2011-05-31

weird scene from inside the ring

Post 104105 by philip-random deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

'Miracle' dog survives attack, burial

Post 104081 by shawnwasson deleted for the following reason: News of the weird stuff doesn't make good mefi posts in general. -- cortex

America's Finest News Source

Post 104076 by geoff. deleted for the following reason: As opposed to Dan Brown, who is literarily unbelievable. -- cortex

2011-05-29

yank up as a vital obituary

Post 104040 by scalefree deleted for the following reason: 404, hacked NPR -- mathowie

The dog has his day?

Post 104031 by Johnny Wallflower deleted for the following reason: Animal cruelty is a subject that needs fairly delicate framing to go well and a casual ethnic stereotype doesn't really fit the bill. -- restless_nomad

Now do you believe in rock & roll?

Post 104025 by dabitch deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2011-05-28

SWAT Teams Routinely Kill Dogs

Post 103993 by Serpentio deleted for the following reason: A snuff video of dogs dying at the hands of police isn't a good post for MeFi. -- mathowie

Best Beaches

Post 103987 by allure deleted for the following reason: This is SEO spam. -- mathowie

2011-05-26

Dear Opera^WOprah

Post 103928 by spitefulcrow deleted for the following reason: is teh funneh but is in the open thread. -- jessamyn

2011-05-25

Home Invasion

Post 103896 by bardic deleted for the following reason: A lot of heavy-handedness and editorializing for such a short post -- vacapinta

“So it’s a boy, right?”

Post 103893 by -->NMN.80.418 deleted for the following reason: Posted before -- mathowie

food play

Post 103890 by the noob deleted for the following reason: toil and trouble -- cortex

John Delaney, Intrade founder dies

Post 103865 by Brian B. deleted for the following reason: Bad news and horrid timing, but this is a short obit blurb and a link to the front page of Intrade. -- cortex

Impenetrable Domesticity

Post 103860 by nicolas léonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- vacapinta

2011-05-24

NY-26th -- Not 73% Republican anymore.

Post 103849 by skepticallypleased deleted for the following reason: Even with fixing the link this basically needs the editorial cut out of it to be okay as a MeFi post, maybe someone else can try again? -- jessamyn

House Rulz - A new Web Comic

Post 103836 by ilovecomix deleted for the following reason: This is a comic with only four entries so far from a guy you just interviewed on a podcast. This is really not okay for a post. -- cortex

Archaic U.S. labor standards are turning America into the sweatshop country of choice for European manufacturers.

Post 103831 by rhombus deleted for the following reason: please make this less of a polemic or, if you can not, please post it to your own blog. Thank you. -- jessamyn

God hates set theory? Tax dollars in 12 states and the District of Columbia now fund religious schools that use unusual religiously-based curriculum

Post 103821 by m39 deleted for the following reason: single link alternet post on supertouchy topic with pretty editorial framing is a bad fit for MeFi. Agree, this is lousy news. Next step: does that mean it's a good post for MeFi and is this the way to write that post? -- jessamyn

Cancer Victim Loses Custody of her Children

Post 103815 by Secret Life of Gravy deleted for the following reason: Lousy situation for sure, but I'm not sure what there is to do with this post other than argue with each other about who in a bad situation is the worst. -- cortex

2011-05-23

Harold Camping insists the rapture did happen. It was spiritual instead of physical.

Post 103812 by fightoplankton deleted for the following reason: yes we know. This needs to go into the open Camper thread. Thank you. -- jessamyn

Slight Mathematical Error

Post 103809 by jgaiser deleted for the following reason: there is an open thread. This needs to go there. I am aware it is not going well. Perhaps you could do something about that? -- jessamyn

Re: Joplin, Missouri Tornado

Post 103790 by shawnwasson deleted for the following reason: we've got an open thread and related news about the same thing pretty much needs to go into that thread. -- jessamyn

2011-05-22

Ebony mag from 1959 to 2008 now free online

Post 103778 by nickyskye deleted for the following reason: Double -- restless_nomad

Cannibalism within the peloton

Post 103777 by RockyChrysler deleted for the following reason: This can be discussed in the currently open thread. -- restless_nomad

Justin Bieber teams up with PhoneGuard (Stock Symbol: OPMG) to combat texting and driving

Post 103767 by skizz deleted for the following reason: A single link to a press release really isn't working -- restless_nomad

2011-05-21

How I Deal With Sexual Discrimination in a Positive Way

Post 103755 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: This really needs more context to make much sense, plus the site is now down. -- restless_nomad

Hypnotist principal under investigation

Post 103742 by mad_little_monkey deleted for the following reason: You really, really need to not link to a site you work for on the front page. We ban folks for that sort of thing. -- cortex

Les Twins

Post 103741 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: le previously -- cortex

2011-05-20

Thrfit Store Score

Post 103703 by mad_little_monkey deleted for the following reason: self-linker -- cortex

2011-05-19

Kaycee Nicole would be 29 today...if she had ever actually existed

Post 103697 by badgermushroomSNAKE deleted for the following reason: Heya, you clearly put a bunch of work into rounding this up but I have to agree with the sentiment that since there's not really apparently anything new in all this it feels kind of out of place as a "ten years ago to do in (sort of) Metafilter history..." kind of thing. -- cortex

Divorce and Fatherhood Statistics

Post 103667 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: Sketchy, agenda driven page. -- vacapinta -- vacapinta

2011-05-18

Candid cameras

Post 103659 by shesaysgo deleted for the following reason: sorry people are bad about tags on older posts but this is, in fact, a double. -- jessamyn

The twisted visual world of the PlayStation

Post 103640 by Vomiaouaf deleted for the following reason: this is your site, you are banned. -- jessamyn

Monsanto - They Bring good things to Life.

Post 103638 by rough ashlar deleted for the following reason: If you need to make this post clearer about just who is having abortions, please feel free to do this in a post tomorrow, this is messy and needs to maybe be redone. -- jessamyn

Like a G6 but with D&D

Post 103636 by josher71 deleted for the following reason: Oh, you—wow, a 1? That's not good, that's—I mean, uh, uh, "the post begins to glow mysteriously." Let me find the crit table for this. Roll a d10. Wow. Wow wow wow. Do you have another character sheet? No reason. Just, just curious. -- cortex

Seemingly Improvised Web Series

Post 103633 by Simpsolover deleted for the following reason: these appear to be people you worked with or who are you, this is a bannable offense. -- jessamyn

Cracked: 7 Animals Evolving

Post 103627 by Ardiril deleted for the following reason: We've kinda seen a ton of Cracked stuff at this point; if it's not some sort of OMG WOW exceptional thing another list from them is probably on the thin side for a post. -- cortex

Bobby Fischer, who loved chess

Post 103622 by shakespeherian deleted for the following reason: It's a great article but we saw it back in February. -- cortex

2011-05-17

Gebra and Fum

Post 103611 by Lou Stuells deleted for the following reason: WOE -- cortex

Funny movie title translations

Post 103596 by fraserlee deleted for the following reason: remember the that box you checked saying you had nothing to do with the site? Yeah, well.... -- mathowie

I wish this Calvin and Hobbes game really existed.

Post 103584 by Simpsolover deleted for the following reason: It looks an awful lot like this blog belongs to a buddy of yours. Please let us know what is up, because that's really not okay. -- cortex

2011-05-16

Seattle man captures night sky in 37,440 exposures

Post 103571 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: starcrossed double -- jessamyn

A cure for AIDS?

Post 103569 by Leisure_Muffin deleted for the following reason: pretty sure this is the same general case that was in the post from a few months back -- jessamyn

Forum troll suspends critics' Google Accounts?

Post 103557 by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow deleted for the following reason: This seems like it's kind of running pretty freely with a narrative in a way that's not so great for a mefi post. If there's substantially a thing worth posting about here, maybe someone can find a better way to do it? -- cortex

2011-05-15

Wanna Touch Him?

Post 103535 by whimsicalnymph deleted for the following reason: Double -- restless_nomad

Planking death

Post 103528 by puffl deleted for the following reason: This is really too thin to make a good post. -- restless_nomad

Domesday Reloaded

Post 103525 by nam3d deleted for the following reason: Double Revolutions -- restless_nomad

2011-05-14

I'm not sure if this is good or bad

Post 103508 by blargerz deleted for the following reason: Good for Mike, but this is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

2011-05-13

Harry Potter called, it wants its photographs back.

Post 103474 by phunniemee deleted for the following reason: Saw this stuff recently. -- cortex

Mathowie's killing me softly, with his words.

Post 103463 by dflemingecon deleted for the following reason: this is on a site that is totally some cheesy fucko linkbait SEO tarpit, no thanks -- jessamyn

2011-05-12

Meltdown.

Post 103437 by - deleted for the following reason: I think this is maybe not the way to go with this particular bit of news, up to and including the itoldyouso tag. Thank you. -- jessamyn

Now, that's flying.

Post 103432 by St. Alia of the Bunnies deleted for the following reason: Yep -- cortex

Pot-KettleFilter: Facebook vs. Google

Post 103422 by jabberjaw deleted for the following reason: ZUCKERPUNCH -- cortex

2011-05-11

Pulling a Zuckerberg

Post 103400 by Lovecraft In Brooklyn deleted for the following reason: single link misleading newsfilter. -- jessamyn

Tufte

Post 103398 by hank deleted for the following reason: Tufts is great but this is kind of an odd way to post about him. -- cortex

Leave me alone.

Post 103392 by VikingSword deleted for the following reason: two can be as bad as one / it's the loneliest number since the number 101700 -- cortex

Twinnish discourse [SLYT]

Post 103370 by treyka deleted for the following reason: Post me baby one more time -- cortex

2011-05-10

Programmes tv

Post 103336 by programmes-tv deleted for the following reason: adieu -- cortex

2011-05-09

Realer Than Real

Post 103318 by Xurando deleted for the following reason: I'm sorry but this is the straw that broke the camel's back of Osama posts. Maybe you can put this in the already open thread on the subject from yesterday? Thank you. -- jessamyn

Obvious Foggot

Post 103312 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: We've seen his stuff a few times already and the whole Being A Clever Asshole schtick isn't really something that begs for more attention for something that isn't earth-shatteringly interesting. -- cortex

2011-05-08

HRC: Too hot to handle

Post 103296 by CheeseDigestsAll deleted for the following reason: Odd/weird/whatever, but pretty thin and we've had a lot of Osama-fallout miscellany lately already. -- cortex

Cryptic Articles used to give the UK a free press

Post 103278 by priorpark17 deleted for the following reason: Cryptic Daily Maily post needs some more context or explanation. Or not be from the Daily Mail. -- vacapinta

2011-05-07

"It was in the morning...."

Post 103264 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: previously-potamus -- jessamyn

Just in time for Mothers Day

Post 103261 by Redhush deleted for the following reason: Yep, I think we've seen someecards at least a couple times previously. -- cortex

2011-05-06

UK says No to Av

Post 103254 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: when th previously thread is from yesterday this probably needs to go in that thread? -- jessamyn

2011-05-05

Jumping from helicopters with dogs.

Post 103211 by TomMelee deleted for the following reason: DOG GONE -- cortex

The Use of US Armed Forces Abroad, 1798 - 2010

Post 103204 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: There has got to be a better way to frame this if it's worth posting about. -- cortex

google image condoms

Post 103176 by ggggarret deleted for the following reason: Seriously, a self-link sandwich? It's not any less of a bannable offense if you slip your own link in between other people's. -- cortex

Found Mummified after a Year

Post 103173 by jojo chandran deleted for the following reason: Short, gruesome article not good for metafilter -- vacapinta

2011-05-04

The warm glow of whisky

Post 103163 by serazin deleted for the following reason: this is one of those whiskey/whisky tag problems. *hic* double. -- jessamyn

Derek K. Miller's Last Post

Post 103160 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

Where's Dennis?

Post 103154 by lemuring deleted for the following reason: probably needs to go in the open soccer/football thread. -- jessamyn

Post Mortem

Post 103144 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: Man, this is really a pretty decent example of why framing matters. If someone wants to give something like this a shot without the fight-starting word choice, that'd probably be fine. -- cortex

My Favourite Cricketer

Post 103135 by joannemullen deleted for the following reason: A pile of profile links with zero context is kind of pushing it for a post, but using the thread to take potshots at your fellow users is just totally not an okay way to go. -- cortex

The Fine Art of Translation

Post 103132 by bardic deleted for the following reason: DIS AR TEH DOUBLE POST. -- vacapinta

2011-05-03

NOT AS ADVERTISED!

Post 103119 by Poet_Lariat deleted for the following reason: Eh, it's been linked already in other threads. -- cortex

"I think my face might be broken."

Post 103105 by Shike deleted for the following reason: I'm glad Carmen's okay and it must have been a heck of an experience, but linking to your friends' stuff is pretty firmly against the rules here and needs to not happen. -- cortex

onefte

Post 103103 by garlic deleted for the following reason: People aren't exactly loving this, but the site seems to have been killed by traffic in any case so it's a moot point. -- cortex

2011-05-02

Harper back

Post 103092 by MattD deleted for the following reason: CANADAFILTER -- cortex

Osama bin Laden Reported Killed by US Forces.

Post 103074 by anti social order deleted for the following reason: Being discussed already -- vacapinta

Toothpicks...the original lego

Post 103072 by Felex deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Vivian Maier, new post of her photographs.

Post 103071 by ThenCameNow deleted for the following reason: We've had a couple posts about this before -- vacapinta

2011-05-01

The Hold Steady

Post 103059 by hirelearning deleted for the following reason: Oh hey look, you work for MSLGROUP, who are crowing on their website about their big Heineken marketing campaign. HMM. -- cortex