Post 157328 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed delete. The subject of the articles seems an interesting person, but the clickbaity presentation is so overblown that it invites pushback, which given the subject can get ugly in so many ways. -- LobsterMitten
2016-02-21
2016-02-20
A pure love song to analyse you～Die～
Post 157296 by Heywood Mogroot III deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but this kind of personal-bloggy style doesn't work here. -- restless_nomad
20 Tips for your first abortion.
Post 157304 by frumiousb deleted for the following reason: The piece itself is interesting, but as a post it's kinda thin, especially without any reporting on the trolling. There's not much conversation to have beyond "Trolls are terrible" without more context. -- Eyebrows McGee
2016-02-18
"How VIP do I gotta get?"
Post 157227 by paleyellowwithorange deleted for the following reason: Yeah this is a bit thin, sorry. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
Why was the late Justice Scalia enjoying a free stay on a Texas ranch...
Post 157239 by MisplaceDisgrace deleted for the following reason: Probably better to keep the discussion corralled in the existing Scalia thread. -- LobsterMitten
A lady always keeps her legs crossed
Post 157247 by Daddy-O deleted for the following reason: This is problematic in a variety of ways, sorry. -- restless_nomad
2016-02-17
"I am telling you, there is going to be a revolution."
Post 157220 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: A cranky op-ed is not a good way to open a conversation about a difficult topic, sorry. -- restless_nomad
2016-02-16
Word choice is hard here.
Post 157187 by Huck500 deleted for the following reason: This is not the way to approach this. -- LobsterMitten
I can’t imagine life without my white male privilege.
Post 157197 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: This is thin, and sarcasm without context tends to lead to acrimony more than anything. -- restless_nomad
Come Home Cardinal Pell
Post 157194 by bangalla deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but the active crowdfunding campaign is a no-go here. -- restless_nomad
Come home (Cardinal George Pell)
Post 157189 by adept256 deleted for the following reason: Sorry, open fundraising campaigns are a no-go for the front page. It will be fine to repost once the campaign period has finished. -- LobsterMitten
California is Chile. Georgia is Libya.
Post 157188 by Cool Papa Bell deleted for the following reason: This is going over like Djibouti in Alaska, amirite? -- LobsterMitten
2016-02-14
Martin Shrkeli Tricked out of $15M in bitcoin to buy Life of Pablo
Post 157123 by WhitenoisE deleted for the following reason: Extremely thin. Three tweets? -- Eyebrows McGee
"Prone to fits of mania, narcissism, and power-failure."
Post 157138 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Looks like we had a post about High-Rise late last year. -- cortex
"This is about family values."
Post 157132 by Johnny Wallflower deleted for the following reason: It's a decent chuckle but "introduces bill" is a lot different from "passes law" and this is a wee little legislative-news-of-the-weird blurb for a post. -- cortex
2016-02-13
Your New Porn Star Name: Elementary School + Fave Soft Drink
Post 157107 by valkane deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but a Mefi post needs to have a link to some particularly good interesting thing, and this is just a link to the entire run of Community. I get what you were going for with this but there's not enough there there for a Mefi post. -- LobsterMitten
2016-02-12
Is netradio finally squeezing out the little guy?
Post 157088 by p3t3 deleted for the following reason: This is blatant friends linking, which is not ok here. -- restless_nomad
2016-02-11
The Queen is Dead, Long Live Bureaucratic Protocol
Post 157051 by firstbest deleted for the following reason: Hey sorry, this is interesting but I'm not sure what the linked site is (clickdimensions?), plus the misleading title is serving as an insta-derail; fine to repost if these problems can be resolved -- LobsterMitten
2016-02-10
Trans activists, don't throw mad people under the bus.
Post 157016 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Eh, this seems like kind of a deep-in-the-weeds editorial, and the whole pitting-trans-activists-against-mental-illness-activists framing of it seems like sort of a needless fightstarter for a post about a couple of already complicated subjects. -- cortex
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