Tuesday, October 21, 2014

they're within the forum code of conduct

No one is being suspended or banned for just speaking their mind as long as they're within the forum code of conduct. That can include reposting threads that have been deleted, though.

What might be happening fairly regularly is that threads are being deleted because they're on topics Wow Gold that exist in many other threads, and/or have been discussed a great deal.

We realize that many people want to have a thread that is their very own and provides their own voice to commentate on why they think something is a bad change, or what have you, but we do have to keep the other few hundred thousand people reading the forums in mind and keep topics to at least some standard of variety. You can generally see in these threads a great deal of hostility as most forum goers are just simply fed up seeing these topics over and over, and while those fed up individuals can themselves cross the line and earn a vacation from the forums, we have to attempt to understand the cause of their frustration, and I don't believe it's wrong to remove those repeat threads to create a less hostile environment. And in fact it's considered spam to not add to existing threads, and thus a violation of the forum code of conduct.

In any case, repeat topics is what I have found to be the reason for 90% of thread deletions that people perceive to be 'deleted for no reason'.

Neth made a pretty lengthy and good post on some basic information about how we expect these forums to work. I recommend giving it a read if you have not already:

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