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	eljuno 2004-03-05 07:08 pm UTC (link)
	The post in question is here http://www.livejournal.com/community/metaquotes/816909.html in case you belong to Metaquotes. He's promised to delete it, so hurry. I've got current comments saved. (Reply to this)

eljuno
2004-03-05 07:13 pm UTC (link)

shoiryu
2004-03-05 08:42 (link)
Aww, comment deleting is NAUGHTY.
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That's two strikes...
_redpanda_
2004-03-05 08:42 (link)
Is there a reason why you've posted this locked AND deleted all comments, pal?
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Re: That's two strikes...
daenarys
2004-03-05 09:31 (link)
What confuses me is locking a post in a community of over a thousand people... that takes some stupidity balls...
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Re: That's two strikes...
budclare
2004-03-05 09:38 (link)
Especially since the person that he's mad at is, by definition, a member.

That's an awfully nice icon. :)
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Re: That's two strikes...
davidkevin
2004-03-05 09:42 (link)

I routinely lock my posts in any community, to restrict reading to only members of that community.

I asked a simple question. I deleted irrelevant answers. I still only want the answer to my question.

Somebody else has implied that you are a or the moderator? Is that correct or not?

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Re: That's two strikes...
eljuno
2004-03-05 09:46 (link)
I routinely lock my posts in any community, to restrict reading to only members of that community.

1. OKAY!

2. We don't do that here.

I asked a simple question. I deleted irrelevant answers. I still only want the answer to my question.

Well, given that the mod ANSWERED you with a response that basically said your quest is futile...
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Re: That's two strikes...
davidkevin
2004-03-05 09:54 (link)

> 2. We don't do that here.

To quote a famous punch line, "What you mean 'we', kemosabe?"

There is no rule on the User Info page to that effect.

>> I asked a simple question. I deleted irrelevant answers. I still only want the answer to my question.

> Well, given that the mod ANSWERED you with a response that basically said your quest is futile...

If _redpanda_ is the moderator, he/she didn't identify her/himself as such. I still don't have the answer to my question. The reason for the question was so that I could politely ask another question by private e-mail. How evil of me.

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Re: That's two strikes...
deoridhe
2004-03-05 09:58 (link)
Rule of Thumb - learn it and love it.

When posting in a community, first read posts and not what the unspoken rules of the community are. Things to note are: tone (light, formal, pedantic, silly), the formatting of posts (types of titles, whether they are locked, importance of spell checking, etc...), and the comments that different posts receive (approving responses indicate posts you want to emulate if you wish to be approved of in the community).

In brief: Read first, then post.
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Re: That's two strikes...
eljuno
2004-03-05 09:59 (link)
There is no rule on the User Info page to that effect.

It's not a rule. It's more like...sort of understood.

I mean, think about it. This is a community purely for the sharing of quotes. There have been a few friends-only ones, I believe, each with a remarkably good reason, such as "this was on a friends-only post, and I got permission to share it if I put it on friends-only."

If _redpanda_ is the moderator, he/she didn't identify her/himself as such. I still don't have the answer to my question. The reason for the question was so that I could politely ask another question by private e-mail. How evil of me.

As politely as all this? And now you know _redpanda_ is the mod. You may go do your funky thing, now.
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eljuno
2004-03-05 07:14 pm UTC (link)

Re: That's two strikes...
shoiryu
2004-03-05 09:49 (link)
*icon*
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Re: That's two strikes...
_redpanda_
2004-03-05 09:49 (link)
Yes. I am THE moderator. Yes, my reply was light in nature, but lightness is the whole point of this community. If you deleted a mod's reply by mistake in your indiscrimate comment-deleting spree, well, learn from it -- be less trigger-happy in future.
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Re: That's two strikes...
davidkevin
2004-03-05 10:02 (link)

No, I wasn't indiscriminate. No, you did not identify youself as the moderator. No, the User Info page does not identify you as the moderator. No, I am not able to read your mind and discern that without your saying it.

I am now going to delete the entire post as off-topic. I wouldn't have posted the query in the group at all if the information was posted where one would normally expect to find it, e.g., the User Info page.

Sorry to have gotten off on the wrong foot with you. Please take this comment as made in a friendly spirit.

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Re: That's two strikes...
eljuno
2004-03-05 10:04 (link)
Bit of a touchy arse, are we?

Re: Gotta love Aspergers...
deoridhe
2004-03-05 09:54 (link)
Awww, it's such a cute little control freak!

*pat onna head*
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Re: Gotta love Aspergers...
eljuno
2004-03-05 10:05 (link)
Heh. Yours truly as Aspergers, and I like to think we're not ALL like that...
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Re: Gotta love Aspergers...
deoridhe
2004-03-05 10:08 (link)
It all depends on the level of coping and the skill in moderating the disorder. *shrugs* I spent a year teaching extreme autistics, and the individual differences between them was astounding. A lot of it (not all, of course) could be put down to the amount of effort the parents put into socializing and teaching the children outside of the classroom.

*pats onna head* You're a good Asperger's boy. ;) Want some chocolate?

deoridhe
2004-03-05 08:44 (link)
Is the ickle davikins scared of the evil and frightening comments?
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indigoskynet
2004-03-05 08:54 (link)
I am pretty sure that the person whose comment you deleted is one of the moderators. And she addressed your concern.

Deleting her comment -- oh, bad move. That's just gonna piss her off.

Here's the skinny: if your entry was public, nobody needs permission to quote you because you said it in public. ^.^

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fairestcat
2004-03-05 09:02 (link)
It wasn't even his comment. It was a comment by someone else that happened to mention him by name.

Really, this deleting comments thing is just bad form. You know there needs to be a list somewhere: "Tactics not to use in a disagreement: an idiots guide to getting people to listen to your opinion"

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indigoskynet
2004-03-05 09:07 (link)
Oy.

and yes, I like your list. You should publish it, become rich and famous, so they give you an Omelette du Frommage parade.

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black_opal
2004-03-05 09:19 (link)
For a moment I misread that as "Frottage" and dude, bad images.
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indigoskynet
2004-03-05 09:21 (link)
Handy tidbit:

I will never intentionally say anything slashy. ;)

I can't do anything about your misreading, though. My powers do not extend that far. ^.^
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black_opal
2004-03-05 09:25 (link)
Oh, no worries, I admit that the brain damage in this instance is entirely my own. *grins*
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valarltd
2004-03-05 09:59 (link)
Frottage can be het.
Frottuers often choose women to rub against.

(Not much fun her her, granted)
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indigoskynet
2004-03-05 10:02 (link)
I know it can be het. I've been frottaged by morons on the subway.

But I rarely see it mentioned online as anything but slashy. 9.9

I should probably amend that I will rarely [not never] make intentionally slashy comments.
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eljuno
2004-03-05 07:14 pm UTC (link)

black_opal
2004-03-05 09:05 (link)
It wasn't even his entry -- somebody merely mentioned him. Good lord, he really IS He-That-Must-Not-Be-Named!
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daenarys
2004-03-05 09:28 (link)
But you can't mention him... he's 'fragile'... or stupid... one of the two...
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eljuno
2004-03-05 09:09 (link)
Um, Davey-kins, you are fully aware that you are being unbelievably stupid right now, correct?

We don't need to point that out, do we?

Between the anal-retentiveness, the deleting of comments and a few things I don't even have NAMES for...

ALL HAIL DAS UBERWANKER!!!
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shoiryu
2004-03-05 09:13 (link)
Should we expect any less?
And dude, this feels like a community party here or something. Punch and pie, anyone?

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_redpanda_
2004-03-05 09:18 (link)
I make a mean clam-dip. Break out the Fritos!
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shoiryu
2004-03-05 09:21 (link)
w00t! I've got tunes covered!
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Partae!
deoridhe
2004-03-05 09:34 (link)
I'll bring the alcohol!!!

Liquor filled chocolates, anyone?
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Re: Partae!
sabrina_il
2004-03-05 09:45 (link)
Oooh yes! Vodka filled are my favourites.
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ms_ntropy
2004-03-05 09:18 (link)
Did someone say Punch and Pie?
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orange_quack
2004-03-05 09:47 (link)
mmmmmm pie
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shoiryu
2004-03-05 09:12 (link)
*sings* "Draggin' the liiiine..."
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daenarys
2004-03-05 09:26 (link)
Aww... was my comment so scawy that you felt the need to hide from it forever by deleting it?

*points to icon* Just so you know, this community ain't here to keep you happy.
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eljuno
2004-03-05 07:18 pm UTC (link)

Oh, and his last strike is this...a friends-only post, with comments turned off, that just says the following.

Subject: Re.: Information Please
Posted by: davidkevin.
Time: 12:15 pm.
Mood: C- You're capable of better..

Since this is a humor community, and since I asked for a particular person, it would have been a lot funnier if you all had simply replied, "I am Spartacus!"

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MAH SIDES THEY SPLIT FROM MIRTH!!!

Now I'm off for a cigarette. Bored now.

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mpoetess
2004-03-05 07:46 pm UTC (link)

Hmm. That actually would've been kind of funny. Well, if everyone had pretended to be the mod; "I'm Spartacus" is only funny in BitofEarth-related wanks.

OBDevil'sAdvocate - it really was kind of annoying that the community maintainer wasn't listed anywhere. I went looking for the info myself just so I could give it to him when there were only about 2 comments on the post, to cut the wank off at the pass. (Love wank. Don't love it in metaquotes.) I don't fault

redpanda for this; I assumed right up until I went on my fruitless search that LJ itself provided that info in the community info page; it should.

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	phosfate 2004-03-05 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	It doesn't automatically do that for any community, as far as I can tell. It has to be posted in the userinfo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mpoetess 2004-03-05 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I figured that out pretty quickly once I traced my way down through three levels of LJ FAQs and could find nothing on "How do I contact the maintainer of a community." Frustrating. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2004-03-05 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Quell grande dickhead. (Reply to this)

	musette 2004-03-05 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Dammit! I missed all the wank, I didnt check my friends page until the "I am Spartacus" bit and I just shrugged and gave my usual "not teh funneh, move on now" reaction. pouts, wanted some of Deo's liquer chocolates (Reply to this)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2004-03-05 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	I desperately, desperately want the link to the original artwork in your icon. o.o (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: musette 2004-03-05 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	Here ya go. It was in the Village Voice a day or two ago. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	faultypremise 2004-03-05 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	blink Wow. (Reply to this)

	smo 2004-03-05 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Awww, it's such a cute little control freak! pat onna head Deo-chan? I don't know if I've mentioned this lately, but... I love you. Also, El Juno, you made me SPORFLE! with your "Das Uberwanker" comment. sigh I love you people. (Reply to this)

	guinevere33 2004-03-06 04:29 am UTC (link)
	For those desirous of backstory on the little wanker that could: one of my old posts on D-K. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	phosfate 2004-03-08 03:59 pm UTC (link)
	God, I wish I'd remembered that name when I ran into him. headsmack (Reply to this)(Parent)