2011-07-31
2011-07-30
“Harry Potter dwarf spared jail over juggler's hat sex act.”
Post 106017 by Paul Slade deleted for the following reason: Gossipy news-of-the-weird blurbs make lousy posts, improbably headlines or no. -- cortex
2011-07-29
The Curse of Cain
Post 106013 by stbalbach deleted for the following reason: There's really not much here. -- restless_nomad
2011-07-28
San Francisco circumcisions won't be banned
Post 105971 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Not sure we need a post about this. -- cortex
Death plunge of a dirty snowball
Post 105968 by IvoShandor deleted for the following reason: living in a powder keg and giving off sparks... previously. -- jessamyn
2011-07-27
Dad! Dad! Dad!
Post 105941 by veedubya deleted for the following reason: I'm inclined to agree with Mr. Popoff, but this is kind of just "a horrible thing happened, here's some bystander footage of this terrible thing that happened" and long experience and plenty of previous police/taser/etc threads on mefi suggest there's not a whole lot of good to come of this being a post. -- cortex
2011-07-26
Punchfork
Post 105918 by puny human deleted for the following reason: poster's request, will do over tomorrow. -- jessamyn
Black Student Can't Be Valedictorian
Post 105901 by Chrysostom deleted for the following reason: Seems like a crappy situation, but this is a court filing and a restatement of the court filing and it sounds like the sitaution is still kind of developing, yeah? Maybe make a solid "this is what happened" post once there's a bit more substance available if it's worth posting at that point. -- cortex
2011-07-25
Salty Dogs
Post 105890 by woodjockey deleted for the following reason: Not totally clear why we need another post about the whole bath salts phenomenon, but it should probably be more than a roundup of local news blurbs if there's something that merits doing, and the timing following your metatalk today plus the supply boys link feels awfully like a stunt post in an any case. -- cortex
2011-07-24
16 year old sings about killing her husband [dlyt]
Post 105854 by PretentiousAsHell deleted for the following reason: This reads like a personal blog post, which doesn't usually go over well for MetaFilter, sorry. -- mathowie
Unreal.
Post 105847 by Haarball deleted for the following reason: This can go in the open thread on the subject. -- restless_nomad
Tattoos at the Comic-con
Post 105844 by Tom-B deleted for the following reason: This is a not-great site with minimal content. -- restless_nomad
2011-07-23
Misogyny, Texas.
Post 105831 by mean cheez deleted for the following reason: This is sort of classic "look at these assholes" material. -- restless_nomad
I cheated myself/ Like I knew I would/ I told you I was trouble/ You know I'm no good
Post 105824 by Mike Mongo deleted for the following reason: yeah, let's stick with the slightly earlier post -- mathowie
Attacks in Norway
Post 105818 by Saxon Kane deleted for the following reason: Open thread from yesterday. I'll add some more tags to it. -- cortex
Amy Winehouse Found Dead At London Home
Post 105817 by Meatbomb deleted for the following reason: Single short blurbs make very poor obits. -- restless_nomad
you send me flying
Post 105816 by fight or flight deleted for the following reason: Please make a good post out of this. Short blurb is not it. -- cortex
Amy Winehouse is dead
Post 105815 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: Maybe anyting more substantial than a short breaking-news thing from the Daily Mail. This does not need to be a race. -- cortex
2011-07-22
Ever told the truth on your CV?
Post 105780 by mygodimissyou deleted for the following reason: Horrible Post and probably a self-link too -- vacapinta -- vacapinta
Its five o'clock somewhere...
Post 105757 by handbanana deleted for the following reason: ther emay be a good post here somewhere, but this isn't it. xo, the sober mod. -- jessamyn
Guillotine Guys
Post 105750 by Loki's Thunder deleted for the following reason: This is a self-link. You are banned. -- cortex
2011-07-19
The Artway Project
Post 105698 by Bighappyfunhouse deleted for the following reason: this pretty much needs to be redone without kickstarter in it, sorry. -- jessamyn
‘the Anonymous Hacker Collective’
Post 105681 by naight deleted for the following reason: URL mispaste aside, this is really thin for a post. -- cortex
Save the Psycho Ex Wife website?
Post 105678 by Kokopuff deleted for the following reason: I realize it's the nature of the situation that the actual site is down, but, well, with the actual site being down this is just "crappy situation with this site" news plus a donate link and that's really not workable Metafilter post. -- cortex
Study Shows Internet Alters Memory
Post 105669 by fantodstic deleted for the following reason: Yeah, we've covered this several times recently -- vacapinta
2011-07-18
The most important page on the internet
Post 105655 by soft and hardcore taters deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn
Taliban Executes 16 Pakistani Police
Post 105643 by bwg deleted for the following reason: Graphic violent videos with no other context don't really work here. -- restless_nomad
2011-07-17
Netflix woes
Post 105635 by tomswift deleted for the following reason: The article is ok (although not great), but the unsourced claim about the status is really over the "no editorializing" line -- restless_nomad
China's Ghost Cities
Post 105629 by tumid dahlia deleted for the following reason: Maybe just a hacked ad server kicking off alerts? Try posting tomorrow? -- mathowie
2011-07-16
It's not all about Gurus in mountains, you know....
Post 105595 by Solomon deleted for the following reason: Without more context, this looks rather too much like a press release to go well here. -- restless_nomad
"Not by flinching or avoiding or staying away. By facing the truth head-on."
Post 105535 by Kitteh deleted for the following reason: If you want to make a post about interesting stuff Kiernan has done/written, that's totally fine; a post about the phenomenon and culture of trigger warnings, ditto; as is, this is kind of a weird hybrid that feels too much like "let's continue the discussion on her lj entry" to make sense. -- cortex
Which he called “MetaFilter”
Post 105534 by Scoop deleted for the following reason: Please take this to the Lifestyle section. -- cortex
2011-07-13
The Blogfather
Post 105509 by thatbrunette deleted for the following reason: It is a very keen thing but it's more a Metatalk thing, here is a thread about it. -- cortex
If you hate this, you hate life.
Post 105507 by MiltonRandKalman deleted for the following reason: 50% seen it, unfortunately -- jessamyn
This might be Nebraska
Post 105494 by joannemerriam deleted for the following reason: a little too unfunny apparetnly. -- jessamyn
Conspiracy theory theory
Post 105490 by Dim Siawns deleted for the following reason: we sort of talked about exactly this a few years ago -- jessamyn
"I just didn't have my hand on the trigger"
Post 105438 by Bulgaroktonos deleted for the following reason: yes this sucks but single link huffopo us-gun-filter isn't so great for metafilter. -- jessamyn
2011-07-11
2011-07-09
7.1 Quake off NE Japan Coast; Tsunami Warning Issued
Post 105374 by ZenMasterThis deleted for the following reason: Can we wait until there's something actually reported on this one? I don't mean to be callous but let's wait til there's more than a paragraph in USA Today. I'm sure it won't be long. -- jessamyn
2011-07-08
US unemployment ticks up
Post 105350 by doctornemo deleted for the following reason: Unemployment sucks, but a post about it needs to look beatify than just Here's The Latest Numbers to make sense on the front page. -- cortex
Lawns must have suitable live vegetation....
Post 105346 by handbanana deleted for the following reason: Local news of the weird stuff is pretty much never a good post. -- cortex
2011-07-07
2011-07-06
Bye Bye Penmanship
Post 105288 by astapasta24 deleted for the following reason: This is a teeny little blurb from TIME, not really substantial post material. -- cortex
2011-07-05
Where have all the girls gone?
Post 105258 by aeschenkarnos deleted for the following reason: Should probably go in the still open thread -- vacapinta
Be a light. Be a flame. Be a beacon.
Post 105257 by Slarty Bartfast deleted for the following reason: I think this needs to be a "try again tomorrow" thing, see metatalk thread for details. -- cortex
2011-07-04
Here is a man that knows the truth—everything is better with a dinosaur.
Post 105218 by ChurchHatesTucker deleted for the following reason: Eh, without some kind of context for this to sit in it feels kind of point-and-laugh. -- cortex
2011-07-01
“He’ll have to get his Indian doctor if he wants treatmentâ€
Post 105153 by VikingSword deleted for the following reason: That's fucked up, but as is this post is just "look at this fucked up thing that happened". -- cortex