2012-10-31
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
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
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
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
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
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
2012-10-23
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
2012-10-19
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
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
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
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
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
Portrait of the Artist as Strung Out
Post 120905 by outlandishmarxist deleted for the following reason: The Picture of Dorian Zwei. -- cortex
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
2012-10-05
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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
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
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
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