2012-05-31
ISNER!!
Post 116499 by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates deleted for the following reason: There needs to be a whole lot more to the "doing" part for this to make sense as a thing to post about. -- cortex
The Meme Generation
Post 116498 by ThatFuzzyBastard deleted for the following reason: Link appears to be hard down and not cached Since it doesn't seem to be time sensitive, let's have a do-over tomorrow or some other time? Otherwise there's nothing to talk about except the words in your post which aren't much to go on. -- jessamyn
2012-05-30
Honor and Error
Post 116455 by furiousxgeorge deleted for the following reason: This is sort of an interesting little diplomatic clusterfuck but weighing it down with the op-ed angle and several paragraphs of pullquote therefrom feels like a good way to turn this into a discussion not so much about the diplomatic stuff as about the content of that op-ed. Maybe a do-over with less baggage. -- cortex
Robert Mugabe and Tourism
Post 116446 by thermonuclear.jive.turkey deleted for the following reason: Sorry, it seems this is just too misleading as presented; please repost with more exposition about the situation, or perhaps someone else can make a post that takes a wider view. -- taz
2012-05-29
Detropia
Post 116411 by deathpanels deleted for the following reason: Heya, fundraiser posts (active Kickstarter projects very much included) really aren't okay for the front page. -- cortex
This is not a Gaga post
Post 116407 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: This is two minute of shakycam footage of a largely-obscured jumbotron showing footage of a concert rehearsal. I realize there's some like Madonna/Gaga singularity event wrapped up in this for folks who find that exciting but this is not a good Metafilter post. -- cortex
This has to be one the strangest quotes...
Post 116405 by jdhinckley deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this isn't actually a post at all, much less a good one for Metafilter. Stick around and read the site a lot more, and you'll get a better idea of what we're about. -- taz
2012-05-28
Hollywood never gets it right
Post 116389 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: Yeah, as neat as the idea is its kind of hard not to look at AMAs of questionable provenance with other than a jaundiced eye. -- cortex
2012-05-27
" ...flesh in his stomach that wasn't his own."
Post 116366 by kittensofthenight deleted for the following reason: This was an impressive attempt, but really no depth of framing is going to make this work here. -- restless_nomad
2012-05-26
Adopt A Revolution: Syria Democracy & Human Rights
Post 116341 by travelwithcats deleted for the following reason: While it's possible there's an interesting post to be made on this topic, it would need to be more analysis than "donate here!" -- restless_nomad
2012-05-25
Oh, crap. There goes my budget.
Post 116303 by davismbagpiper deleted for the following reason: Uh, this just seems like some "buy stuff and earn me some referrer cash" blog. -- cortex
SWATting your enemies
Post 116301 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: That's a super shitty thing to do to someone, but this doesn't seem like a great idea for a post. -- cortex
2012-05-24
Ex-football star released after 6 years in prison
Post 116266 by marcusesses deleted for the following reason: Seems like an interesting and pretty fucked-up case, but most of the links here seem like they're kind of filler material and if the meat of the post is essentially "read this legal PDF" it might need to be presented a lot more in those terms, or with some good long-form journalism or analysis. Otherwise we've just got folks arguing about rape charges yet again. -- cortex
2012-05-23
2012-05-22
Injunction junction, what's your function?
Post 116186 by AElfwine Evenstar deleted for the following reason: This is probably worth presenting a bit more in-post context on since for the folks who have read the previouslies it may be an obvious followup but for anyone else this is super opaque and requires a bit of back reading to even know what the new developments are about. -- cortex
2012-05-21
2012-05-20
Mark Zuckerberg's Status Update: Married
Post 116125 by nikayla_luv deleted for the following reason: Maybe something more could work? As is this is kind of thin. -- mathowie
2012-05-18
Shh. Someone might hear. Don’t talk about that.
Post 116086 by SkylitDrawl deleted for the following reason: A single link to a personal blog post with a lot of she-said-he-said-they-said about a messed up situation is not really a great post. Maybe this could fit into a post with more context, or larger-picture framing. -- taz
Mitt Romney looks a little uncomfortable
Post 116063 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: deleted a couple of times already. -- taz
2012-05-17
She worked hard for the money
Post 116035 by pjern deleted for the following reason: Second post is stronger, we'll keep that one. Always a good idea to give an obit a few minutes if it's a big one, it's likely folks are taking a little time to put something more substantial together. -- cortex
"You don't know how long I've been waiting for this......"
Post 116031 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This can go in the open thread, if it's not there already. -- taz
2012-05-16
Better late than never.
Post 116015 by Cosine deleted for the following reason: This is not so much a neat thing on the web as an event announcement - if you can find some articles *about* the event, before or after the fact, and make a fuller post about it, go for it, but this won't really do. -- restless_nomad
Grand Old Party
Post 115991 by backseatpilot deleted for the following reason: Cute but pretty darned thin and I think we're feeling a lot of primaries fatigue still. -- cortex
Gold drops as Greece batters global markets
Post 115990 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: Another one of these Yahoo news things? Really? -- taz
2012-05-15
Such actions simply have no place in our society.
Post 115976 by hermitosis deleted for the following reason: Seems like the order of events here is out of whack, the statement in question was from a couple years ago. -- cortex
2012-05-14
In Honor of Mother's Day (late)
Post 115931 by daydreamer deleted for the following reason: Eh, I'm happy she's had a good outcome from this and go kiddo, but the presentation on this is really sort of drawn-out and glurgey and people don't seem to be liking it. -- cortex
"But who are they—I mean, we? What do we call ourselves?"
Post 115928 by a_girl_irl deleted for the following reason: Make this post differently if you are going to make it here. The provocative pull quote and the really touchy topic need to be done differently if you are going to do them on MetaFilter. We don't need to know that the National Review have a bunch of really non-standard and racist opinions. If you want to make a good post that goes well here, do it differently, not as "outrage of the day" Thank you. -- jessamyn
Back-ups only help if they are actually working.
Post 115919 by Kimberly deleted for the following reason: If it's any comfort, this double post isn't as bad as Cars 2. -- cortex
2012-05-13
2012-05-12
Bitterroot
Post 115886 by x_3mta3 deleted for the following reason: This really seems like a viral marketing campaign, and the framing is sort of feeding into that. -- restless_nomad
When youth culture grows up.
Post 115881 by lkc deleted for the following reason: We don't allow open Kickstarter projects on the front page, sorry. -- restless_nomad
Game over, man! Game over!
Post 115877 by j03 deleted for the following reason: Single-link op-eds are not usually great FPP material, and this one isn't really rising above. -- restless_nomad
Rome Sweet Rome
Post 115874 by wallstreet1929 deleted for the following reason: Render unto 114055 what is 114055's. -- cortex
2012-05-11
Catholic Bishops Scrutinize the Girl Scouts
Post 115862 by chrchr deleted for the following reason: This is basically a single Yahoo news link grar filter post that has already turned into people talking about pedophile priests. If the story needs to have a MeFi post made about it, please make a more thorough and less provocative one. Thank you. -- jessamyn
No words.
Post 115850 by whatgorilla deleted for the following reason: If the thrust of a post is basically "stay classy!", it pretty much just doesn't need to be a Metafilter post. Let Gawker do this shit. -- cortex
Knight mated by a Knight.
Post 115848 by unSane deleted for the following reason: Yup, had a recent post about this. -- cortex
'Please, sir, I want some more.'
Post 115844 by fearfulsymmetry deleted for the following reason: Seems like a neat enough idea but there's almost no content yet. Maybe revisit this in a month or two when there's more there there? -- cortex
2012-05-10
Anatomy of a thought process
Post 115834 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: Hey, this is a little thin for a Mefi post, and the presentation is more appropriate for something on a personal blog. -- taz
A Rebuttal
Post 115810 by Stagger Lee deleted for the following reason: Yeah, probably makes more sense to just include in the previous recent onion thread if it's not already there. Cheers! -- cortex
Having the other gay talk
Post 115795 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: This looks like a good post with a bit of a confusing lead-in that makes it seem like it belongs in the already open Obama thread. Maybe this can be edited to clear things up? -- taz
2012-05-09
Oh, your head hasn't exploded yet? This should do it.
Post 115792 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: Dear boo_radley, I am very very happy to see you but not at all if you feel terrible, so let's do a do-over on this and you can post something tomorrow and we will all say welcome back. That work for you? -- jessamyn
Obama supports same-sex marriage
Post 115774 by Dasein deleted for the following reason: Later post is slightly better, so we'll go with that one. -- cortex
Mentally ill man beaten to death by cops
Post 115767 by blueberry sushi deleted for the following reason: This is an awful thing but it's also not something that seems like a good idea for a Metafilter post. -- cortex
Paranoid Americans eating from buckets
Post 115753 by littlemanclan deleted for the following reason: This is an image png. This is not a Metafilter post. -- taz
2012-05-08
Google violated copyright but no damages
Post 115735 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: You are three for three on weird little yahoo news release posts with no context. This is strange and you need to stop. -- cortex
2012-05-07
Facebook execs hit the road to persuade investors
Post 115698 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: This is a lightweight cookiecutter news service article that doesn't offer any new info on the Facebook IPO. -- taz
2012-05-05
Project Prevention
Post 115665 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: This is actually the fifth time this woman and her organization has been posted here over the years, and this version offers very little new info. Perhaps something that's not a retread of the same thing if there's a larger picture this might fit into? -- taz
"He does not need the validation of being called the best referee of all time."
Post 115663 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: *tweeeeeeet* Double! *obscure hand signal* -- restless_nomad
2012-05-04
Tough enough.
Post 115641 by VikingSword deleted for the following reason: Posts about research where the actual research isn't publicly available are kind of needed from the get-go; if there's some more substantial discussion available that might work for a post but shortish digestions of studies tend not be great post material. -- cortex
Thallus - To Gain Volatility
Post 115640 by Frobenius Twist deleted for the following reason: Looks like the album is no longer free, alas. -- restless_nomad
You Fought Hard for our Right, MCA.
Post 115630 by Lutoslawski deleted for the following reason: please post this in the open thread. -- jessamyn
NYPD sexually assaulting female OWS protestors
Post 115624 by crayz deleted for the following reason: Combination OWS + lousy cops + provocative pullquote +single link outrage filter really needs to be a different sort of post for MetaFilter. Otherwise it's just outragefilter with nothing much to discuss and a bunch of people angrily agreeing with each other with a lot of free ranging bad feeling that they use on each other. If this is going to be a MeFi post, make it differently. -- jessamyn
2012-05-03
Jon Will's Gift
Post 115588 by BobbyVan deleted for the following reason: This is like three quarters nice little photo essay by a dad about his son who he cares about and one quarter really jarring ABORTION SHAME ON YOU ENTITLED JERKS stuff sandwiched in there and as much as I like the idea of a nice photo essay that makes for kind of a weird stealth op-ed post. -- cortex
J.T. Ready Confirmed Shooter in Gilbert AZ Massacre
Post 115583 by a_girl_irl deleted for the following reason: Ugly situation all around and maybe there's a meaty post to be made about the overall situation, but this is a little thin as is and we probably don't need to link to folks like the Minutemen's site on the front page. -- cortex
Stekys Media Help Calm Client Fears Amidst Google Penguin Update
Post 115578 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: This is a press release. A press release is not good post material. -- cortex
2012-05-02
I Kinda Want A Tartan Suit Now.
Post 115552 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: Cool but looks like just the tumblr adjunct of this recent post. -- cortex
What secret could ruin your life if it came out?
Post 115548 by Chrysostom deleted for the following reason: Reddit thread full of unverifiable anecdotes is kind of not-great post material. -- cortex
Low-level radiation epidemiology
Post 115543 by jeffburdges deleted for the following reason: Something seems to have gone wrong here; maybe repost tomorrow when you have time to double-check the post text? -- cortex
2012-05-01
He'll only have his billions of dollars to console him.
Post 115513 by DoctorFedora deleted for the following reason: for such major news, maybe more than a single tumblr post? -- mathowie
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