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

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