2012-10-31

Even children tire of the election

Post 121436 by wrok deleted for the following reason: I AM THAT LITTLE GIRL -- cortex

Diapers for Bronies

Post 121429 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Cute but this is kinda thin for a post. -- cortex

What it’s like being a teen girl

Post 121423 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty short blog post covering territory that we've been over quite a lot before, and we actually have a currently open post about teen girls, so this could be included there. -- taz

2012-10-30

How can someone this ignorant be this well read

Post 121412 by dickfitz2 deleted for the following reason: Mefi posts need to not have personal editorial comments as part of their framing. -- cortex

The Romney Mega-Prayer

Post 121410 by S'Tella Fabula deleted for the following reason: I'm thinking maybe not so much with this. -- cortex

Why we're screwed

Post 121386 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: Election season is almost over, but right now we still have a very high bar for posts related to U.S. politics. Maybe re-compose this into a post with a bit more depth and focus when you are rested? -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2012-10-29

Where we are headed.

Post 121382 by dmayhood deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for metafilter. If there is something really of interest to the userbase here, please post again without all the editorializing? -- jessamyn

Hurricane or Post Tropical Cyclone?

Post 121381 by Seymour Zamboni deleted for the following reason: This post seems to be making this into an accuweather fueled "controversy" more than it needs to be and maybe in the middle of a natural disaster isn't the right time to be stirring more shit up? -- jessamyn

Hurricane Sandy

Post 121374 by blahblahblah deleted for the following reason: There's a category 3 thread about the storm right over here and it doesn't show any sign of letting up soon. Maybe add this stuff as a comment? -- cortex

Paid for by The Committee to Learn Parkour, Like, Really Soon.

Post 121371 by FirstMateKate deleted for the following reason: It's cute and Joss is great but it's also just a short cute election joke and boy are we not hurting for election chatter already. -- cortex

let's not forget the sense of community it creates

Post 121367 by gerryblog deleted for the following reason: This might be better as a part of a more developed post that addresses the question of head injuries and football, but as is it just seems like a sort of perfunctory grar-bait without much more to offer for discussion. -- taz

2012-10-28

Paid for by the Commitee to totally learn Pakour soon

Post 121354 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: This is hilarious but can totally live in one of the open election threads. -- restless_nomad

2012-10-26

Rawr

Post 121301 by Ad hominem deleted for the following reason: We've got a pretty high bar right now for election-relation posts, and this ain't clearing it, sorry. -- restless_nomad

WARNING: this post is going to be oh-so-very-triggery for victims of rape and sexual assault. I am not kidding.

Post 121280 by zombieflanders deleted for the following reason: The GOP are pretty terrible about rape, but at the same time Mefi is not a GOP Rape Shittiness blog and it feels like we've really had a lot of "let's talk about rape and people who are shitty about rape" posts. -- cortex

Are the rumours actually based on any verifiable data?

Post 121276 by infini deleted for the following reason: Looks like this has already been covered. -- taz

2012-10-25

six scientists, 6 years prison

Post 121243 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2012-10-24

...enabling the King of Pop to continue rocking and rolling, forever.

Post 121227 by OverlappingElvis deleted for the following reason: I love you man but this is like the sort of post that I wake up from a bad dream about someone making. -- cortex

Underwater Dogs

Post 121225 by Shusha deleted for the following reason: Looks like these dogs done been dunked previously. -- cortex

Praying for an end to crime

Post 121224 by asnider deleted for the following reason: This seems like maybe not much of a thing, good-post-material-wise. -- cortex

Mexican horse dances Gangnam Style

Post 121223 by roaring beast deleted for the following reason: Gangnam Fever! -- cortex

Gangnam Matt Rach Style

Post 121213 by ericteoh deleted for the following reason: Gangnam post just a couple days ago, maybe just add this there. -- cortex

How dare she, a lowly woman think god wants her to be a rabbi, created from a mere rib?

Post 121207 by Mezentian deleted for the following reason: I kind of feel like "rabbi gets in jerkish squabble with famous comedian, gets told" is not so great as post material. -- cortex

2012-10-23

Nuclear energy plant can't compete

Post 121176 by Twang deleted for the following reason: This is an interesting topic which is not really served by a single link press release about it. Maybe make this post differently? -- jessamyn

Shepard Tone

Post 121169 by silsurf deleted for the following reason: Hey, this is something that might good for your own blog, but Mefi posts need links to articles or something on the web instead of a write-up by the poster (or a straight wiki link), and the divshare links are also a problem. Contact us if you have questions. -- taz

2012-10-22

Why yes, I would like to volunteer as the tax man

Post 121146 by Slackermagee deleted for the following reason: hoax post, at poster's request -- mathowie

Lance Armstrong stripped of Tour de France medals

Post 121141 by SpaceJesus deleted for the following reason: Heya, there's a thread from a few days ago that's still open, feel free to discuss this there. -- cortex

"Inside the imposing temples run by men believed to have a direct line to God, secret rituals are performed..."

Post 121135 by davidstandaford deleted for the following reason: It's hard to get away from feeling like the presentation in that youtube video is pretty skeezy; I'm not sure this is really a great idea for a post. -- cortex

Toxic Atheism: Don't Put Your Lips On It!

Post 121130 by Fritz Langwedge deleted for the following reason: This thread seems to be the Same Old Argument about atheists vs theists and not even done in a particularly interesting way. If we're going to have a discussion we've had a hundred times before it might be better to have more than a single GRR Salon post about it to kick things off. Thanks for understanding. -- jessamyn

2012-10-21

:s/racial integration/gay marriage/g

Post 121100 by d. z. wang deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2012-10-19

MOOCing Minnesota

Post 121064 by Wordshore deleted for the following reason: Beaten by a hair; go ahead and add this stuff to the post below! -- cortex

State of Minnesota attempts to limit free acces to education

Post 121050 by specialk420 deleted for the following reason: If this post is about the state limiting, or trying to limit, access to Coursera it should probably mention that somewhere in the post somewhere. Otherwise using Slate's "gotcha" headline is making this post look like something that it isn't. Maybe try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

2012-10-18

It is a giant planet with an interior of liquid beef and pork into which 1,000 Earths would fit.

Post 121019 by heyho deleted for the following reason: Double. Twin meat planets locked forever in a cosmic ballet. -- LobsterMitten

Watch what you say!

Post 121018 by LarryC deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Matt, shush, because the sofa bears don't know...

Post 121008 by nickrussell deleted for the following reason: There's a big open thread on the debate and while I can totally see a "here are debate memes" thread, a one-off video during election season has been deleted before and is now deleted again. -- jessamyn

Equal protection: now with more protecting of equality!

Post 121006 by prefpara deleted for the following reason: This is really great news, but linking to the raw opinion is not going to maybe be the best way to make a post about this big deal news. Maybe either try again tomorrow or someone else can probably write it? -- jessamyn

http://www.avonwalk.org/

Post 121002 by huskerfan deleted for the following reason: Appreciate the heads up but there needs to be more to this than just "here is a thing that is happening" Let us know if you have questions. -- jessamyn

Silence Has the Rusty Taste of Shame

Post 120993 by sendai sleep master deleted for the following reason: we have an hours old currently open thread talking about rape and rape culture. An account of a sexual assault is not, on its own, clearly something that makes a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2012-10-17

Relative dimensions

Post 120985 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

Romeny Tax Plan

Post 120975 by OmieWise deleted for the following reason: It's cute but it's a one-off joke and has been going around like crazy anywhere on the internet that people are chattering about politics, so kind of thin as a post in its own right at this point. -- cortex

Death of Democracy?

Post 120973 by jutepanama deleted for the following reason: Heya, if this is worth posting about it'd be good to have a little more substance/context in the post. -- cortex

2012-10-16

Closest ever exo-planet

Post 120953 by DataPacRat deleted for the following reason: Seems like there's a little more info in this simultaneous post, so we'll go with that one. -- cortex

Gross home offices

Post 120950 by Egg Shen deleted for the following reason: This is kind of gross-out "look at some hoarders" kind of stuff. ick. -- mathowie

A Surprisingly-Forgotten Anniversary...

Post 120949 by dr. zoom deleted for the following reason: There's a heck of a lot to say about the CMC, hopefully someone else can do a better post -- mathowie

Feminine hygiene company responds to viral rant

Post 120943 by merelyglib deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Dieu Et Mon Droit

Post 120930 by jet_manifesto deleted for the following reason: Puzzles are cute and all but oblique viral ad that asks for access to your webcam at the word go is not really generating a lot of love here. -- cortex

Zombie Peanuts!

Post 120927 by Renoroc deleted for the following reason: Looks like this is just Buzzfeed helpfully making a gallery on their own domain out of this guy's work that we've seen before. -- cortex

The economics of despair

Post 120920 by Schroder deleted for the following reason: Anything related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is difficult to do well on Metafilter, so a having single link to a news story on this (admittedly interesting) topic is maybe a bit thin. Maybe flesh this out a bit and try again tomorrow? -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2012-10-15

Only he could be so bold...

Post 120912 by Strange Interlude deleted for the following reason: This is not really a subject on which rickrolling-style jokes are going to work here. -- restless_nomad

2012-10-14

Election 2012: Jocks v Nerds

Post 120882 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: "Homophobic group is homophobic" isn't really going to go anywhere but "look at those assholes." -- restless_nomad

"The near absence of air at this high altitude means he should break the speed of sound as he falls - a velocity in excess of 690mph."

Post 120874 by Chutzler deleted for the following reason: Double. Better to join the ongoing discussion in the existing thread. -- LobsterMitten

2012-10-13

Axe Anti-Dandruff Commercial Casting Choice

Post 120860 by solomonsucceeds deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for Metafilter for a couple of reasons; feel free to contact us if you have questions. -- restless_nomad

Do tall people die sooner?

Post 120845 by Thanquol180 deleted for the following reason: Heya, this is something you'd need to post over on Ask Metafilter. -- cortex

2012-10-12

The Right To Be Creepy ?

Post 120836 by Podkayne of Pasadena deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Creepshots

Post 120833 by box deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

For the mad cow

Post 120813 by skwt deleted for the following reason: I love Bad Lip Reading but we've seen it before and "here's the latest" is kind of thin for a new post. -- cortex

Ridin' Dirty

Post 120812 by whimsicalnymph deleted for the following reason: Cute but maybe mention it in one of the various debate/election threads that's already open? -- cortex

Could this be the tipping point?

Post 120809 by showbiz_liz deleted for the following reason: Bunch of discussion about this stuff (including specifically Colorado's Am. 64) in this recent thread, maybe take this stuff over there. -- cortex

Trolls are from Norway

Post 120798 by Skeptic deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but the combo of jokey outrage title plus a Daily Mail link makes this pretty much self-derailing. Please do repost tomorrow if it hasn't been posted in the meantime, and contact us if you have any questions. -- taz

2012-10-11

This plane will take you to Australia

Post 120793 by vidur deleted for the following reason: great story, but posted previously -- jessamyn

Everyday I think why am I still here.

Post 120791 by moneyjane deleted for the following reason: Um, this is a terrible thing that happened but this is not the way to make a post about it on metafilter. -- jessamyn

Genesis and Destruction

Post 120780 by julthumbscrew deleted for the following reason: Hey this post is great but the main link isn't accessible to people who don't have a longreads subscription. Maybe rework it and try again? -- jessamyn

Resident Evil 4D

Post 120759 by maliciaflore deleted for the following reason: self-link -- vacapinta

nothing to see here

Post 120757 by taz deleted for the following reason: test post -- taz

2012-10-10

If you look inside a computer, you find an impressive assembly of basic mechanisms.

Post 120735 by fings deleted for the following reason: Neat stuff but we've seen it a couple times before. -- cortex

This is a city street, not a golf course

Post 120725 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: This seems kinda of eh. -- cortex

"Putin's third term will bring instability and lead to a civil war."

Post 120724 by 256 deleted for the following reason: Maybe add this as an update in the Pussy Riot thread from last week? -- cortex

Sloppy HTML She Wrote

Post 120715 by cupcake1337 deleted for the following reason: So it looks like someone put the wrong url in links on several related web sites, which doesn't really make for a great post. If there's something more interesting happening here, maybe repost with more info. -- taz

2012-10-09

The Definition of Marriage

Post 120700 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: A bit too much editorializing in the post, maybe try again tomorrow? -- mathowie

"We are told that when Obama left the stage that night, he was feeling good. That's terrifying."

Post 120696 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: There's been a bunch of active discussion of this stuff in the thread from a few days ago, maybe keep it there. -- cortex

Here's Looking At You(r) Kid

Post 120692 by Lipstick Thespian deleted for the following reason: uhoh. Looks like this has been posted before, at a different url -- taz

2012-10-08

Cloud Atlas "yellowface"

Post 120664 by deathpanels deleted for the following reason: We had a very long conversation about this just recently. -- jessamyn

Red Bull Give you Winggggsssss.....

Post 120663 by Podkayne of Pasadena deleted for the following reason: Mach two. -- cortex

Don't need no stinkin' cucumbers (SLYT)

Post 120656 by dontjumplarry deleted for the following reason: oops, yeah, it looks like this was posted recently -- taz

2012-10-07

What, no Madden?

Post 120653 by Ambrosia Voyeur deleted for the following reason: Your post is in another castle! -- restless_nomad

The Satanic Bacteria

Post 120639 by CheeseDigestsAll deleted for the following reason: This is kind of an awesome post about Lenski's work as the meat in a shitty-politicians-are-shitty sandwich. Maybe do this over again tomorrow without the politics? -- cortex

2012-10-06

Baby singing 'Dr Who' theme song

Post 120631 by naight deleted for the following reason: This doesn't really do what it says on the tin. -- restless_nomad

Cute SLYT FPP are about Productivity!

Post 120616 by GenjiandProust deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

The end of an era for academic racism

Post 120615 by ChuraChura deleted for the following reason: Poster's request. -- taz

2012-10-05

Homeopathy on the Scottish NHS? (SLBBC)

Post 120585 by epo deleted for the following reason: Yeah, sorry, this definitely needs to lose the OP snarky comments and be presented better. -- taz

2012-10-04

Honderd!

Post 120575 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Selective Sampling

Post 120572 by dobie deleted for the following reason: Better for the existing thread methinks -- mathowie

AAAAAA ALIENS... oh it's just garlic

Post 120568 by yellowbinder deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

Too Many Secrets

Post 120560 by Frayed Knot deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Science for the masses

Post 120558 by imdaf deleted for the following reason: You misunderstood the whole self-linking thing, didn't you? -- mathowie

Steve Kilbey quits the Church

Post 120540 by awfurby deleted for the following reason: Feel free to repost if you find a working link. -- vacapinta

2012-10-03

Early onset schizophrenia

Post 120519 by Egg Shen deleted for the following reason: Looks like a double from a few years ago, plus dead video -- taz

2012-10-02

Racism at a gaming company

Post 120499 by - deleted for the following reason: At this point, the sole link is dead and I'd have to assume that's by the blogger's intent, so this is kind of a skunked post. If there's some sort of post-worthy denouement to all this down the line a more substantial post about the whole Kixeye thing would be fine. -- cortex

I can hardly sing The Star-Spangled Banner any more.

Post 120497 by emjaybee deleted for the following reason: I kinda feel like there's enough looniness in the current cycle that we don't need to dedicate new threads to fisking the older stuff. -- cortex

The last use of the saakashvili tag

Post 120491 by msalt deleted for the following reason: Not really clear why this is an interesting post for MeFi. -- mathowie

Like COBOL or QWERTY, it infiltrates the very skin of the host.

Post 120485 by syntaxfree deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty boring non-news article about PHP, not really MeFi worthy news that they are thinking of mobile sites. -- mathowie

Plutocracy’s Boot Boys

Post 120475 by deanklear deleted for the following reason: This seems like a single link op-ed that could easily go in many of the open politics threads. Unless there's more to this than "Rich folks suck, AMIRITE" in which case it might be worth mentioning that in the post somehow. -- jessamyn

Warrantless surveillance skyrockets

Post 120471 by Sleeper deleted for the following reason: This needs to be reposted without the personal editorial remarks; please contact us if you have questions. -- taz

2012-10-01

Washington State Pertussis Epidemic, Part 2

Post 120465 by kestralwing deleted for the following reason: The whooping cough thread is still open and not that old, please post this in the open thread? -- jessamyn

Two Neighbors Drinking Coffee Again

Post 120461 by sendai sleep master deleted for the following reason: Posted previously and maybe US-only? -- jessamyn

A 13-Year-Old Cancer Fighting YouTube Superstar

Post 120443 by molisk deleted for the following reason: Self-link, banned. -- restless_nomad

This cane, it vibrates!

Post 120441 by mikoroshi deleted for the following reason: Israel/Palestine is a super touchy subject around here, and mixing "here's some political stuff" with "here's a neat science thing" is not going to go well at all. -- restless_nomad