Okay, I'm on a fairly large dose of painkillers, but I think a thread just disappeared whilst I blinked.
It was something about "Why should sex w/animals be wrong"
A quite distasteful thought (imo) and I checked to make sure no one was comparing it to gays. I'm pretty sure I even posted. (something about consent, lack of)
If this was a mod thing that falls under the rules about not questioning in public, I'm truly sorry--honest to God, I'm just trying to make sure I'm not hallucinating.

I believe it might be time for me to go sit quietly in a room and hum softly to myself...

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That would be my doing, sorry for the confusion. The thread was a created by a repeat poster who came back after being banned under a different user name. When I deleted the thread, his was the only post in there, but as it was deleting, I saw that you had posted in there as well. Usually it's procedure that we do cleanup like that when banned posters post threads/posts under different user names so as to conserve space and simply because the posters were banned and did not follow the appropriate conduct in the first place as the reason for their removal.

Not a problem to question things like this, the "questioning/criticizing moderation in public" goes more for posters who have received infractions/warnings or are expressing some kind of public distaste with the forum moderators. In this case, you had no idea what was going on--plus you had posted in the thread that was deleted, so Member Feedback is a fine place to ask about it.

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Oh well, if we are allowed to question the rules here I'll take my chance:

Just like Tresha, I've just seen an entire thread dispear lately. It was called "Is Suicide Selfish?" and was started by Bronze Medal. I guess he got banned somewhat and I'm not really interested in knowing why.

But how come the whole thread did disapeared? I had posted some stuff in it and now I'm concerned if it was worthwhile... Shouldn't we allow active members to keep in touch with what they have posted?

Regards,
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Parisyann, that thread actually hasn't been deleted, it just hasn't been posted on in a while.

Is suicide selfish?

Here's the link if you want to post on it, if you are having problems, just PM a moderator and we'll sort it out.

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Um, yeah, what they said.
First, Locke9-05, thanks so much for clearing that up; truly it made me feel a tad more sane.

Secondly, with the removed thread things:
What's the criteria for removing a thread vs. locking a thread?

I've been PMing with WEB trying to find the thread "w/out using religion why shouldnt' gays be allowed to marry?"
I've seen threads that were locked sometimes, it seems because they got pretty long and hard to track, sometimes because it's dwindled into insults or low-quality.
That all makes perfect sense to me, especially given the stated rules.
I'm pretty confused why some threads that seem to still be popular or the debate progressing and it disappears.

If the mods do find a reason to remove a well-populated thread, would y'all consider giving a heads up as to why?
(not to goof-ball threads that are obvious spam, or like the one Locke's talking about above)
Humbly submitted,
Tresha
now back from the quiet room.

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Thanks for your concern, Kazikli Bey!

But when I click on your link it says:

Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

And when I click on the administrator link it says:

Sorry. The email function has been disabled by the administrator.

Also when I check my profile to re-read the posts I have wrote, all my posts in this specific thread are gone! It kinda scares me and I keep watching my fingers to see if they don't start getting invisible - just kidding!

I'm concerned however.

Regards.

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Yep, that's what happened when I tried to find the non-religion-gay marriage thread.
Hey Mods, is it possible that because you guys are mods that when you search for something, you guys find it cause you guys get access to places on the site us non-mods don't?
Not being a smart-ass, just don't know enough about how all this works.
For instance, I know some of the threads that have more pages stated than most people can get to, it's been stated that Mods will move offending posts there. I think that means Mods can access places non-mods can't.
Is it possible that's what's happening when y'all look for stuff for us?

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I can second that

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Might I make a suggestion,
Why not post your own thread about gay marriage?
Although I am a hetrosexual male who has faith in God.
Personally I can find no fault in homosexual people getting married and living their own lives.
What I do have a problem with is gays who beleive all people that beleive in God are against them.
I think instead of homsexuals saying what they want they should first list their accomplishments and contributions and what they have to offer to the American people,then state their case.
And on the flip side I've been married twice those divorce lawyers ain't cheap.lol
If you were to post such a thread expect to get some flak.
Anyway that's my opinion hope Iwas some help

Thanks for the suggestion!
That's actually what I was trying to do. Well, more about the hatred lobbed at gays by "public leaders" than marriage, per se. There was some stuff in my last post to that thread I wanted to reference.
I'm pretty sure were I to start a thread like that, I'd catch lots and lots of flak.
Heck, I've caught lots of flak just posting on some of the existing threads.
I've got pretty thick skin, plus, I'm not talking in person to you guys. Allows for lots of swearing and stomping around before I post. Big smile!

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