Are single-link axegrindfilter posts allowed to stay now?

March 7, 2006 9:56 AM

You forgot to post a Wikipedia link. one link newsfilter axegrindfilter post[s] are now open season. Or are they?
posted by mischief to etiquette/policy at 9:56 AM (25 comments total)

Does this also mean the extinction of the SLOE?
posted by mischief at 9:56 AM on March 7, 2006

that was more of a coat-hanger grinding post, by the way
posted by matteo at 10:00 AM on March 7, 2006

one link newsfilter axegrindfilter post[s] are now open season. Or are they?

They should be, as should be two-link newsfilter-axegrinder-plus-wikipedia-link posts. Wikipedia links are the new dictionary.com links. As mischief implies, adding a wikipedia link doesn't do anything to improve the post. But one-link newsfilter posts should be in the crosshairs, and should have to be pretty fantastic not to be deleted.
posted by soyjoy at 10:01 AM on March 7, 2006

Jeez, Mischief, give Matt and Jess a chance.
posted by LarryC at 10:04 AM on March 7, 2006

A chance for what?
posted by mischief at 10:05 AM on March 7, 2006

This is a one-link meta-newsfilter meta-axegrindfilter post.
posted by fleacircus at 10:05 AM on March 7, 2006

I don't get it, did you want the post to stay? Or are you upset that it wasn't removed quickly enough? It was town meeting day, so I was out all morning.
posted by jessamyn at 10:13 AM on March 7, 2006

Neither, this represents an apparent shift in policy.
Yes? No? Maybe?
posted by mischief at 10:16 AM on March 7, 2006

I would like to request that a "thread closed" indicator be placed on the mycomments page like it is on the front page.
posted by raedyn at 10:18 AM on March 7, 2006

It was town meeting day,

did you go there to cut off people's mikes?

(I'm kidding, j.)
posted by matteo at 10:19 AM on March 7, 2006

I don't think this is new policy. Chest-beating one link newsfilter posts with little information and heavy editorializing along the lines of "support my boycott!" or "sign my petition!" are generally bad front page posts and people flag the hell out of them. If it's time for another post on what's going on in South Dakota, it would be nice if someone would take the time to make one that is worthwhile, and not just by adding one or two Wikipedia links to it.
posted by jessamyn at 10:26 AM on March 7, 2006

Abortions for some, obituaries for others.
posted by furtive at 10:31 AM on March 7, 2006

Some people want strict rules and invent them when they don't really exist. Then they get all annoyed when their imaginary rules are broken. I'm sure it all makes sense to them.
posted by smackfu at 10:41 AM on March 7, 2006

I heart town meeting day. Especially the pie.
posted by grateful at 10:43 AM on March 7, 2006

I'm voting for furtive.
posted by Plutor at 10:43 AM on March 7, 2006

Some people want strict rules and invent them when they don't really exist. Then they get all annoyed when their imaginary rules are broken. I'm sure it all makes sense to them.

He's a cuss'ed Libertarian! Burn 'im!
posted by cortex at 11:00 AM on March 7, 2006

Damn, now no one will see my link to the The International Vinegar Museum.

(When visiting the International Vinegar Museum, be sure to make a stop at the World's Largest Hairball.)
posted by Otis at 11:10 AM on March 7, 2006

Mischief: Sorry, I thought you were complaining that the post had not been deleted yet. My bad.
posted by LarryC at 11:15 AM on March 7, 2006

SLAG: single-link axe-grinder
posted by mischief at 11:48 AM on March 7, 2006

JWWNMA: just what we need, more acronyms.
posted by sonofsamiam at 12:13 PM on March 7, 2006

I'm in favour of all axegrindfilter deletions, no matter how many links they have.
posted by timeistight at 1:20 PM on March 7, 2006

Yet another single-link anti-newsfilter axe-grinding post from mischief. Flagged as noise.
posted by Ryvar at 3:46 PM on March 7, 2006

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posted by mischief at 3:47 PM on March 7, 2006

So, what, the policy is to boot any and all posts that contain an opinion?

Look, I don't know about y'all, but I got information out of the post that I didn't have before reading the link, and the comments were quite interesting, particularly the branch spun off of jfuller's comment. Maybe I'm inadequately stringent, but that was enough to make me like the post.
posted by kafziel at 4:39 PM on March 7, 2006

any and all posts that contain an opinion?

No, just the ones that express that opinion in a way guaranteed to stifle respectful debate and/or insult people who don't share the opinion. It's not a difficult line to draw. Are you really having trouble seeing what's wrong with that post?
posted by mediareport at 10:08 PM on March 7, 2006