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Another "why was my thread moved to wasteland?"

There are often issues like this that aren't explained.
I've experienced a lot first hand.
Just ignore it, hopefully you will find a reason in the future.
 
wildcowboy said:
We've had lots of threads on this topic and just about all of them have been closed or Wastelanded due to their inevitable tendency to become spam holes of everybody posting (many of them uselessly along the lines of "OMG! My iMac has been running for 1d3h14m!! Beat that!") and nobody reading.

Suffice it to say that many people routinely run their Macs for months without rebooting. The limiting factor for these people is generally software updates that require a restart.
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So your telling me that you move threads to somewhere where no one can reply or do anything to the thread just because its not getting hits? Or being helpful (not sure if you really can be much help in photo gallery). To me that seems that it has NO point what so ever. Your moving a thread to where it can be used anymore while its still taking space on the server.:confused::confused:
 
Issues like this should be handled in a PM to a mode or admin and not in a public post.
 
Okay? I wouldn't know who to send it to. They might have no idea of it. Things are ran a little weird around here.
 
You can contact a mod by using the "report" icon next to any post.
BTW, contacting mods usually don't work for me.
I had a big issue going on and send Blue Velvet a PM about it, he never replied.
 
iParis said:
You can contact a mod by using the "report" icon next to any post.
BTW, contacting mods usually don't work for me.
I had a big issue going on and send Blue Velvet a PM about it, he never replied.
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Perhaps she never got the PM. There are others mods and admins you can email if you feel the need.
 
iParis said:
You can contact a mod by using the "report" icon next to any post.
BTW, contacting mods usually don't work for me.
I had a big issue going on and send Blue Velvet a PM about it, he never replied.
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The moderators are incredibly busy and as far as your PM to BlueVelvet, she may not have received it. You could try PMing another moderator to resolve your issue.



[edit]damn you, rdowns[/edit]
 
tiredhorses said:
The moderators are incredibly busy and as far as your PM to BlueVelvet, she may not have received it. You could try PMing another moderator to resolve your issue.



[edit]damn you, rdowns[/edit]
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I would have PMed another mod but I don't think any other mods were involved in it and I believe (s)he is the one that closed it.
 
iParis said:
I would have PMed another mod but I don't think any other mods were involved in it and I beleive (s)he is the one that closed it.
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All of the moderators are there to help and to moderate, not only those directly involved with individual cases.
 
Blue Velvet said:
I tend not to reply to PMs that are discourteous and rude.
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I hadn't expected this kind of reply. Firstly, I think when rude/short PMs are sent, moderators cannot take them personally and should respond to them, in the event some reason was not given in the thread when it was wastelanded. Just common courtesy. Someohow, it does not seem right for a moderator to simply ignore a PM, which then often leads to the OP starting a topic in Site Feedback. :rolleyes:

Secondly, I thought all PMs sent gets posted/discussed in the Moderator section of the forum, although that may be the case when a post gets reported.
 
Now I would love to know why the posts I did in this thread where I showed the message I sent to Blue Velvet was deleted.
 
Dejavu said:
I think when rude/short PMs are sent, moderators cannot take them personally and should respond to them
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You're looking at it the wrong way. It is not the moderators' job to put up with people being rude or abrupt, it is their job (voluntarily) to keep the forums free of troublemakers and of pointless threads, among other things.

If a user is taking the time to send a PM to a moderator, they should also use a little restraint and common decency in their message. If they are angry at the time, they should calm down first, reassess their situation and then send the PM if they still feel the need.

No moderator or indeed user should have to put up with rudeness at all.

iParis said:
Now I would love to know why the posts I did in this thread where I showed the message I sent to Blue Velvet was deleted.
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This can be discussed with a moderator through the medium of polite private messages.
 
Dejavu said:
Firstly, I think when rude/short PMs are sent, moderators cannot take them personally and should respond to them, in the event some reason was not given in the thread when it was wastelanded. Just common courtesy.
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That courtesy should be extended in the first place. I am a volunteer here who puts considerable time and effort into this site and will not tolerate being spoken to discourteously as someone's servant with remarks that are purely conjectural. I have confidence in speaking for other moderators' views on this.


Dejavu said:
Someohow, it does not seem right for a moderator to simply ignore a PM, which then often leads to the OP starting a topic in Site Feedback. :rolleyes:
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Which, once again, is stressed in threads here and in the Forum Rules as something not to do:

You can use the Contact form to send a message to the moderators/administrators if you have questions about specific cases of moderation. This is more appropriate than sending Private Messages or email to individual moderators. If you use Private Messages or email to contact a moderator about a moderation issue, you may be directed to send it again via the Contact Form, because this ensures proper review and accountability and because the moderators work as a team. Moderation is not personal; don't make it so.

https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us#Warnings_and_Bannings
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Dejavu said:
Secondly, I thought all PMs sent gets posted/discussed in the Moderator section of the forum, although that may be the case when a post gets reported.
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All PMs do not get discussed in the Moderator section of the forum. Only relevant ones.
 
@ Blue Velvet:

Well, ok, thanks for that. It seems like which came first, chicken or the egg. :confused: I realise moderation is volunteer-basis and you're not getting paid, but then you should know it's a thankless job and you signed up for it, so you should expect a certain level of animosity or curtness when dealing in PM with disgruntled members, where often politeness is the first thing to go.
 
Dejavu said:
Well, ok, thanks for that. It seems like which came first, chicken or the egg. :confused: I realise moderation is volunteer-basis and you're not getting paid, but then you should know it's a thankless job and you signed up for it, so you should expect a certain level of animosity or curtness when dealing in PM with disgruntled members, where often politeness is the first thing to go.
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I expect it but I do not have to respond to it. I will also add:

Do not use the Site and Forum Feedback for personal or moderation issues, since forum moderation is handled privately. If you ask "Why was my post deleted?" in a thread, you'll get the same general answer every time: a forum rule was violated. If you want specifics about a particular case, Contact Us.
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Send a Private Message to a moderator.

• You are replying to a communication from a particular moderator.
• You have a question for a particular moderator based on something they posted, such as an instruction or guideline.
• The message is a personal one not related to moderation, but to an individual who happens to be a moderator.
• The issue is touchy, and you want to send it to only an administrator (like me).
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How to send messages to moderators
 
To mods, especially BV..
Sorry if I ever seemed rude or ungrateful to you, those were never any of my intentions.
 
iParis said:
To mods, especially BV..
Sorry if I ever seemed rude or ungrateful to you, those were never any of my intentions.
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That's OK. We're handling this by PM now... let's not clutter this thread any more with specific questions about your problem.
 
Interesting thread about dealing with mods.

Since we're on the topic of contacting mods, may I ask:

- if a post of mine is deleted, and I wish to enquire with the relevant mod, how can I find out which mod to contact?

Example: I had a post of mine deleted in a thread about condoms and the french, (which iBlue also posted in btw), and while smutty, it was no more smutty than many of the other posts.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't iBlue who deleted my post as her posts were just as smutty as everyone else's in that thread. So who to contact about it?
 
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