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
2007-11-30
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
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
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
2007-11-26
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
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
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
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
2007-11-23
2007-11-22
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
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
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
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
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
2007-11-16
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
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
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
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
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
2007-11-09
"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
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
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
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
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
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
2007-11-05
2007-11-04
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