2012-02-29
What would you look like as an anime wolf?
Post 113365 by Minus215Cee deleted for the following reason: This is either a very subtle joke or just not very good, but judging by the pile of flags it seems like folks in general are leaning toward the latter. Nothing personal, Minus215Cee. -- cortex
2012-02-28
D.C. archdiocese refused to administer communion to a lesbian
Post 113340 by deathpanels deleted for the following reason: That's pretty fucked but it's also "church representative pulls some shit in church, church higher ups say it was a bullshit move" and not a whole lot more to this post-wise. I feel like if there isn't more to this than just "here's a fucked up thing that happened" this post isn't a great idea. -- cortex
Attention, sports racers!
Post 113309 by mean cheez deleted for the following reason: I love Ze Frank to death and am very excited about this development, but we need to not do the "here's an active fundraising project in progress" as the meat of a mefi post. If someone wants to either post about Ze and The Show without the Kickstarter angle or to wait until the fundraising has closed, that'd be great. -- cortex
Rednecks and gay dudes hate each other. What I’ve noticed though is what they hate more than each other... sleeves.
Post 113297 by joannemerriam deleted for the following reason: This is a little too ad-like for Metafilter. You might try again if you'd like to do something that focuses more on the comedian and less on what seems like a promotional announcement. -- taz
2012-02-27
2012-02-26
An "apology" to President Karzai of Afghanistan on behalf of Americans
Post 113254 by sunnychef88 deleted for the following reason: It's not really clear who this person is or why this is an interesting statement (and the "news article" appears to be an uncurated blog post.) If this is worth talking about maybe provide some more context and try tomorrow? -- restless_nomad
2012-02-25
2012-02-24
Lawsuit claims Obama can't be president because he's 'mulatto'
Post 113193 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: While this is refreshingly direct, "crazy racist files crazy lawsuit" doesn't make for much of a post. -- restless_nomad
Visual Inception 2012
Post 113183 by verb deleted for the following reason: You appear to have posted this because you think it's a bad idea and yet your post is sort of written in this way that does not indicate why you are writing the post. People who knows what is going on find it misleading and leading to more OS Wars discussions on this, the site that is deathly tired of these OS Wars arguments. Maybe rephrase this and try again tomorrow if it's really important, with new phrasing? -- jessamyn
For civilised people and the Irish.
Post 113167 by ironjelly deleted for the following reason: Viral advertising is often kind of iffy here and this appears to be both not all that funny and sort of pointlessly offensive. -- restless_nomad
Why did the Hipster burn his mouth?
Post 113155 by Just this guy, y'know deleted for the following reason: This is just a super short article about many London restaurants not accepting reservations, and some seemingly random links to restaurant sites; maybe you could rework this a bit to be more informational about the trend or the London restaurant scene? -- taz
2012-02-23
Shut UP, Conda
Post 113120 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is pretty thin if you're not already like a Biggest Loser superfan. -- cortex
Howling Australians!
Post 113110 by holdkris99 deleted for the following reason: this would be great in the open wallace thread 1 -- jessamyn
151 Capture Creature Project
Post 113084 by MrSmuckles deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure what part of "don't post links to your own stuff" is confusing but this is a self link and you are banned. -- jessamyn
Best Google Doodle Yet:
Post 113069 by Katjusa Roquette deleted for the following reason: Cute doodle, but people know how to find the Google animations on their own. -- taz
"You ARE the cancer that is poisoning Bileware"
Post 113037 by sgranade deleted for the following reason: I appreciate you put some effort into this roundup, sgranade, but a lot of this got discussed already in the recent reddit post and I feel like we don't need yet another thread just to agree that jackasses on /r/Gaming did indeed act like jackasses. -- cortex
2012-02-20
Bluegrass musicians get all the chicks
Post 113000 by bondcliff deleted for the following reason: god dammit i know like a hundred bluegrass songs, why can I not think of a pun about birds and double posts -- cortex
Khader Adnan
Post 112988 by finite deleted for the following reason: A few problems here: pull quote editorial slant (without quotations), and for background a single Op/Ed link and a song, plus outragefilter. I/P posts are sensitive, important, and notoriously difficult, so the bar is higher. Maybe try again with a more complete presentation? -- taz
2012-02-19
Playing poker with a Tea Party member
Post 112975 by TMezz deleted for the following reason: Disclosure doesn't make it ok. -- restless_nomad
Huggin and Munnin
Post 112973 by castironskillet deleted for the following reason: Two of the links have already been posted and this is kind of all over the place - maybe narrow it down to something new to Metafilter and try again tomorrow? -- restless_nomad
2012-02-18
"I keep making up these sex rules for myself, and then I break them right away."
Post 112936 by Philosopher Dirtbike deleted for the following reason: Seems like another silly stunt bill built for outrage; maybe we can revisit this if it actually gains any traction? -- taz
2012-02-17
Watch out, cloudspotters!
Post 112927 by fix deleted for the following reason: This is not the place for advertisements. -- restless_nomad
"The Colbert Report" is (temporarily) suspended.
Post 112911 by luminarias deleted for the following reason: "Internet talks about rumors in absence of hard data" doesn't really seem like much of a thing to talk about. -- restless_nomad
Correlation/Causation?
Post 112899 by d. z. wang deleted for the following reason: Maybe you could let us know where this quotation came from, because it is not in the article that you are linking. -- jessamyn
2012-02-16
A one-on-one keynote presentation
Post 112883 by nickheer deleted for the following reason: I like Daring Fireball just fine but people who like it have read it and people who don't may think this is too much of a gushing Apple ad. Not sure how to do this well... more people talking about the same preso? Otherwise it's "more Gruber!" which, hey, okay, but maybe not for everyone. -- jessamyn
2012-02-15
The Murder Trust
Post 112804 by veedubya deleted for the following reason: Looks like this story has been covered before. -- taz
2012-02-14
Move over SOPA make room for Canadas Conservative governments new surveillance bill.
Post 112793 by smudgedlens deleted for the following reason: This is a little too axe-grindy. Maybe dial it down some and post the links that you think are interesting that you'd like to discuss here? -- jessamyn
2012-02-13
2012-02-11
Romney vs. Gingrich
Post 112694 by latkes deleted for the following reason: The whole Matt-Tiabbi-Writes-Another-Political-Piece thing has kind of gotten done a lot on mefi at this point, if it's not something that's specifically extra important it probably doesn't need a post, otherwise it needs to be clear why it's an exceptional case. -- cortex
One of the Greatest Voices of All, Gone.....
Post 112691 by skepticallypleased deleted for the following reason: Simultaneous next post up has a little more context, let's go with that one. -- cortex
Netanyahu’s war wish
Post 112663 by Meatbomb deleted for the following reason: Single-link one-sided Op/Ed on a contentious topic isn't a great post; you can add this to the still open thread on this topic. -- taz
Video Haiku
Post 112644 by Jesse Hughson deleted for the following reason: This is interesting but it seems to be done by a friend of yours. Not okay for MeFi. -- jessamyn
Kickstarter Taking Off
Post 112637 by jefftang deleted for the following reason: These are neat things but we'd really prefer not to have active Kickstarter campaigns linked on the front page. Feel free to have a go tomorrow minus those links. -- restless_nomad
Assassination in Beijing?
Post 112633 by saucysault deleted for the following reason: Maybe let's wait until we're out of rumor territory on this. -- cortex
2012-02-09
The Ultimate Bigot's Calender of Europe
Post 112582 by infini deleted for the following reason: Looks like we've seen this previously. -- cortex
Languages of Indian Parliament and Parliamentary Reporting
Post 112570 by ignorantguru deleted for the following reason: This seems almost more like an Ask Metafilter post in its present state, and very much like a quick item posted on a personal blog; maybe work it up into a more complete presentation and repost? Contact us if you have questions. -- taz
2012-02-08
God was being a dick to me. I should have known God would be a dick.
Post 112555 by T.D. Strange deleted for the following reason: and then I was like "dude, did you hear something from the basement" and he goes down there and there's a Smirnoff Ice and I'm like "ha ha, bro, you just got twiced!" -- cortex
2012-02-07
2012-02-06
Her Majesty's government keeps it classy
Post 112481 by ivan ivanych samovar deleted for the following reason: Interesting and upsetting story, but editorial commenting by the poster is discouraged for news posts. Maybe try again tomorrow with less first-person framing? -- taz
2012-02-05
2012-02-04
Rape joke: is it funny because it's true?
Post 112418 by fuse theorem deleted for the following reason: Single link youtube/Jezebel rape joke. This is a terrifically touchy subject that needs more than this to be a good MeFi post. -- jessamyn
2012-02-03
#notracist
Post 112400 by 2bucksplus deleted for the following reason: I'm not seeing anything more than "point and laugh at the ignorant people" here. -- restless_nomad
2012-02-02
To my old Master
Post 112356 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: It's a doozy, but we've seen it. -- cortex
WeSpount parenting community
Post 112343 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: Not really clear what the story is here, this is something that's in an invite-only signup period, with a signup code taggeded onto the url? Maybe wait until it's more open for business, or give the post another shot that makes it clearer why this is neat and worth a look? -- cortex
17 Mefites who loves to cook organic tofu & the wo(men) who left them because of it
Post 112339 by growabrain deleted for the following reason: Onion article and a big copypaste makes for kind of a strange post. -- cortex
2012-02-01
It's not epic, but it's something.
Post 112324 by gagglezoomer deleted for the following reason: This could do with maybe a more substantial post, and less "item-on-my-own-blog" phrasing. -- taz
Josh Fox (Gasland) arrested for filming public hearing.
Post 112307 by Jesse Hughson deleted for the following reason: A link to a petition is not a workable post for Metafilter. If there is a noteworthy story here, there needs to be some links to substantial content about that, not a call to action. -- cortex