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Can someone please delete the 'SoWoBi -please read' thread in General?

sweet god!:eek:
Mod Justice.

Plum Duffs, I refer you to the guidelines.

In the One Stop Rules Shop (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416023), Frisbeeteria says this:

Thoughts on Thread Management: It's common for us to lock, split, or otherwise maintain threads in General or other forums as a favor to the topic starter when such action will make the thread more readable or on topic. Examples of this include deleting or splitting posts from the General stickies that Erastide maintains or Komodom's UN sticky. Stickies are a somewhat special case, as their stickiness implies a certain level of Official Approval. If somebody has a non-sticky (but persistent) thread and wants similar assistance, we will consider it on a case by case basis. My base rule on that involves the question, "would I have done this if I stumbled across it myself?" If the answer is yes, I generally accede to the request.

Other General threads may be locked on request if the thread starter (or anyone else, for that matter) points out that the topic has devolved beyond redemption, or if rampant rulebreaking has wrecked the topic. From a maintenance perspective, this is just an extension of our own Modly ability to close problem threads and deal with topic hijacking. No one of us can possibly read every post in every thread, so it's fine to have them pointed out to us.

The thread ownership aspect in the RP forums extends much further than it does elsewhere. RP topic starters can ask to have certain players removed from a thread. We do not allow that level of control anywhere else. Also, requests for closure or deletion are almost entirely automatic, which is not the case elsewhere.

I can't find the reference, but I'm fairly certain that thread locks/deletes in General carefully avoid any appearance that the lock/delete is done to shut down debate.

Being the thread-starter doesn't give you any special prerogative to do that. So it didn't go the way you wanted? Deal with it. It's not YOUR thread just because you start it.

It's very unlikely to be deleted when it has substantial posts in it (which you will totally understand if you ever make a good post to a bad thread), so you should really be asking for a thread lock, not delete.

Another thing I will mention is that requests for Moderation should have a link to the thread or post you are talking about. That saves mod time.

You should also say what rule you think has been broken, or at the very least give a reason for requesting the mod action.

I hope this has been helpful. If you don't want non-mods offering an opinion in a Moderation thread, put "MODS ONLY PLEASE" in your complaint.

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EDIT: I finally found the SoWiBi -- please read thread. It was indeed locked.

I speculate (as a non-mod) that it was locked rather than deleted because it contained one good post (Holy Paradise's advice) and a flamey post which resulted in Fass's two-week ban. Justice must not only be done, but to be seen to be done.

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EDIT: I finally found the SoWiBi -- please read thread. It was indeed locked.

I speculate (as a non-mod) that it was locked rather than deleted because it contained one good post (Holy Paradise's advice) and a flamey post which resulted in Fass's two-week ban. Justice must not only be done, but to be seen to be done.

Probably more the latter than the former, since I'm pretty sure the mods want a reference to such things when they record the ruling.