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Is it new PF policy to delete posts that don't fit certain guidelines? I've had a couple recent posts that have simply disappeared (as have the posts they've typically been in response to.)
bapowell said:Is it new PF policy to delete posts that don't fit certain guidelines? I've had a couple recent posts that have simply disappeared (as have the posts they've typically been in response to.)
I suspect [post=3686661]this post[/post] is one of them.bapowell said:Is it new PF policy to delete posts that don't fit certain guidelines? I've had a couple recent posts that have simply disappeared (as have the posts they've typically been in response to.)
bapowell said:Is it new PF policy to delete posts that don't fit certain guidelines? I've had a couple recent posts that have simply disappeared (as have the posts they've typically been in response to.)
Overly Speculative Posts: One of the main goals of PF is to help students learn the current status of physics as practiced by the scientific community; accordingly, Physicsforums.com strives to maintain high standards of academic integrity. There are many open questions in physics, and we welcome discussion on those subjects provided the discussion remains intellectually sound. It is against our Posting Guidelines to discuss, in the PF forums or in blogs, new or non-mainstream theories or ideas that have not been published in professional peer-reviewed journals or are not part of current professional mainstream scientific discussion. Non-mainstream or personal theories will be deleted. Unfounded challenges of mainstream science and overt crackpottery will not be tolerated anywhere on the site. Linking to obviously "crank" or "crackpot" sites is prohibited.
Bingo. Often I end up deleting multiple posts when only one user's post is the problem. Thing is if we just delete the problem post it leaves an odd discontinuous thread and also doesn't solve the problem of removing the problem topic from the discussion.D H said:It is our policy to delete utter nonsense, and to also sometimes delete posts that are in response to nonsense posts.
If the member's HH OP did not meet minimum criteria, it would be deleted along (unfortunately) with any response. As much as we hate deleting anything that has a response, sometimes it is the only option, and given the amount of work the mentors have to do, following up to notify each responder just isn't possible. New mentors are always amazed at how much work is required. Mentors must be masochists, they work really hard only to be abused and harrassed. (not by you, members like you make all of the work worthwhile)LCKurtz said:I responded to a post in the Engineering and CS HH forum to the effect that nobody was going to do his work for him since he had shown no work. His post and my reply apparently are both gone. Nothing controversial though. Is deleting those par for the course?
The most common reason for posts disappearing on PF is that the post may have violated the community guidelines or terms of service. In some cases, the post may have been reported by other users and taken down by the moderators.
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