Not sure if I am allowed to ask this on here.....

Did GNHQ say it was against the rules or have people just assumed that because they said something unkind about an absent poster and were deleted. I once got deleted because I said someone who was around anymore was a misogynist. I wasnt deleted because I was talking about him whilst he wasnt around but because it was a personal attack.

Wasnt around that should say.

Perhaps we pister off.

Or all of them.

I have seen posts from GNHQ in the past, saying they were deleting threads/posts, because a poster was being discussed.

However, nowadays it seems to be a different team at GNHQ, so who knows?

If it’s reported it will be deleted

I hope it’s not deleted, as the thread has been useful.

If it is, though, I’d like HQ to explain why - and not just in vague terms about ‘the spirit of GN’.

Discussion of other posters isn’t allowed.
So the lemongrove stuff is fine, but not the Alegrias stuff.
I’m pretty certain that Alegrias would not like it at all that she was being discussed here.
She is a very private person

I’m not reporting it by the way, but I don’t think that we should discuss Al further

Got your big girl pants on today Fanny?

Always, Jane, always.
The damn things are huge!

I too feel uneasy about people discussing Al.
No matter how many times it is said, I will repeat, she did not leave because of the SNP bashing, she left because she was upset. All the speculation here won't change anything.
Time to move on. She is not here to put her side of the story.

I have even bigger pants on today, than you Fanny! ?

Mary I doubt very much indeed that that is true!
Is it time for a ‘Show us your knickers thread!’?

Metaphorically though, maybe

It would be deleted Fanny and there would need to be health warning for those of a weak disposition. # fatpantsgirl!

Discussion of other posters isn’t allowed.

Where is that stated, FC?

Incidentally, when I said that this thread had been useful I was confusing it with the last 'State of the Boards' thread ('Not in the Spirit of Gransnet'). This one, whilst I'm sure it was started with the best of intentions, has been more confusing than illuminating, as unless others know more than I do, we are no further forward with knowing what we are, and are not, allowed to post. I hate it when we have spent time on posts only to have them swept aside because of a 'rule' that is not explicit. I understand posts being removed if they are libellous or otherwise offensive, but when whole threads are censored and there is no explanation I find it very unhelpful. If we were told what the rules are, we could self-censor by not posting on threads that were doomed from the start.

PS Have you been in my knicker drawer, Marydoll? ?

It isn’t stated.

Posts and threads are removed for all sorts of reasons which are in ‘The Rules’.

The notoriously nebulous nature of The Guidelines is almost a running gag.

All I’m saying is that if it this thread is reported it will be deleted.

Sorry, that should read ‘aren’t’ in the rules

I think Fanny is right we dont know if Alegrias would like it so we should probably respect that and do our own censorship

It’s a bit like Wordle, Doodledog, knowing what you are and aren’t allowed to post.
It’s an artful balance of luck and judgement.

In the past, GNHQ have deleted posts about missing posters and said that those posters may have private reasons for not posting and they do not allow this.

Some time ago, I hadn't been posting, after a pile on and read a post, speculating that I had been banned! I was not amused!!!
?

Ha ha! I remember that Mary!
Sorry, I shouldn’t laugh, but I’ve never seen you so cross!

It certainly wasn’t funny at the time
(And I hardly dare mention all the crud that’s been written about me)

No blooming wonder, Fanny!!!
I was trying to keep my head down and still I being got at! ??????

Moi? I'm such a shrinking violet, how could anyone think that of little old me????? ?

Galaxy

I think Fanny is right we dont know if Alegrias would like it so we should probably respect that and do our own censorship

Agreed, as far as saying anything negative is concerned (not that I would want to - I prefer to say what I think face to face and keep it to the topic or thread concerned) but if we are expected to post according to rules, we should at least know what they are.