MetaFilter Deleted Posts

2012-06-28

The GOP goes full-on cartoonish super-evil.

Post 117376 by dmd deleted for the following reason: I know this is a popular Ha Ha thing going around on the internet right now but it doesn't really seem like a great idea for a post. -- cortex

430 Meters in the Land of the Rising Sun

Post 117368 by LondonYank deleted for the following reason: Apparently this is a thing that is not actually a thing? -- cortex

How is Tea Classified?

Post 117364 by Angel-tealover deleted for the following reason: Spammer begone. -- taz

2012-06-27

Not everybody loves your kitteh.

Post 117359 by Wordwoman deleted for the following reason: goes to login page - maybe try to find a not-behind-free-login page and try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

From the government, here to help?

Post 117334 by beagle deleted for the following reason: It's not at all clear what you're going for here; if there's some article or commentary somewhere that analyzes various governmental web standards and makes this pertinent, you need to include that. -- taz

2012-06-26

Dr. Chris Keefer and Faria Kamal confront Joe Oliver

Post 117321 by sarastro deleted for the following reason: I think this post needs to be made again with more information for people who are not quite getting what's going on. Try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

We have not yet begun to shape the world: we are living in the one you created. And it’s killing us.

Post 117312 by yellowbinder deleted for the following reason: Maybe just add this to the other "kids today"-ish post from this morning; I feel like a long-form rhetorical badminton match by proxy between different sides of a presumed cohesive group/generational conflict makes for a not-great premise for metafilter threads just in general. -- cortex

2012-06-25

Test Post

Post 117295 by pb deleted for the following reason: Test complete! -- pb

GOOTTA GOO FOOST

Post 117271 by Sticherbeast deleted for the following reason: This is one of my favorite things of the year but we did see it come into being already. -- cortex

2012-06-24

the Slayers Guide to an Internet Controversy

Post 117263 by happyroach deleted for the following reason: Rape + internet outrage + a whole bunch of inflammatory material quoted in the post itself makes this a not-ideal post for Metafilter. -- restless_nomad

No one can tell you're a dog

Post 117258 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Sort of a single link Daily Mail article with added dramaz and people behaving badly. -- jessamyn

2012-06-22

Jonah Lehrer caught self-plagiarizing

Post 117222 by deathpanels deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Top DEA agent won’t admit heroin more harmful than marijuana

Post 117221 by sensi63 deleted for the following reason: This doesn't seem to be very meaty and the framing is a wee bit editorializing. -- restless_nomad

The New York Times Profiled the Brant Brothers Because the New York Times Hates You

Post 117201 by Artw deleted for the following reason: I feel like maybe "Gawker gawks at, fisks dumb article" isn't really enough for a post at this point if it's not something really weirdly exceptional for some reason. -- cortex

Time-Lapse of a Plane Crash Composite Photo Being Created in Photoshop

Post 117199 by ColdChef deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

"The world is changing, I said. It is no longer a world just for boys and men."

Post 117194 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: I/P is one of those super fraught topics that are not really right for "here is a bit of related news about this larger hot button topic" -- jessamyn

2012-06-21

who owns an idea?

Post 117170 by TMezz deleted for the following reason: Yes, fake CBS is fake. -- cortex

you got your white guilt all over my face

Post 117167 by tehloki deleted for the following reason: Eh, this seems pretty thin. -- cortex

Remote Area Medical

Post 117164 by southpaw deleted for the following reason: It's a neat thing, but this feels an awful lot like "this thing that keeps happening happened again" when the previous two posts were pretty much the same thing already. -- cortex

what's a knuckleball worth?

Post 117149 by Metheglen deleted for the following reason: The physics of baseball is an interesting topic, but the presentation makes this seem more about you (better for your own blog), and a single short Slashdot link doesn't make for a great post. -- taz

2012-06-20

Not A Metaphor

Post 117144 by jtajta deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible thing that happened but I'm not sure what makes it a good post for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

Australian trolls

Post 117121 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Yeah, we've seen the 27b/6 stuff previously and this is apparently some site jacking that. Eh. -- cortex