM Ian Smith dies

Post 66767 by cousincozen deleted for the following reason: cousin, you're done here. enough with the race issue. -- mathowie

MSM?

Post 66761 by mrgrimm deleted for the following reason: We've already had a whopper of a thread about Conservapedia this year; a LOL GAYBOMB update doesn't really cut the mustard. -- cortex

Take a peek inside.

Post 66749 by From Bklyn deleted for the following reason: Sorta did this a couple of times before, alas. -- cortex

2007-11-20

Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) - a one hour and ten minute Google video

Post 66747 by y2karl deleted for the following reason: Apollo Threeatre -- cortex

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

Post 66745 by CRESTA deleted for the following reason: This is a really, really lousy way to make a front page post. Your strongly worded opinion about a piece of news = really bad setup for a thread. -- cortex

League of Extraordinary Freelancers, activate!

Post 66736 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: Building a post around a certain-to-be-deleted youtube clip of a Simpsons episode is probably not a great plan. -- cortex

Tips for Keeping Dogs Safe at Thanksgiving

Post 66735 by wckdgfy deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned. you own sansanpups.com dude, c'mon. -- mathowie

Junior High Reading Level

Post 66718 by caddis deleted for the following reason: Ack! Site at main link generates payday-loan site linkspam badges. That's pretty slimy stuff. -- cortex

half time

Post 66716 by four panels deleted for the following reason: nice work, "sports" tag? We really really do not need another OMG sexism thread right now. -- jessamyn

Boys, 8 and 9 arrested and Charged with Rape & Kidnapping.

Post 66706 by ItsaMario deleted for the following reason: just because there are three links to news stories doesn't essentially make this not a one-off newsfilter post. -- jessamyn

2007-11-19

hear THE FUFUMAL! (MP3 online)

Post 66695 by KateGladstone deleted for the following reason: Self-links are a bad, bad thing. Don't do this. -- cortex

499

Post 66686 by nihlton deleted for the following reason: Uh, this is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

how much i got on it = $5

Post 66681 by localhuman deleted for the following reason: Should have used the Guess-and-Check-Yourself-Before-You-Wreck-Yourself method. -- cortex

Fiscal issues... America's forgotten child...

Post 66679 by crewshell deleted for the following reason: Don't use mefi to mirror your blog. That you like Ron Paul does not make this okay. -- cortex

2007-11-18

The Secret to Weight Loss

Post 66668 by tehloki deleted for the following reason: don't be cryptic - this isn't a great time to post some context-free post about women and body issues. -- jessamyn

2007-11-16

Ribbut? Dogg? Finbook?

Post 66620 by salvia deleted for the following reason: request. -- jessamyn

Animoto

Post 66618 by desolepas deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned -- mathowie

At Last a Use for the Mobile Phone

Post 66604 by jennydiski deleted for the following reason: one exhibitionism post per day is enough. This is linked in the thread just below this. Please don't use MetaFilter to forward your point from metatalk. -- jessamyn

2007-11-15

Torches and pitchforks 2.0?

Post 66598 by sacre_bleu deleted for the following reason: post updates to the still-open thread. -- mathowie

Studio Execs have Rights Too

Post 66597 by SansPoint deleted for the following reason: Let's not go crazy with the WGA updatefilter. Relevant thread is still very open. -- cortex

Save the dollar

Post 66596 by watercressprincess deleted for the following reason: digg is two doors down, on the left. -- mathowie

Robots with arms of light WILL eat you!!!

Post 66593 by snsranch deleted for the following reason: Pretty much a straight-up double. -- cortex

All the cool kids know

Post 66582 by nímwunnan deleted for the following reason: already on metatalk -- mathowie

Doggy style

Post 66578 by dov3 deleted for the following reason: Okay, enough with the News Of The Weird posts, people. -- cortex

Audrey Hepburn IS Anne Frank

Post 66569 by Iridic deleted for the following reason: Let the deletion trivia of notdoubleposting.com transport you to the alternate universe in which this didn't just get nuked. -- cortex

Nice cash and prizes, buddy!

Post 66565 by miss lynnster deleted for the following reason: lame-ish craiglist post with an image you can't even read -- mathowie

2007-11-14

Another historic Las Vegas Hotel Imploded

Post 66552 by NVjulie deleted for the following reason: you work for Online Nevada, this post is badly formatted AND against the rules quite seriously so on both counts. -- jessamyn

Let's talk about nudism

Post 66549 by dasheekeejones deleted for the following reason: There's nothing wrong with posting about nudism, per se, but when your whole post is a link to a random forum thread it we're not looking at top-shelf posting material. -- cortex

Berkowitz loves Bush and whining

Post 66539 by shotgunbooty deleted for the following reason: you know, I hate hatred too but this post is just SLBOE (single link blog op ed) except with a second SLBOE to keep it company. -- jessamyn

2007-11-13

If the CEO of Babies R Us had a wet dream, it would look like this.

Post 66518 by InnocentBystander deleted for the following reason: This is kind a nice bump-and-set roundup on multiple birth, but the title and the last link make for kind of a crappy spike to the whole thing. -- cortex

A 2 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST A BLOGGER?

Post 66499 by sundaymag deleted for the following reason: Weird quoting of a blog, too much outrage and opinion. Maybe wait until it's over and post about the aftermath? -- mathowie

It's stylish...

Post 66497 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Uh, what? -- cortex

WERNER HERZOG HERO-WORSHIP

Post 66478 by Faustino deleted for the following reason: Hey, check it out! You posted this from the same IP as someone else who was busted for self-linking to Vice content! Small world, I guess. -- cortex

2007-11-12

Lois Kills Stewie

Post 66466 by augustweed deleted for the following reason: one rawstory link especally one that is a LOLBUSHism is really not a good front page post to metafilter as others here have so aptly noted. -- jessamyn

creepy banjo

Post 66462 by vronsky deleted for the following reason: Pretty underwhelming video, and the threads not really going great either. -- cortex

Stop smoking

Post 66446 by drift85 deleted for the following reason: this is sort of a weird agendafilter post for metafilter - it's unclear what, if anything, makes these videos any different from the bazillion other stop smoking ads on the internet and as such why they are in this fpp. -- jessamyn

2007-11-11

Angry underclass might erupt in U.S.

Post 66421 by cousincozen deleted for the following reason: please do not write these sorts of OMG HANDS IN AIR posts here. If there is good stuff on the web you'd like to share, please do, ut starting off on a foot like this is a surefire way to make your thread go badly. -- jessamyn

2007-11-10

"I put myself mentally and emotionally in the head of the offender."

Post 66414 by amyms deleted for the following reason: posted previous - a post about profilers generally in a few days or so would be great. -- jessamyn

The Jedi Knight Shift

Post 66409 by marxchivist deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

2007-11-09

Head pats + t-shirts ≠ atonement

Post 66391 by aerotive deleted for the following reason: what? this is one photograph, we had our obligatory poke at GWB yesterday. -- jessamyn

NerdFury!

Post 66374 by sisquoc15 deleted for the following reason: This is pretty thin material for a post, and propping it up with a Scavanger Hunt suggestion isn't a great idea either. -- cortex

The Hypotrochoid Lives and Breathes in this Oiginal Blog (Not mine!)

Post 66371 by jb_thms deleted for the following reason: You're four for four on Mefi posts linking to sites run by this guy, and your "I came across..." here rings pretty disingenous as a result. We have a problem. -- cortex

"We all got it comin' kid."

Post 66367 by kirkaracha deleted for the following reason: The animation here is the first link in this recent post. -- cortex

"Looking forward to firing you" and other useful business stationary

Post 66366 by emanresubmud deleted for the following reason: Self-linker. Get lost. -- cortex

2007-11-08

look who's stealing pics of flickr now: Wired. yeah, really.

Post 66360 by krautland deleted for the following reason: Yeah, self-linking isn't really so much a "no-no" as it is the fundamental thing you do not do. I realize you spend most of your time on Askme, krautland and so not gotten that, but this is a long way from cool. -- cortex

Hail to the chief, he's the one we all say 'hail' to ...

Post 66344 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: Ironic Bush quote as post = not doing this right. -- cortex

2007-11-07

Law Professor–Constitution Requires Homeschoolers To Teach Children Liberal Pieties

Post 66315 by cousincozen deleted for the following reason: Ye gods. Metafilter is not just yet another place for you to link the hell out of vdare. This post is a wreck. -- cortex

ground control to major tom

Post 66308 by vronsky deleted for the following reason: Post leaving from Gate 2. -- cortex

Outsmart the system

Post 66304 by lsemel deleted for the following reason: Your friend morgan runs the site, so you didn't just run across it, also it's kind of lame. -- mathowie

Jesus Christ!

Post 66302 by C17H19NO3 deleted for the following reason: Jeezus rises again. -- cortex

I can't believe you've done this

Post 66297 by ludwig_van deleted for the following reason: The critical reaction to this brief video clip of a man being punched and then cursing has turned out on the balance to be pretty dang negative, man. -- cortex

No longer a Roman pagan

Post 66289 by Jahaza deleted for the following reason: Why is this worth a post to the front page? Celebrity builds, plans to use building? -- cortex

2007-11-06

the quasi-legal underground lifestyle of prison raping

Post 66284 by nervousfritz deleted for the following reason: It's a double, tasteless presentation aside. -- cortex

Funny Dog

Post 66283 by 31d1 deleted for the following reason: Not that I begrudge dogs from having a healthy attitude about masturbation, but this doesn't seem like such a great idea. -- cortex

The Most Danerous Roads in the World.

Post 66273 by Autarky deleted for the following reason: Carnage on the interesection of Post St. and Double Ave. -- cortex

days of being wild

Post 66263 by four panels deleted for the following reason: I hope Miranda pulls through, but from the link it sounds like a random shooting that happened to involve a teacher near a school. That's kind of a low stakes non-story for single-link newsfilter. -- cortex

"Mukasey rounds third base headed for home..."

Post 66261 by saulgoodman deleted for the following reason: please post major political news after it actually happens, not just rumors -- mathowie

Ron Paul Raises 4.2 Million in ONE DAY

Post 66259 by crewshell deleted for the following reason: There's an absolutely bustling Ron Paul post on the front page already. We don't really need another one just now, especially one that reads like a gushing candidate endorsement. -- cortex

Top 10 healthy snacks

Post 66251 by Hollow_MarkeD deleted for the following reason: What? -- cortex

Gift Day

Post 66246 by jetgrrl deleted for the following reason: I'm giving the gift of deletion a month early. self-link. -- mathowie

2007-11-05

Web 0.1

Post 66230 by swift deleted for the following reason: eh, a lame website design pile-on isn't really good for mefi -- mathowie

2007-11-04

America Incarcerated

Post 66210 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: Back in the slammer again -- cortex

Parking instructional video

Post 66208 by caddis deleted for the following reason: My new double post detection/deletion method is saving me seven and a half minutes a week. -- cortex

Pac-Man meets Zork

Post 66199 by feelinglistless deleted for the following reason: Crazy kids, all hopped up on their drugs and posting all kinds of 'packing man' threads. With their hip hop music, etc. Lawn. Offa. -- cortex

2007-11-02

Neurons as works of art and science

Post 66165 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: They're always after ye're lucky prions. -- cortex

Inferior Design

Post 66163 by CameraObscura deleted for the following reason: The first time you linked this blog, it was kind of weird. Twice is just plain not okay. -- cortex

CNN Not Hot for HOT, Israel's Largest Cable Provider

Post 66139 by richards1052 deleted for the following reason: Yeah, still not cutting it. This is a couple link propping up unchecked editorialization. It reads like a blog entry, and, well, it is verbatim an entry on your blog. This is not the way to make a good mefi post. -- cortex

2007-11-01

Beware

Post 66133 by St Urbain's Horseman deleted for the following reason: a link to a website about a guy with no other information. I get that he's Mark Knopfler's brother. So? -- jessamyn

Russian Candid Camera

Post 66130 by semmi deleted for the following reason: Old, not actually Russian, and crap besides. -- cortex

"Am I not a man and a brother?"

Post 66124 by Soup deleted for the following reason: SLOE - single link op-ed on a hot button topic with an OMG pull quote is a post that is unlikely to go well on metafilter. -- jessamyn

2007-10-31

Value Voters Summit 2007

Post 66102 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: if this is not a "let's laugh at the wackiy fundies" post please include something other than a huffpo link and some LOLYUTUBES otherwise it's just the same stuff by the same people over and over again. Seriously, there is a decent way to talk about the Value Voters Summit and this is not it. -- jessamyn

tonight on dateline this man will die

Post 66079 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: tonight on doublefilter this post will yoink -- cortex

2007-10-30

Mild / Moderate earthquake near SF

Post 66064 by TeatimeGrommit deleted for the following reason: Once again, a small/moderate quake in CA that didn't cause any particular ruckus isn't FPP material. If something big happens, post about it then. -- cortex

5.6

Post 66059 by sushiwiththejury deleted for the following reason: It sounds like this wasn't really that big of a deal. In related news, rainstorms in Portland and a stiff wind in Chicago. -- cortex

How to Read the Bible

Post 66055 by St Urbain's Horseman deleted for the following reason: If you're main link is something that you had to stick on SendSpace just so it would be available, you're not really posting something on the web. -- cortex

2007-10-29

The Last Supper

Post 66013 by Steven C. Den Beste deleted for the following reason: yes, yes it can. -- jessamyn

Treason of the Highest Order!

Post 66005 by augustweed deleted for the following reason: WHAM -- cortex

Elatia interviews Paul K

Post 66003 by CCBC deleted for the following reason: peacay is awesome, but that thread is still totally open. -- cortex

This is not a basketball game.

Post 65999 by melorama deleted for the following reason: and melorama laterals to tdstone and IT'S AN FPP! -- cortex

Eating out with Ann Coulter

Post 65997 by thefreek deleted for the following reason: single link huffpo OMG filter. SLHPOMGF for future reference -- jessamyn

Maddox strikes again...

Post 65996 by c:\awesome deleted for the following reason: That maddox iPhone post a while back was the exeception that proves the rule, which, to be clear, is pretty much "okay we are aware that maddox has a website please stop posting every damn thing he writes". -- cortex

Skype on your cell phone - finally

Post 65978 by SharQ deleted for the following reason: This is basically a press release, one that doesn't make sense as written to non-UK (read: most) readers; and you work for the gadget site you linked to. Thiis is not a good way to make a post. -- cortex

2007-10-28

now

Post 65967 by four panels deleted for the following reason: omg it's a glitch in the matrix -- cortex

2007-10-26

At Least They Can Save Themselves

Post 65919 by Mikey-San deleted for the following reason: HECK. OF. A. JOB?! -- cortex

X-COM!

Post 65911 by Steven C. Den Beste deleted for the following reason: Understand that I love X-Com with a burning, unending passion, more deeply than most people love their pets and/or children: we've had links to Home of the Underdogs many times (here's an older canonical example) and, your "now available" notwithstanding, there doesn't seem to be anything new here. I'd love to see a great X-Com post, but this isn't the way to do it. -- cortex

Poor Microsoft - only 4.3 billion and profit this quarter!

Post 65907 by LarryGDVD deleted for the following reason: A couple of news blips and a link to Microsoft's homepage? What's the interesting thing worth posting here? It feels like a generic MS conversation starter. -- cortex

=GoogleLookup("entity"; "attribute")

Post 65901 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: Under the circumstances, we probably don't need a new post for this. -- cortex

2007-10-25

Only YOU can prevent forest fires

Post 65891 by sluglicker deleted for the following reason: this is a hand-waving OMGFilter post about something that has affected a lot of people in pretty bad ways, its a little early to bring out the conspiracy angles and this particular post is light on facts and heavy on the verbage. It might be better on your own blog or a group blog that appreciates a good raised eyebrow approach to current events. -- jessamyn

2007-10-24

Researchers Knock Out HIV

Post 65849 by Uther Bentrazor deleted for the following reason: Seems like this is mixing sensationalism with misleadingness in a pretty touchy context. Probably not a good plan for this post. -- cortex

Will HG Wells' Prediction Come True?

Post 65848 by Azaadistani deleted for the following reason: I'd say keep me up-to-date on that whole perkiness issue, but this is really pretty much a double. -- cortex

Government Permission to be Required for Flight.

Post 65845 by darth_tedious deleted for the following reason: This has pretty much been covered previously and better. -- cortex

Whither Apple?

Post 65828 by Chrysostom deleted for the following reason: um, two of your links are the same, otherwise it's a post to kottke's blog post and a stock price why? it's not that this is a bad topic, just an odd way of phrasing it along with some tepid links. -- jessamyn

Mama Warbucks

Post 65826 by saulgoodman deleted for the following reason: this is an axegrindy HC post. I know it's election time and all, but it's too early for "your favorite candidate sucks" posts and if you have issues with the way other political posts have been handled, it would be better to take those to Metatalk or your own blog. -- jessamyn

2007-10-23

Dex Davis: Child of God

Post 65813 by Rykey deleted for the following reason: Man, this is more kind of not very good than fabulously bad. -- cortex

This is a pretty gnarly cat (mildly NSFW)

Post 65805 by Divine_Wino deleted for the following reason: This double deletion reason left intentionally unfunny to spite Divine_Wino. -- cortex

oink is no more

Post 65794 by ashbury deleted for the following reason: hamstrung -- cortex

2007-10-22

Dumbledore's gay

Post 65764 by Poagao deleted for the following reason: dang ol' heck when are we gonna quit it with these gay politician posts by gum -- cortex

2007-10-21

Paint the town red

Post 65745 by Skyanth deleted for the following reason: Great Scott, Marty! -- cortex

2007-10-20

QSL cards

Post 65734 by damn dirty ape deleted for the following reason: My favorite is the doublekiller. -- cortex

Irish whiskey. The stick. A good hard case. And women.

Post 65727 by four panels deleted for the following reason: There's a fair volume of previous discussion of the practice of posting links to The Onion, with which you may or may not be familiar but which leans pretty solidly toward the Don't camp. On the other hand, there's a post discussing The Onion just down the page a little. -- cortex

Right Brain / Left Brain

Post 65724 by bluedaniel deleted for the following reason: GIRL KEEPS ON SPINNING SPINNING / INTO THE DOOOUBLLLLLEE -- cortex

2007-10-19

Dumbledore was gay.

Post 65720 by Yakuman deleted for the following reason: posted before -- mathowie

2007-10-18

Bush: Iranian Bomb Means World War III

Post 65685 by richards1052 deleted for the following reason: A thin newsfilter link as the premise for a three paragraph statement of personal opinion is pretty much exactly the wrong way to make a post to Metafilter. -- cortex

McMurder Simulator

Post 65674 by jcterminal deleted for the following reason: mcdouble -- cortex

Domain Name Recycling

Post 65669 by zekinskia deleted for the following reason: The things you linked to are, by definition, contentless crap. That kind of undermines the whole "linking to something interesting" idea. Also, the mystery of hobbitgolf revealed. -- cortex

Tigers will do anything for a tuna fish sandwich

Post 65660 by dersins deleted for the following reason: pretty cool archive of every old strip, but it's been posted several times before in other forms. -- mathowie

2007-10-17

Keep it to yourself...

Post 65647 by Balisong deleted for the following reason: there is already a post about iraq today and this post is not adding much new besides newsish updates. It's tragic and terrible but a post to a newsblog every 12 hours won't fix it. -- jessamyn

Out of Africa

Post 65642 by four panels deleted for the following reason: I am inherently gloomy about this double's prospects. -- cortex

Cause and Effect

Post 65630 by Avenger deleted for the following reason: when your "previously" link goes to a post from yesterday, that shoudl give you a good idea where to put your links. -- jessamyn

My Kid Could Paint That, Or Maybe She Couldn't

Post 65627 by FeldBum deleted for the following reason: Not really clear why this needs another post so soon. -- cortex

2007-10-16

Having your cake... and admiring it, too.

Post 65617 by crossoverman deleted for the following reason: THIS IS A CAKE SHAPED LIKE POST 58282 -- cortex
Post 65616 by thedailygrowl deleted for the following reason: This doesn't really seem like Big News to the point that it's worth a random newsfilter post. -- cortex
Post 65610 by Mayor Curley deleted for the following reason: pointing and laughing at the mentally ill people is sort of tired and not a particularly awesome post for metafilter -- jessamyn

'The Digital Dump'

Post 65593 by lamarguerite deleted for the following reason: Stump-job for some film's site-and-trailer, replete with over-the-top guilty-conscience editorializing? Not a good way to make a post. The link to your own blog that isn't visible because you forgot to put link text into it is also not okay. -- cortex

2007-10-15

Röckdöts

Post 65579 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: whole umlautta shakin' goin' on -- cortex

Don't try this at home kids

Post 65576 by mock deleted for the following reason: Mountain Two -- cortex

2007-10-14

Religion and morality

Post 65547 by arcticwoman deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty crappy article on what sounds like a pretty crappy study, and the subject matter seems likely to kind of piss people off. I appreciate the disclosure, arcticwoman, but I think in this case your emphatic non-involvement with the prof. in question might have motivated you to post something not very good. -- cortex

Ted Talks (a lot)

Post 65546 by jourman2 deleted for the following reason: We've had a lot of links to TED before, including a general here-they-are post. Probably don't need a brand new one. -- cortex

2007-10-13

I was robbed by two men.

Post 65526 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: and left and two and three and four -- cortex

2007-10-12

Describer-In-Chief

Post 65513 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: It's just a clip from The Daily Show? -- cortex

Blast kills bomb disposal expert

Post 65504 by james_cpi deleted for the following reason: please keep editorializing out of FPPs, particularly newsfilterish FPPs. -- jessamyn

Some are going to get hot under the collar

Post 65495 by Skeptic deleted for the following reason: blacklite wins Posting About Al Gore Winning Nobel Peace Prize Prize. Skeptic wins Being A Good Sport About blacklite Winning Gore Post Prize Prize Prize. And cortex wins Obnoxious Contrived Excuse to String Together 'Prize Prize Prize' Prize. -- cortex

2007-10-11

Doris Lessing wins the Nobel Prize

Post 65489 by MrMerlot deleted for the following reason: Nobel Prize for Doublature -- cortex

Destructively Delicious

Post 65484 by LarryGDVD deleted for the following reason: Larry, a link to an Amazon page for some book is not a good Metafilter post, no matter how good the book is, and people here are going to be inclined to think you're shilling or hoping for referrer cash. -- cortex

2007-10-10

No, it's not like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

Post 65465 by fuse theorem deleted for the following reason: the reason this was deleted at the poster's request last time is because everyone in the thread was sort of like "eh" and this one has some extra editorializing in there for good measure. -- jessamyn

Language Not Safe for Fucking Work

Post 65461 by psmealey deleted for the following reason: as much as this is an awesome post, it is a recent double - post some of these links in the original thread if you haven't already? -- jessamyn

Does Your Blog Suck?

Post 65457 by fe2dell deleted for the following reason: Self-link speculation notwithstanding, some SEO dude's linkbait list post is not great front page material. -- cortex

The future of music distribution

Post 65450 by bobbyelliott deleted for the following reason: Okay, computor. -- cortex

Marketing on e-bay; effective or deceptive

Post 65441 by DamnYouSerpico deleted for the following reason: Dude working for musicnation and brazenly linking to musicnation should probably avoid posing questions about deceptive marketing. -- cortex

Activism = Doing Nothing

Post 65432 by rougy deleted for the following reason: axe-grindy GYOB material, please create a more substantive post, wikipedia links aren't really good mefi posts. -- jessamyn

2007-10-09

Post 65423 by Kickstart70 deleted for the following reason: When you're backlinking a whole string of recent posts and presenting it as Yet Another, I think we've pretty much worn out the Republican Gay Sex Sting news thing. -- cortex

I can haz LOLXTIANS, rite?

Post 65419 by louche mustachio deleted for the following reason: i made you a double but i deleeted it -- cortex

a candidate to support: let's help Shelley

Post 65415 by Postroad deleted for the following reason: With all due to respect to mixscarlet and Postroad respectively, we've linked her blog before and this is kind of uncomfortably Vote For Pedro territory. -- cortex

Dick Cheney Changed His Mind

Post 65412 by Dead Man deleted for the following reason: Three year old gotcha! newsfilter is really not a good idea for a post. -- cortex

Party like it's 1929

Post 65411 by bonehead deleted for the following reason: Dobles Americanos -- cortex

Ooh girl, you rock my worl(d).

Post 65404 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

2007-10-08

Killing Joke - the four horsemen of the post-punk-rock apocalypse

Post 65363 by the_very_hungry_caterpillar deleted for the following reason: Why did you not post all this in the very recent, very relevant KJ thread of which you are clearly already aware? -- cortex

2007-10-06

Victor Davis Hanson - Observations about the War

Post 65328 by rockhopper deleted for the following reason: Single link op ed screed on a subject we covered just a few days ago -- mathowie

2007-10-05

TN man pulls a Budd Dwyer

Post 65296 by sneakin deleted for the following reason: This is kind of hard to see as anything other than rubbernecking, it's flagged to shit, and subthread of LOLSUICIDE/LOLDWYER is pretty much sealing the deal. -- cortex

Let's all go to the Fire Dances

Post 65294 by psmealey deleted for the following reason: I know you put a lot of work into this, psmealey, but when you end up reworking your post as an edit of an existing wikipedia article, you've wandered into kind of weird, not-cool territory. You might want to consider doing this again later on with your original research + a link to wikipedia as your post content, but this is pretty crazy, bad-precedent stuff as is. -- cortex

2007-10-04

Nan Goldin's Controversial 'Klara And Edda Belly Dancing' Photograph

Post 65277 by fe2dell deleted for the following reason: Without some much better context for what we're clicking on and why, this seems like a pretty bad idea for a post. -- cortex

It bears repeating.

Post 65266 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: If you're posting about something that has been posted about a lot before, and you know it, and you're just doing it anyway because It's Really Important, you are not using mefi correctly. -- cortex

2007-10-03

Are we just sick of each other?

Post 65252 by PeteNicely deleted for the following reason: Okay, you appear to have lead off this post with a self-link. I'm not sure this relationship is going to work out. -- cortex

2007-10-02

Leave The Grocery Shopping to the Women

Post 65232 by marcellot deleted for the following reason: What in the hell? -- cortex

Shredding!

Post 65227 by puke & cry deleted for the following reason: well-shrod ground -- cortex

New Rule

Post 65224 by augustweed deleted for the following reason: These people aren't even interesting-crazy, they're just annoying-crazy. Meh. -- cortex

Muslims Hate Boobies, and other stories of West meets Allah

Post 65216 by gandledorf deleted for the following reason: The front page shouldn't really be used as a roundtable like this; this pretty much feels like Hey, Let's Talk About Muslims wrapped up in some all-over-the-board links. (Including, yet again, 12angrymen -- I know you like that blog, gandledorf, but it shouldn't come up every damn time.) -- cortex

2007-10-01

To look for america

Post 65205 by Tlogmer deleted for the following reason: this is not amazing it's just "laugh at the person who doesn't speak english well" and for single link youtube that's not really cutting it. -- jessamyn

Shine on and on and on and on and...

Post 65195 by schlaager deleted for the following reason: actually no. feel free to take up your radiohead discontent in metatalk about this but seriously don't do this here. -- jessamyn

2007-09-30

In Rainbows

Post 65174 by setanor deleted for the following reason: I swear there is a way to make a decent radiohead post, but as it is we have an open post from a few days ago, about the hoax yes but wth some radiohead discussion, and a recently deleted post about this same album. If you're going to post about the same topic that is already still in an open thread, make the post about something more than just "hey this is new today" maybe? -- jessamyn

New Radiohead Album Announced

Post 65173 by tnai deleted for the following reason: when previously is only three days ago you should post this in the existing thread -- jessamyn

Sell your Linden!

Post 65169 by nicolas léonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: this is like maybefilter on an already lolish topic - post again when there's somethign to look at? -- jessamyn

2007-09-29

Fashion & Style

Post 65144 by nickyskye deleted for the following reason: Credit for this story should really go to the NYT Metatalk section. -- cortex

2007-09-28

A Fascist Theocracy

Post 65137 by rougy deleted for the following reason: Don't eat the yellow snowble. -- cortex

Blackwater on your back

Post 65123 by subpixel deleted for the following reason: A little "What's The Deal With 'Blackwater'" blog post and a link to a half-broken t-shirt shop? This really isn't great post material. -- cortex

2007-09-27

A comic book style explanation of the demise of the dinosaurs (According to the Gospels)

Post 65104 by jstruan deleted for the following reason: There have been a number of Jack Chick/chick.com posts previously. Loved that 1602 post the other day, though. -- cortex

Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over

Post 65101 by Skeptic deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. it is axe-grindy, it has weak links, it's not really about something neat on the web. -- jessamyn

World's Most Efficient Diesel

Post 65090 by Kadin2048 deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn