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[my72jeep]

Is it customary for staff to delete a post and deduct Mil Points of a member with out any explanation?

 

[Scott]

Points are deducted automatically and, I believe, at the same rate that they were awarded for the post.

I binned the post for PERSEC concerns.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Yes

I've had an issue with this in the past too

 

[aesop081]

Having been on the other side of the fence, giving an explanation to every single person who gets a post deleted takes up quite a bit of time and sometimes starts conversations with people who just can't take "no" for an answer. Mod actions happen for good reasons.

As for the Milpoints, well........it's not like it changes the fabric of the universe if you lose a few in the process.

 

[my72jeep]

Points are deducted automatically and, I believe, at the same rate that they were awarded for the post.

I binned the post for PERSEC concerns.

I offered nothing more then that person has on his profile.
I did not give rank, or location or job which by the way is posted on his Army.ca profile so PERSEC concerns can be dammed.
I went to his Public profile to check that it was listed there first before I gave it up. so sorry nope not a reason for deletion.

 

[aesop081]

so sorry nope not a reason for deletion.

Did your universe collapse as a result ?

You lost 15 Milpoints and made 60 since.

:

 

[Scott]

You identified the member by screen name and that they had won an award, which to me seemed easily searchable, in a specific timeframe. That seems like an easy way for someone to find out who the person is.

I do not often have the time to check into absolutely everything that gets reported here. Your post was brought to my attention and it seemed like a far easier thing to simply take it down and so I did because my explanation above does seem plausible, and that is enough for me. See CDN Aviator's reasoning as to why I didn't seek your blessing and/or forgiveness for doing my job.

Now, if you're done whining I'll just give you some Milpoints so you can feel better. You do realize they have no cash value, right? It wasn't personal.

 

[my72jeep]

Its the deletion with out reason or explanation, chuck the Mil points. all I did was offer up an easy find for the info he wanted and got slapped in the process.
Good bye and thanks for all the fish.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

When a Mod deletes a post, he loses the same amount of Milpoints as the person whose post was deleted. It's not a one sided thing. I've lost hundreds of point deleting useless posts.

Typical reasons are persec and opsec, however, posts that try derail, have nothing to do with the flow of the thread or are just plain stupid, get deleted all the time.

And no, I don't have time to explain my actions to every author out there. Nor do I wish to start a dialogue with some of the people, whose posts, I delete.

If you're having trouble sleeping or might want to jump off a bridge because your post disappeared, a PM to the Mod, will 'usually, garner a reply. Whether you like the reply or not may be something else again.

Milnet.ca Staff

 

[aesop081]

thanks for all the fish.

Don't forget to tip the waitress.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Its the deletion with out reason or explanation, chuck the Mil points. all I did was offer up an easy find for the info he wanted and got slapped in the process.
Good bye and thanks for all the fish.

Don't make promises you're not prepared to keep.

 

[Scott]

Its the deletion with out reason or explanation, chuck the Mil points. all I did was offer up an easy find for the info he wanted and got slapped in the process.
Good bye and thanks for all the fish.

Oh for the love of God. Really? I know you have experience with CIC but you don't have to go acting like one of your charges.

Slapped? How in the hell did you get slapped? There are far better examples of that happening here.

I thought you had sour grapes, not fish.

Buh-bye.

 

[aesop081]

I thought you had sour grapes, not fish.

Might have been eating some cake** too, you never know.


** "let them eat cake"

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Here is the official, definitive answer:

https://army.ca/forums/threads/90250/post-888219.html#msg888219

Edit: Fixed link.

 

[my72jeep]

Well I guess no one here is a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy fan. And yes I did misquote it "So long and thanks for all the fish"
Sorry for increasing the Admin burden I asked a question, I received an answer about Persec,I did not believe I violated it I questioned it, Next thing I had two Mods and a member  defending said actions. then to top it off a personal attack about  my current MOC. thank you Mike for your post it answered my question.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Here is the official, definitive answer:

http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/90250/post-888219.html#msg888219

Not one of our more transparent rules.

 

[PuckChaser]

A quick PM would have saved 16 posts and heartache... I'm not saying everyone should get a PM, but at least give those with some time and posts on the forum under the belt the courtesy to know why privately.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

God, get over it :

 

[Jarnhamar]

A quick PM would have saved 16 posts and heartache... I'm not saying everyone should get a PM, but at least give those with some time and posts on the forum under the belt the courtesy to know why privately.

You'll get told shortly that this has already been discussed and answered so it's a moot
Point but I'm in agreement.
Army.ca does a lot to mimic the cf. Deleting someone's post and not explaining why still
Confuses me. It's like giving someone a negative rating on a per but not explaining why. "I have too much work to do so I don't have enough time to justify any of these".  Or, correcting/punishing someone and not explaining why.  If someone makes an inappropriate post contrary to the guidelines then my thoughts are they should at the very least be informed as to why- if anything just so they realize why they messed up.
Imagine digging a trench and having your section commander fill it in but not explain why?

But it's how it works here.
Cue "if you don't like it leave"

 

[Infanteer]

Time to call in the whine-liner on this one....