barmar Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 A post in the "4th suit or 4-card suit?" thread was deleted for violation of the TOS of the forum. A second post responding in kind to the deleted post was edited for the same violation.I just deleted another continuation of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Moved a thread suggesting a change in robot bidding rules from Suggestions for the Software to GIB Robot Discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Moved a thread suggesting a change in robot bidding rules from Suggestions for the Software to GIB Robot Discussion.Yeh. After all, Robots are hardware. If they ever program any thought processes into Bots, then..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 A spammer who stuck a one line nonsense about playing ability has been removed from the site and all of the spam he created deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 A spammer who stuck a one line nonsense about playing ability has been removed from the site and all of the spam he created deleted.I just deleted a reply from diana_eva, since it quoted him. It was amusing, but non-sequitor with all the original spam removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 I just deleted a reply from diana_eva, since it quoted him. It was amusing, but non-sequitor with all the original spam removed. aww come on, it was in the jokes thread lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Mod on Mod violence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I deleted a post in the "Small-Minded" thread in Laws and Rulings that looked like a drunken rant, as well as a reply that quoted it. Even with all the curses removed by the word filter, it was still over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 an offensive post noting the passing of Nelson Mandela was deleted. A similar occurrence will get the poster banned from this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 an offensive post noting the passing of Nelson Mandela was deleted. A similar occurrence will get the poster banned from this site. Blimey. What would someone have to do to get banned for one offence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 an offensive post noting the passing of Nelson Mandela was deleted. A similar occurrence will get the poster banned from this site. Just to have the discussion: I agree that the post was offensive. But to be clear, was the post deleted / action taken:- because of the offensive language?- because the RIP thread is somehow sacred?- because most of the world reveres Mandela? If the first, then I'd say that:- the rules regarding language use should be made clear, and- we should have a profanity filter. If the third, then I completely disagree with disciplinary action. While the post wasn't productive, the water cooler should be a place where we can discuss current events. Maybe it didn't belong in the RIP thread (which means it was case (2)), but I don't think that expressing a sentiment about a world leader (even an unpopular sentiment) should in any way affect one's standing in this community. If the second, then we should make it clear that the RIP thread is only for happy remembrances / positive thoughts / etc, and we can extract off-topic or offensive posts (with a warning). But I don't see why the poster wouldn't be allowed to start a water cooler thread about how much he hates Mandela, so long as he's not here (for example) espousing all sorts of racist views and inciting the community. In any case, I obviously agree with deleting the post from the RIP thread, and I think it was in poor taste. I wondered even whether it was worth writing this note. But when it comes to discussions of banning, I couldn't really articulate his major offense in a way that wouldn't allow me to cite several posts committing the same offense. Posts in poor taste and/or with foul language and/or with little or no content fly all the time on this site. So I thought it was worth bringing up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 It wasn't a profanity, it was an obscenity. Not that that makes much difference, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Oh wow I really want to know who posted it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Moved the thread about speaking English at the bridge table from General Bridge Forum to General BBO Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Two post listing bbo players by name have been edited to remove the names of the allege violators, and in both cases, a report was forwarded to abuse with the allegations that appeared in the post. A more direct way to report people is to write ABUSE directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Another thread about the stalker was started in General BBO Forum tonight. I deleted it since it was redundant with the original one (which was originally posted in General Bridge Forum, but I moved to BBO Support Forum) and she ignored Inquiry's admonition against posting names of players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Third time in less than 24 hours a post about an alleged sexual predator on the BBO gaming site has been edited to remove the nicknames of the alleged predator. Abuse has been told of this allegation and is investigator. As always, such public post listing names is not allowed, so some content was removed and once again a plea to the poster to stop naming names was added in a reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Never mind a "plea"; she should be told in no uncertain terms that if it happens again, SHE will be suspended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I've closed the "Stayman" thread in Novice/Beginner because it has digressed into personal attacks against one of the posters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 There have been a number of potentially interesting threads that have been locked down recently because a number of forum posters have lost the ability to be polite and civil towards each other. Unfortunately, it doesn't even seem to be the same people who are doing it. I would REALLY like to see a change in mindset from a lot of people on these forums. If someone calls you an idiot, ignore them, or call them an idiot back via PM. Don't ruin interesting threads for the rest of us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Merged a thread about the BBO Android 3.70 update that was created in General Bridge Discussion into the existing thread in BBO Support Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Moved a thread that was posted in Chinese to the Chinese Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hey, Barry: since you closed the whole category of BBO Tech Support Forum, how about making it go away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hey, Barry: since you closed the whole category of BBO Tech Support Forum, how about making it go away?I chose to leave it around for archival purposes. Click the minus icon to minimize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 I chose to leave it around for archival purposes. Click the minus icon to minimize it.I did that, but the big red space-consuming Forum title is still there, and every once in a while the minus'd forums reappear so that I can minus them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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