Post 128606 by QueerAngel28 deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this isn't getting any better with repeated posting. -- restless_nomad
2013-05-31
Car Washing = NCAA Violation? Asking Who Texted You Too?
Post 128549 by theichibun deleted for the following reason: less editorializing more "this is something I found on the web that I'd like to share with people" -- jessamyn
Neil Morrison keeps the track record alive.
Post 128546 by rough ashlar deleted for the following reason: skip the editorializing please. just make a post if it's a think you think people would be interested in. -- jessamyn
Profile of a Scam and a Scammer
Post 128530 by bloomington deleted for the following reason: You seem to be insistently spamming the site. Banned. -- taz
2013-05-29
LONG, FASCINATING ARTICLE ABOUT AN NYC SCAMMER
Post 128518 by Julian Marsh deleted for the following reason: This is a copypasted article form the new yorker on some totally anonymous blog that exists only to copy this one new yorker article. That is maybe too sketchy for here. -- jessamyn
Never Go Full Palin
Post 128493 by mcstayinskool deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is pretty heavily OP-editorialized / two-minute hate with the batshitinsane tag, etc. -- maybe try again with something a little more substantial? -- taz
2013-05-28
Do you permit domestic servants to touch YOUR audio equipment?
Post 128489 by JimInLoganSquare deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, this framed in a pretty editorial way, and furthermore looks like it's mainly a "hey look at these assholes" kind of post, which are both things we try to avoid here. -- LobsterMitten
Interstellar Space Station planned for 2100
Post 128466 by Narrative_Historian deleted for the following reason: Interesting stuff but a single press release is a bit thin for a post. Maybe try again later with some reaction from sources other than the organization itself on the feasibility (or lack thereof) of such a project? Feel free to hit the contact form to run a draft by us or if you have any questions. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2013-05-27
A well made chair and a sweet bear.
Post 128462 by quin deleted for the following reason: Ok, I'm going to belatedly collapse the cute-bear-friendship-or-result-of-animal-cruelty-set-to-music superposition here. -- LobsterMitten
Do Teach, Don't Tell
Post 128451 by timsteil deleted for the following reason: "We should have a debate about this" is not a good reason to make a Metafilter post and really needs not to be the text of a post, and this is a wee little writeup of what sounds like a crappy situation but isn't really obviously good post material in its own right. -- cortex
2013-05-26
"We Make Propaganda"
Post 128418 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: This is pretty editorial framing, which is discouraged here. -- LobsterMitten
Myth Busters Gives a Home To Judi Bari Bombing Conspirator
Post 128416 by BillW deleted for the following reason: There may be a good post lurking here, and you're welcome to try again, but it's a bit misleading (Doyle has been working with Mythbusters for a while), and it's not clear why this is framed as a "calling out Mythbusters" thing. Maybe make a post about the actual incident and people involved rather than Mythbusters OUTRAGE? -- taz
2013-05-25
Visit Your Local Ford Dealer
Post 128398 by krunk deleted for the following reason: Let's keep the discussion all in one place in the open thread. -- LobsterMitten
2013-05-24
Reddit and misogyny, an ongoing saga
Post 128392 by adrienneleigh deleted for the following reason: We've kind of gone into the reddit-is-really-misogynist quagmire many times before, not really anything new here. -- mathowie
FUNNIEST MAN ALIVE
Post 128380 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: Upon consideration, basically a channel of self-harm, so maybe not the kind of thing we want to be driving traffic to. Sorry for the delayed delete. -- LobsterMitten
"Why We Won't Say Torture"
Post 128376 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: You are not really understanding the leave-yourself-out-of-posts thing that is important with posting to the front page. If you want to talk to the mods about site policy, write to us at the contact form or open a Metatalk thread, but do not do this. -- cortex
2013-05-23
Maybe it's the fedora?
Post 128356 by eviemath deleted for the following reason: I get that this is meant to be an amusing light satire, but there's really nowhere to go with a discussion on this that isn't the same old tired "friendzone" fight we've had a million times. Maybe this could work as part of a different kind of post, but as is it's kind of straight-up fight fodder. -- taz
...to know which way the wind blows
Post 128348 by bitmage deleted for the following reason: This would work better as a comment in the existing thread about the OK tornado. -- mathowie
The White Student Union: KKKoming to a Campus Near You?
Post 128333 by Rykey deleted for the following reason: Vice reports on complicated race issues is probably not a great way to open a conversation about the complicated issue of white supremacy in the US. Otherwise this is just an excuse for a two minute hate which is not super constructive. -- jessamyn
2013-05-22
This has to be the worse news of the millennium for Islam.
Post 128312 by onemelonicecream deleted for the following reason: Again, this is blurby news-of-the-weird, not good post material. -- cortex
Man killed in deadly terror attack in London street
Post 128311 by Conductor71 deleted for the following reason: Maybe save a post about this for when there's a little more info, and skip the confusing mashup of brutal killing + social media faux pas gossip? -- cortex
2013-05-21
Tokyo City Symphony
Post 128291 by stavrosthewonderchicken deleted for the following reason: Neat but ya got beat. -- cortex
Navy dolphins find antique torpedo
Post 128285 by onemelonicecream deleted for the following reason: This is a super thin little blurb of an article, not really good post material. -- cortex
OUTRAGE!
Post 128281 by Colossus, Inc. deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn
2013-05-20
Optimus Prime Welcomes Industrious Workers to Yunan Truck Factory!
Post 128266 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is a bit thin and a bit 'ain't the Chinese weird,' when most of these are no weirder than public art anywhere else. -- LobsterMitten
Mercury VS Mars
Post 128253 by flyblackbox deleted for the following reason: Hey, Mercury colony might be a neat thing to post about but you've got a bunch of non-linked URLs here and this reads kind of like a personal blog post. If you want to reach us at the contact form to talk a little about how to put together a post for the front page of Metafilter, that's totally fine. -- cortex
Rare Pic: Marine Holding Umbrella With Left Hand
Post 128250 by snaparapans deleted for the following reason: If there's something post-worthy and interesting about this whole silly thing it needs to be a lot clearer in the post what it is. -- cortex
2013-05-19
Please tell me where this island of men is. Thanks. - George Takei
Post 128237 by filthy light thief deleted for the following reason: I love Takei as much as anyone, but this is still Buzzfeed linkbait. -- restless_nomad
Think of the children
Post 128220 by disillusioned deleted for the following reason: Pointing out a single apparently outrageous situation is probably not the best way to go with a post on this subject; maybe try this again, with a larger-picture sort of post? Contact us if you have questions. -- taz
2013-05-18
"You would like me if you met me."
Post 128214 by Kitty Stardust deleted for the following reason: We're not really cool with doxxing even when it's someone else doing it. -- restless_nomad
2013-05-17
All Our Viral Heroes Are Weirdos
Post 128175 by DirtyOldTown deleted for the following reason: This is sort of a mega-"news of the weird" post that doesn't really add much to the extensive previous discourse about any of these people. -- restless_nomad
2013-05-16
A rose by any other name...
Post 128147 by QueerAngel28 deleted for the following reason: I think making a joke about a dead guy's name in a post about his suicide is a very very bad idea. Maybe you should rewrite this for tomorrow? -- jessamyn
Arise, ye rappers from your slumbers
Post 128133 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: It's really unclear from this really short article that anything like what you said is happening is what happened. Maybe make that a little more clear tomorrow? -- jessamyn
Deadly Sex via Hornets
Post 128109 by QueerAngel28 deleted for the following reason: This is a super thin news-of-the-weird blurb, not really solid post material. -- cortex
Vaccines exposed
Post 128098 by 00dimitri00 deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for Mefi -- taz
2013-05-14
I'm picking up good vibrations / This cabinet's got wood mutations
Post 128073 by codacorolla deleted for the following reason: Looks like we saw this a couple months ago. -- cortex
2013-05-13
A Nation of Wimps
Post 128047 by reenum deleted for the following reason: As astute readers pointed out, this article is from 2004, and in fact we've discussed it before. -- LobsterMitten
I see you as YOU!
Post 128041 by girlmightlive deleted for the following reason: Single-link facile Buzzfeed listicle standing in for actual discussion about race issues probably not a great conversation starter here. -- jessamyn
2013-05-12
I’ve had a couple of drinks
Post 128002 by fearfulsymmetry deleted for the following reason: Yeah, after sitting with it for a while, this still seems to be just a bit too laugh-at-someone's-bad-day. -- LobsterMitten
Does mental illness really exist?
Post 127999 by Hartham's Hugging Robots deleted for the following reason: We just had a post on a US research body making the same move last week, maybe you could put these links in the open thread? -- LobsterMitten
2013-05-10
Who cares about Benghazi?
Post 127957 by postel's law deleted for the following reason: This is confusingly framed and not really the best way to make a post about the subject. -- restless_nomad
Depression Part Two
Post 127948 by antiquated deleted for the following reason: Allie is awesome but we've got an existing post to talk about this. -- restless_nomad
View cramped Hong Kong apartments directly overhead
Post 127938 by rageagainsttherobots deleted for the following reason: Looks like we saw this recently with different links. -- cortex
The all-powerful hand
Post 127936 by Mr. Anthropomorphism deleted for the following reason: Very cool but we've seen it previously. -- cortex
2013-05-09
Maybe everything isn't hopeless bullshit
Post 127890 by 1970s Antihero deleted for the following reason: Being discussed in the somewhat gun-jumping open thread form yesterday -- jessamyn
2013-05-07
Success and the closet.
Post 127840 by skepticallypleased deleted for the following reason: This is an interesting subject but the post has some weird personal/editorial additions in the below-the-fold portion; maybe repost without that stuff tomorrow? -- LobsterMitten
"I like guns because guns are fun," said 9-year-old Kaykay Mace.
Post 127822 by fearfulsymmetry deleted for the following reason: Apologies for what feels like a late delete, but this seems like it's basically just a short Wonkette rundown on "NRA Are Still Terrible, Guns Still Problematic Part Of American Culture" and we've had these discussions an awful lot already. -- cortex
2013-05-05
2013-05-04
Israel bombs the outskirts of Damascus, targeting Iranian missiles
Post 127724 by Whitall Tatum deleted for the following reason: This appears to be the sort of breaking news item that we would rather discourage, sorry. -- restless_nomad
I'd like to read what she's reading, please
Post 127702 by Purposeful Grimace deleted for the following reason: Covered before. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2013-05-03
If you can see this post, you've been approved.
Post 127693 by threeants deleted for the following reason: This would fit on MetaTalk, it's not really right for the blue. -- restless_nomad
2013-05-02
Sissyfight 2000 Rides Again
Post 127655 by Foam Pants deleted for the following reason: Sorry, live in-progress kickstarter links are kind of forbidden on MeFi. -- mathowie
My First Rifle
Post 127642 by DecemberBoy deleted for the following reason: Broken links and "ugh this is a terrible gun related accident" are a bad combo for a post about this topic. -- jessamyn
2013-05-01
Rashomon: Ag-Gag Style
Post 127585 by Peemster deleted for the following reason: Seems like these op-eds are pretty thin, maybe find better material and do another ag-gag post? -- LobsterMitten