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I'm not sure why my whole question about Baby P was banned. My question wasn't illegal; I genuinely didn't know that anyone would know the names of the adults involved. I apologise if I sparked off illegalities - which I evidently did. I can still see all the remarks made. Presumably I'm the only one who can?? Is it not possible simply to remove offending answers, if not in this thread, then in others? Does the banning of the question leave me with a black mark?
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It does seem a shame that what starts out as an innocent question, sometimes gets banned, not the original posters fault, but because of answers on the thread that are out of order according to Answerbank rules. Perhaps sometime in the future a way will be found to enable the reporting of offending answers (according to the rules), and leaving the original non-offending thread intact.
It does seem a shame that what starts out as an innocent question, sometimes gets banned, not the original posters fault, but because of answers on the thread that are out of order according to Answerbank rules. Perhaps sometime in the future a way will be found to enable the reporting of offending answers (according to the rules), and leaving the original non-offending thread intact.
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Oh Dear,
So that means that persons posting a perfectly sensible question, which gets a really good thread going, often which gives good advice, or information, can be banned, just because possibly one person chooses to include an answer which is against the Answerbank rules. Which then leaves the originator of the question, unaware of why they have been banned, and thinking that there was something wrong with their question, when there wasn't, and it was one or more of the answers which caused the problem. Perhaps the Editor may change his mind.
Perhaps the editor will change his mind.
So that means that persons posting a perfectly sensible question, which gets a really good thread going, often which gives good advice, or information, can be banned, just because possibly one person chooses to include an answer which is against the Answerbank rules. Which then leaves the originator of the question, unaware of why they have been banned, and thinking that there was something wrong with their question, when there wasn't, and it was one or more of the answers which caused the problem. Perhaps the Editor may change his mind.
Perhaps the editor will change his mind.
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Gromit - is it a requirement of Chilean coding for students to be taught the inclusion of irony, or is it the result of mistranslation?
Zapping is done at the Editor's discretion and after he himself has evaluated whether it goes against Site Rules. It would seem that all automated processes for getting answers banned have now been disabled.
Tups,
I am only guessing, but if people named names on your thread, then that would not only break Site Rules, but would be against the law and make the owners liable for prosecution. In that case, the Ed probably wanted to iradicate all traces of the thread (and any chance of people repeating the offending names) for good.
Tups,
I am only guessing, but if people named names on your thread, then that would not only break Site Rules, but would be against the law and make the owners liable for prosecution. In that case, the Ed probably wanted to iradicate all traces of the thread (and any chance of people repeating the offending names) for good.