halo around the sun

Post 82072 by idixon deleted for the following reason: we are going to pretend this never happened. -- jessamyn

Toilet Restaurant

Post 82069 by Meatbomb deleted for the following reason: [poop joke] -- cortex

Good Samaritan beheaded in South Florida

Post 82056 by eiro0701 deleted for the following reason: This is not a good metafilter post. Please do not settle for news-of-the-weird/gruesome/shocking wire stories for post content. -- cortex

IT underground online

Post 82039 by carsonb deleted for the following reason: carsonb would like to try this tomorrow. -- jessamyn

This Isn't Your Grandfather's Socialism

Post 82007 by netbros deleted for the following reason: Meet the new new socialism, same as the old new socialism. -- cortex

Mysterious Disappearing Student Loan Legislation

Post 82004 by mecran01 deleted for the following reason: oops, should have been in Ask MeFi -- mathowie

Seriously, it's BIG ASS

Post 81986 by dirtynumbangelboy deleted for the following reason: I had never seen it before but apparently a lot of MeFi has. -- jessamyn

At Lopez Foods, only 100% beef makes the grade.

Post 81982 by slogger deleted for the following reason: This is a bog-standard corporate video about a McDonalds supplier. Metafilter is not the Mr. Rogers Picture Picture segment. -- cortex

No Rapper Left Behind

Post 81979 by eggman deleted for the following reason: Blurby wire feed celebrity-news-of-the-weird stuff does not make for good metafilter posts. -- cortex

Small Victories and Silver Linings

Post 81978 by ocherdraco deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this should really just go over here. -- cortex

there's no such thing as electronica.

Post 81975 by dunkadunc deleted for the following reason: Yup, saw this before. -- cortex

eurocare

Post 81945 by plexi deleted for the following reason: Earlier this month. -- cortex

$9 trillion lost? Check the couch for change we can believe in.

Post 81939 by rough ashlar deleted for the following reason: This is pretty much a GYOB post: Heavy editorializing crafted around conspiracy theories. Not really appropriate for metafilter. -- vacapinta

The Locker Library of Locked-Up Literature

Post 81925 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: Just be glad we don't charge late fees. -- cortex

Want a WHAT?

Post 81910 by Effigy2000 deleted for the following reason: Twelve second overdub fakeout? -- cortex

Nyaa nyaa, can't outsource me!

Post 81904 by Forktine deleted for the following reason: heh, hippy blacksmiths -- jessamyn

Low-calorie Water

Post 81883 by - deleted for the following reason: There's not much there there, is there? It's just a website for a flavored water product, and "low-calorie water" isn't a mind-blowing turn of phrase in context. -- cortex

Obama proposes Indefinite Preventive Detention without trial

Post 81860 by Imperfect deleted for the following reason: We Will Look Backwards -- cortex

Puctures of Fridges

Post 81845 by rossination deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Afghanistan quarantines its only pig

Post 81799 by eiro0701 deleted for the following reason: Three problems here: (1) we've heard about Khanzir already; (2) single links to wire service blurbs make poor posts; and (3) copying the whole text of said articles is not a good way to format a post. -- cortex

a distant relative died...

Post 81789 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: This is what we in the biz call a "Generalissimo". -- cortex

New Evidence Regarding Black Confederate Soldiers

Post 81771 by unpoppy deleted for the following reason: What in the hell? The front page is not for your personal grudge matches. Don't do this here. -- cortex

your favourite music sucks

Post 81769 by UbuRoivas deleted for the following reason: I don't understand. this was posted here in 2003. -- jessamyn

Woody Wins

Post 81764 by ChickenringNYC deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure this really needs a followup post, but a perfunctory wire-service updatefilter one is really not worth bothering with. -- cortex

Introducing: horf

Post 81757 by will wait 4 tanjents deleted for the following reason: horfviously -- cortex

Who likes pancakes? I like pancakes.

Post 81744 by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey deleted for the following reason: Pretty lame FARKy kind of post, don't you think crash davis? -- mathowie

WolframAlpha

Post 81741 by February28 deleted for the following reason: Wolfram|Alpha doesn't know what to do with your double post. -- cortex

the curious shopper

Post 81729 by seabel deleted for the following reason: I'm not clear that there's anything untoward going on here, but this is a neglected blog presented with zero context in unflattering circumstances and is just not gonna work as a post. -- cortex

Did their eyes light up?

Post 81721 by Kirth Gerson deleted for the following reason: I think we've removed this a few times already. -- jessamyn

Curve balls, afterimages and genders, oh my!

Post 81708 by amyms deleted for the following reason: I swear I can see two of these! -- vacapinta

Come Back to Mexico!

Post 81705 by workinggringa deleted for the following reason: Self-linking gets you banned. -- cortex

California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban

Post 81696 by Astro Zombie deleted for the following reason: poster's request. -- jessamyn

Frog Defies Gravity

Post 81695 by pashdown deleted for the following reason: I think floating frogs are pretty awesome, for the record, but a short science blurb from the 90s and brief youtube clip doesn't add up to a very strong post. -- cortex

Cash 4 Gold (Scam?)

Post 81682 by callmejordan deleted for the following reason: Yes, it's a scam. We've talked about it before. This isn't a great way to make a mefi post; email me if you want to talk about that in detail. -- cortex

Jewish Geneology Site

Post 81645 by snsranch deleted for the following reason: poster's request, probably a better post about this lurking in the ether somewhere -- cortex

It's all in the presentation.

Post 81643 by pseudostrabismus deleted for the following reason: A brand new blog with exactly one post is really not great post material. If it's fun in days to come, someone can decide to post about it then. -- cortex

Old Spock talks to new Spock

Post 81639 by AVandalay deleted for the following reason: This does seem like pretty much an automatic spoiler just for spoiler's sake on a pretty recently-released film. If the link is good enough, there's gotta be a better way to do this. -- cortex

Foreclosed Homes for Sale Fell in April

Post 81630 by JohnnyL deleted for the following reason: you ahve confused this website with one where crap like this isn't totally against the rules. -- jessamyn

It may be very bad, it may be good. It will be beer.

Post 81625 by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing deleted for the following reason: Removed as a double post using only tools commonly found on a modestly sized laptop. -- vacapinta

Metafilter is turning ten!

Post 81623 by Mr_Zero deleted for the following reason: Do this on ten, not the front page. Thanks! -- cortex

To Track or Not To Track

Post 81612 by jock@law deleted for the following reason: you either need to move this to your own blog, or to AskMe, this is really not what MeFi is for and could have been a decent post without the tagline. Please remember what the site is for and how it works, thanks. -- jessamyn

Packed in mothballs

Post 81595 by mippy deleted for the following reason: This is like a sign that reads "please have another argument about whether or not religion = brainwashing". It's a terrible story, but maybe not such a great post as is. -- cortex

Taliban Fever

Post 81581 by Metachel deleted for the following reason: this appears to be a link to something created by your husband. That is 100% against the rules. -- jessamyn

google, goats, and the government

Post 81565 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: At posters request -- mathowie

The Women of Congo

Post 81549 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: this is a tragedy. that does not mean that this makes a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

The power of words

Post 81547 by Heliochrome85 deleted for the following reason: I'm glad the guy has recovered, but this is a hard sell for a schmaltzy CBS puff piece and really isn't a great post for mefi. -- cortex

[Stuff] happens

Post 81537 by Clementines4ever deleted for the following reason: What's the point of this post? Shock value? news of the weird? -- mathowie

MiFi

Post 81536 by xorry deleted for the following reason: My personal gushing enthusiasm for the idea notwithstanding, this cutesy "it sounds like mefi and also here's an oblique reference to the site's birthday" framing combined with meh links makes this not really a very good post. -- cortex

Loss of Innocence

Post 81530 by binturong deleted for the following reason: There's way too much personal-blog-entry stuff going on here. Please do not frame your mefi posts like this. -- cortex

The Big Pig Song

Post 81529 by diplomacydiplomacy deleted for the following reason: dude, you work for Hooked on Phonics. Let me sound this out for you: yeeewwwwwoooooooo aarrrrrrrreee bbbbbaaaaaannnnnnnnnnneeeddd -- mathowie

The Fifth Element.

Post 81524 by gman deleted for the following reason: gman's request. -- jessamyn

Tough Love

Post 81505 by geos deleted for the following reason: This is fucked up, but we've had no shortage of idiots-with-tazers threads and I'm not sure where this is supposed to go other than "it is bad to taze children!", which, yeah. -- cortex

How passionate are you about nature in Europe?

Post 81504 by wildwonderb deleted for the following reason: self-link banned. -- jessamyn

Justice to busty ladies!

Post 81502 by dov deleted for the following reason: This is just a link to a thin news article and not really an interesting one at that. The thread isn't going so well either. -- vacapinta

Drinking the prune juice

Post 81474 by octobersurprise deleted for the following reason: you can't show ning profiles to someone who is non a ning member. So the first link is a little misleading but the second link is totally non-working. Sorry. -- jessamyn

It's quite magnificent, but so is Maine

Post 81455 by Jon_Evil deleted for the following reason: this is terrifically awesome but is already being discussed in the open Maine thread from yesterday so move your yays over there? -- jessamyn

Another brilliant photographer, another weird interface

Post 81450 by yiftach deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Hombre.

Post 81440 by gcbv deleted for the following reason: this stops here. thank you. -- jessamyn

Keyboard Cat

Post 81439 by billysumday deleted for the following reason: no, thanks. stunty. -- jessamyn

Use the force!

Post 81426 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Without the Star Wars, this is just crappy poli-editorial writing, and there's not much Star Wars there. -- cortex

Canadian Shopping Site Pays Deal Hunters for Prices

Post 81423 by Snowstorm deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure I can actually ban you sufficiently hard for this. Jesus. -- cortex

Why So Serious?

Post 81422 by william_boot deleted for the following reason: Eh? It's nice photoshoppery but not exactly stunning stuff, and it's kind of hard to ignore the "so take THAT, Republicans" implications in the work even if that's not what you were personally going for, william_boot. -- cortex

The Incredible Bifurcating Falcon

Post 81418 by zenwerewolf deleted for the following reason: Sounds like a sad, interesting mess of a story, but it's also something that you're apparently pretty personally invovled in and affected by and that makes this not really okay for you to be posting about on the front page of mefi. -- cortex

64 Things Every Geek Should Know

Post 81398 by snsranch deleted for the following reason: Eh, this list has a lot of problems and seems like straight-up diggbait stuff besides. No harm done, but just not really a very good link. -- cortex

Internet eco-hypocrisy is rampant.

Post 81396 by macross city flaneur deleted for the following reason: This post comes off like editorial journalism gone awry -- interesting topic squandered on a narrative in search of not very good links. A catchy lede isn't as important as good links presented clearly. -- cortex

"Twice Bombed, Twice Survived"

Post 81391 by cmchap deleted for the following reason: Been there, survived being nuked twice that. -- cortex

What's your favorite Twitter widget for Wordpress

Post 81379 by sswiller deleted for the following reason: Post it over on AskMe, yeah. -- cortex

Beware of Cat

Post 81370 by theroadahead deleted for the following reason: This was aprt of a larger more comprehensive post on this general topic and one news article plus one wikipedia article doesn't really go beyond that. -- jessamyn

Inside of every child there's a decent American waiting to get out.

Post 81359 by bardic deleted for the following reason: single link news filter outragefilter post with LOLFLorida for extra ungood. -- jessamyn

Two All-Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Deep Fried Criminal, McCurry, Snooty Starbucks, Dr Pepper, an Unconvicted Buy and a PETA Party on a Sesame Seed Bun

Post 81326 by wendell deleted for the following reason: please put this in the already open McD's threads, thanks. -- jessamyn