Lengthy 'cut and paste' - acceptable or not?

That’s not a bad thing Jalima ?

I am beginning to feel like a mushroom.

I beleive someone’s idea of a little light entertainment has backfired, if I am wrong then I will be asked to leave & will happily do so.

Lemongrove, i did not ask a cut & post to be checked, I queried a new poster & their chosen user name & the coincidence of it.
HQ must have had some concerns or I would have been told in no uncertain terms if it was otherwise.

It's not always like this rubytut - stay and find out.

I do not understand why adults on a forum need reporting for anything. Why cant you ignore what you do not like, this is so petty "telling on people".I have been on GN for about a month and have decided it is not for me.

Since HQ have spoken there is no point in fighting it, but if they read this thread, they will see our views on this new rule.

No point as you say jura in waiting for an apology ( you must be joking!) You started this thread didn’t you?

So, it’s a double whammy from Bridgeit asking HQ to check the cut and paste posts on a thread, and jura asking HQ to ‘clarify’ the cut and pastes i.e. are they allowed.

This has resulted in one poster leaving just as they had arrived, another poster thinking carefully about is this forum for them and most of us perplexed as to the rules, as
Various posters over the years of all polititical flavours have done this.
Very strange.

Is that a —not very— subtle way of bringing it back to Brexit?
? ? ? Ducks behind sofa!

And what is it to do with Boris!

Is there an ongoing dispute? I don’t understand last couple of posts. ?

Not much point in hanging around for an apology. BoJo eat your heart out.

We are always told by GNHQ to give posters the benefit of the doubt

did you give it to me? And yes, it was entirely coincidence - but you still jumped me like a ton of bricks- you and friends- and somehow made GN's response my fault and responsibility. Did you not.

I'd say not a great day in the MB and co annals either, for sure. Over- out.

What did happen then?
Other than Iamnotarobot perhaps selecting the most inappropriate name at the time (but who is to judge? Jingl came up its some corkers at regular intervals) and posting a lengthy cut and paste without any idea that this was frowned upon -and who has never done a cut n paste?- finds herself immediately under suspicion and at the blunt end of the unfriendliest message I have ever seen on GN.
Entirely by coincidence Jura requires GNHQ to rule for or against cut n pastes and suddenly the goalposts are changed without warning.
We are always told by GNHQ to give posters the benefit of the doubt and posts containing the “t” word or any suspicion thereof are deleted sharpish and yet GNHQ jump to some outlandish and unsubstantiated conclusion and the poor woman (rightly) decides that perhaps GN is not for her.
Beating oneself over the head with a wet kipper might indeed be a more pleasant way of passing the time.
Not a great day in the annals of GN was it?

Whereas I never had any private correspondance with GN, nor reported any post or anyone. Just simply asked for clarification - and look what happened.

Ahh,thanks so much for posting, janeainsworth,

Bridgeit you weren’t the only one to have those thoughts, or mention it to HQ.

Apologies to HQ if this is not acceptable but I think it needed to be said.

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Goodness me, jura, I must have missed the accusations and the bile covered witch-hunt.

Surely GNHQ will delete such personal attacks, let's hope so.

Just make sure not to leave a gap which I have done on more than one occasion

^ like this ^!

But will just try and do as before and keep away. The accusations made here since I simply asked GN for clarification have been mind-boggling- and truly resembling a bile covered witch-hunt. How can I be responsible for just asking for clarification? It says an awful lot more about certain posters than about me, for sure. Sad indeed.

^ah, thanks, it works.^

trying

as said, my keyboard does not have square brackets