why?

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Mar 17 2003, 11:41 am
Why was my last post(title: Help meeeeeeeee::rolls away::)Deleted??
Reasons why it should not have been deleted:
1: It was in the right category
2:It was a plead for help.
I have more reasons which I can't think of. But my post was deleted and I don't know why

Post:
http://developer.byond.com/forum/ index.cgi?action=message_read&id=177419&forum=3

--Ray
Mar 17 2003, 11:48 am
Your post featured an almost all caps title,
and in the post itself you admitted to knowing
it was frowned upon by saying "Sorry about the title".

Im not the person who deleted it, but it seems like
if you know something isn't allowed, then why are you
doing it? Apologizing doesn't help it =) I would repost it with a proper subject line.

We(Moderators) don't simply delete posts for no reason. If your post/thread is deleted, it violated community standards.
Mar 17 2003, 11:49 am
In response to Alathon
I didn't know it wasn't allowed. Otherwise I wouldn't have done it. I don't get kicks out of being bad XD

I just wrote sorry because it was a pretty dumb title.

--Ray
Mar 17 2003, 11:54 am
In response to R.J.T
R.J.T wrote:
I didn't know it wasn't allowed.

Just a slight clarification of why it isn't, for future reference. Spamming is not allowed on the forums. Spamming however does not only restrict itself to a repetitive style such as repeating a message over and over again, but spamming can also be posting topics in all caps, and such.

There's almost no reason to ever write anything in all caps, and there's never a reason to do so in a subject line. When writing subject lines, its both beneficial for you and others to write one that summarizes the problem as nicely as possible.

If people see a subject line like "Help me!", they might be less inclined to answer it than they would if it said something like: "Erronous loops" or whatever the problem happens to be.

A simple rule I like to bind myself by is that the clearer you are in describing things, the clearer and more spon-on will be the answers that you recieve in response.
Mar 17 2003, 12:01 pm
In response to Alathon
Thanks :)
--Ray
Mar 17 2003, 12:09 pm
In response to R.J.T
one quick thing. i thought SPAM was:
S:short
P:Pointless
A:Annoying
M:messages
Mar 17 2003, 12:13 pm
In response to Airjoe
*shrug*
Wasn't spam, but not a great title either. o.o

--Ray

EDIT: Spam is also a GREAT tinned meat!
Spam spam spam spammity spam spam spam.

Ps not promoting SPAM, promoting spam.
Mar 17 2003, 12:14 pm
In response to R.J.T
R.J.T wrote:
*shrug*
Wasn't spam, but not a great title either. o.o

It was spam, by the way moderators defined it, which Alathon explained to you. It may not have been spam in the way you commonly think of it, but that doesn't change what it was.

Lummox JR