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AIRWALKER

Before this is removed i would like to make a statement to everone on this site.

The caption comp has 2 snowmen sitting watching football in a stadium. I put a caption remarking that they might have 'overdone it' using a certain substance.

This caption was removed and it was made clear that i was being abusive.

politically incorrect, bad taste, not funny, perhaps but i just want to say i was not abusive towards anyone on this site and that no one could possibly feel 'abused' by my caption.

I am furious and have complained very strongly asking whoever to remove it as will not accept being misrepresented in this way. It is absolutely laughable and PATHETIC !!!!!!!!

Cheers everyone !

AIRWALKER

Also i was stopped from writing the four letter word commonly used to describe the opposite to heaven the other day  and was told to replace the word with something else. Try it, it honestly won't let you write it. But a child of 2 can say it in front of a nun!

I DON'T think that you should write what you want but who makes this up? Who sets the rules?

IT IS MINDBLOWINGLY PATHETIC

Rant over

POTTSY82

I wouldn't worry about it too much mate, wont be the last time you have something deleted off here,  I had a joke deleted earlier. I agree its abit over the top sometimes but thats just the rules we have to follow I suppose.

FlutNush

Just as a gentle aside, earlier on, I was unable to write the well-known brand name of a chocolate covered biscuit with an orange jelly centre. 

I'm intrigued: Is this so as to avoid advertising, or is it linked to the Only Fools And Horses terminology for 'he that can only fire blanks?'

I'm only asking because if it's the former reason, next weeks blog may contain references to a household detergent, and I'll need plenty of time to reconstruct the sentence properly.

POTTSY82

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : Cheers mate. Honestly couldn't give a running fcuk at a rolling doughnut that they took it off. I just wish they would have said nothing or put that it was bad taste or offensive at worst but abusive, well harsh. I dont want forum users to think i am 'abusive' thats why i am mad.
Posted by AIRWALKER

Yeah I see where your coming from. 

Going back to them deleting things.  I will say in Skys defence that I've been on forums that are not so strict and some that anything goes, and although their a better laugh,  It does get a bit silly somtimes with arguments etc..

AIRWALKER

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  Hi Air walker  you are not the first or will you be the last to have posts deleted. Bennydip2 walks the tight rope every post.  I had,  what I thought,  was a perfectly reasonable joke deleted. After reflection it was near the mark but Skys mark was nearer and for a reason.  There has to be a point that is not reasonable or acceptable  
Posted by logdon

Once again, let me make this absolutely clear, I truly accept that my post was removed as a drugs orientated joke but using your descriptions above for the the reason to remove it would have resulted in me not even starting this thread at all or complaining in the slightest. It is the implying that i was being abusive on this forum that i am upset about.

I was not in any way whatsoever abusive. I would be very upset if the forum was abandoned or if i was kicked off it. Everyone offends someone or another sometimes either by accident or on purpose but to be abusive is bad and i was not.

TRIP5

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : Once again, let me make this absolutely clear, I truly accept that my post was removed as a drugs orientated joke but using your descriptions above for the the reason to remove it would have resulted in me not even starting this thread at all or complaining in the slightest. It is the implying that i was being abusive on this forum that i am upset about. I was not in any way whatsoever abusive . I would be very upset if the forum was abandoned or if i was kicked off it. Everyone offends someone or another sometimes either by accident or on purpose but to be abusive is bad and i was not.
Posted by AIRWALKER

Hey Air,

Is it possible you may have received a generic reply that goes out to everyone who has a post removed? or was the reply specifically tailored to you? Usually (like a bank letter)  replies like this are automatic with the name etc changed only...

Do you feel any better now you've had a mini rant on here? or shall I go on a ranting rampage on your behalf lol

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Grimstar30

At least you guys have had the time to get on the forum! I have missed my addiction these past few weeks...

AIRWALKER

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  There is nothing to be gained by continually complaining.

Who is continually complaining? I was falsely accused of being abusive. Why cant i defend myself ? That was the main reason for this thread. I was trying to explain to people who know me and don't that i am not abusive. Something incidentally i would not have had to do if i had not been ludicrously called it in the first place.

Of course i will move on. I wont be dwelling on it.

If i pubically get called anything that's not right a million times then i will tell whoever it is where to get off a million times. I wont let anyone get away with it.

With respect and thanks for your posts, if i said that YOU were being abusive when you haven't been i am sure you would give me your opinion about it before you 'moved on'. Thats all i did.

AIRWALKER

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Posted by TRIP5

I have e-mailed Rich about it and if he says that its just a standard thing that they say about removed stuff then fine but still not right. It should perhaps be changed to 'inapropriate' or something for the benefit of everyone because the word abusive has a meaning all of its own. It was a light hearted joke nothing more. Talk about using a sledge hammer to crack a nut jeeeeeez.

P.S. Will let you know when the rampaging has started lol.

cheers trip.

TRIP5

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : I have e-mailed Rich about it and if he says that its just a standard thing that they say about removed stuff then fine but still not right. It should perhaps be changed to 'inapropriate' or something for the benefit of everyone because the word abusive has a meaning all of its own. It was a light hearted joke nothing more. Talk about using a sledge hammer to crack a nut jeeeeeez. P.S. Will let you know when the rampaging has started lol. cheers trip.
Posted by AIRWALKER

Or a planet to squash an avocado...lol

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unknown_username

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Also i was stopped from writing the four letter word commonly used to describe the opposite to heaven the other day  and was told to replace the word with something else. Try it, it honestly won't let you write it. But a child of 2 can say it in front of a nun! I DON'T think that you should write what you want but who makes this up? Who sets the rules? IT IS MINDBLOWINGLY PATHETIC Rant over
Posted by AIRWALKER

Hades works

BlackFish3

big 'sky' brother is watching us lol

unknown_username

What is this all about? Having a word disallowed, so what! Having a caption comp entry disallowed because of a drugs reference, so what! It wasn't made public until the poster made it public. If those are the forum rules then so be it, having a rant won't change things. There are thousands dead and dying in Haiti, soldiers are being brought home every week in body bags and a thousand other things in the world that make throwing your Teddy out of the pram over something like this pathetic. Grow up!

AIRWALKER

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What is this all about? Having a word disallowed, so what! Having a caption comp entry .......................
Posted by elsadog

I AM NOT BOTHERED ABOUT HAVING MY POST TAKEN OFF!!!!!!! IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH.

I AM NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH.

I don't know how many people view the posts but at least 80 people have been on it. That means that a lot of people may have seen in big bold letters that i have been abusive when i have not. Might not have bothered someone as fantastic as you but it annoyed me as it was so needless. As well as saying that its not on, i wanted to clarify that i have not been abusive. Why has this annoyed you?

I didn't think that anyone would even start talking about it. It was my problem.

You have got no right to refer to me as pathetic or childish. I would not have said that to you.

Obviously you and your 'click' feel that you are the only people who have the right or intelligence to post comments on the forum.

In future i suggest that you don't just go around insulting people. Using the dead people in Tahiti to make your point. And you have the nerve to call me childish and pathetic.

AIRWALKER

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Posted by AIRWALKER

Sorry i mean HAITI.

AIRWALKER

If i had known how pratted off other people were going to be about something that didn't even happen to them i wouldn't have bothered even trying to set the record straight for myself.

I sent an e-mail to trip5 hours ago saying that i didn't want to post anything else because i was appearing to be carryin on moaning and i didn't want to. Some people wern't getting the point of what i was saying. I just wanted to write what i wrote and clear off jeeez.

Sky_Rich

Hi Airwalker,

i'm really sorry to hear you took this badly and feel upset over the matter.

let me clear things up for you...

firstly posts that break our house rules (viewable here) will be removed.

secondly the severity of the post will determine the severity of our moderation action (post removed, warnings, bans etc)

your blog comment was (rightly) reported for for being unacceptable and inappropriate for this community. when blog comments are reported and taken down by our system you will see the message you have queried. it is an automatic response designed to inform users that we are keeping an eye over blog comments and unacceptable ones will not be tolerated.

i see your point that 'abusive' may have been the wrong term in this instance and i'll re-look at how the automatic responses are worded.

so again i apologise that you were upset by the matter but i hope you understand that your comment broke the house rules and was not suitable for this community.

all the best,

Rich

Seagull158

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : I AM NOT BOTHERED ABOUT HAVING MY POST TAKEN OFF!!!!!!! IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH. I AM NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH. I don't know how many people view the posts but at least 80 people have been on it. That means that a lot of people may have seen in big bold letters that i have been abusive when i have not. Might not have bothered someone as fantastic as you but it annoyed me as it was so needless. As well as saying that its not on, i wanted to clarify that i have not been abusive. Why has this annoyed you? I didn't think that anyone would even start talking about it. It was my problem. You have got no right to refer to me as pathetic or childish. I would not have said that to you. Obviously you and your 'click' feel that you are the only people who have the right or intelligence to post comments on the forum. In future i suggest that you don't just go around insulting people. Using the dead people in Tahiti to make your point. And you have the nerve to call me childish and pathetic.
Posted by AIRWALKER

Airwalker, I can see your point (all the points you have made) and I sympathise with you. I have also seen Sky Rich's response and it appears that you did receive a standard response and the wording of that response is not ideal in your case but Sky Rich is going to review that for the future. So, "calm down, calm down"! Nobody thinks you're abusive. You're always going to get people posting replies that disagree with you. That's the nature of a forum. Don't worry about it.

unknown_username

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : I AM NOT BOTHERED ABOUT HAVING MY POST TAKEN OFF!!!!!!! IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH. I AM NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH. I don't know how many people view the posts but at least 80 people have been on it. That means that a lot of people may have seen in big bold letters that i have been abusive when i have not. Might not have bothered someone as fantastic as you but it annoyed me as it was so needless. As well as saying that its not on, i wanted to clarify that i have not been abusive. Why has this annoyed you? I didn't think that anyone would even start talking about it. It was my problem. You have got no right to refer to me as pathetic or childish. I would not have said that to you. Obviously you and your 'click' feel that you are the only people who have the right or intelligence to post comments on the forum. In future i suggest that you don't just go around insulting people. Using the dead people in Tahiti to make your point. And you have the nerve to call me childish and pathetic.
Posted by AIRWALKER

You are complaining, Nobody was aware of this until you posted it. This was something between you and the Sky mods but you wanted to rant over it in public. Nobody here has called you abusive. So pick your Teddy up and try to get over it.

tiercel

Isn't over zealous vigilance better than none? 
 At another site I have campaigned against certain words that are not filtered effectively - such as being called a ****** ( the filter wont let me write it, lol).  Skypoker is a verbally clean and non-abusive site which makes it far more pleasant to use. Its always a difficult balance but we are here to enjoy poker not be rude and offensive and I would rather they overdid it than not bother.


ld like to make a statement to everone on this site. The caption comp has 2 snowmen sitting watching football in a stadium. I put a caption remarking that they might have 'overdone it' using a certain substance. This caption was removed and it was made clear that i was being abusive. politically incorrect, bad taste, not funny, perhaps but i just want to say i was not abusive towards anyone on this site and that no one could possibly feel 'abused' by my caption. I am furious and have complained very strongly asking whoever to remove it as will not accept being misrepresented in this way. It is absolutely laughable and PATHETIC !!!!!!!! Cheers everyone !
Posted by AIRWALKER

AIRWALKER

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : You are complaining, Nobody was aware of this until you posted it. This was something between you and the Sky mods but you wanted to rant over it in public. Nobody here has called you abusive. So pick your Teddy up and try to get over it.
Posted by elsadog

LOL, ok ok. Thank you very much. I am a bit over-sensitive and thin skinned sometimes but i am very defensive ALL the time if i feel that i am being unjustly called something. If i was talking to someone face to face and they told me to not spit my dummy out or something i would probably laugh my head off. Reading stuff is a bit cold and one dimensional.

I was looking forward to going to some live events and making friends and putting faces to names etc and i didn't want strangers ( not even 1 ) to think that i was abusive before they even had spoken to me. Thats sort of why i was so mad.

Thank you everyone for your comments they are much appreciated. And thank you Rich for pointing out that calling me abusive was a bit harsh. I honestly did not think for a second that my post didn't warrant being taken off and will be more careful in future.

Cheers and all the very best to everyone.

Airwalker

AIRWALKER

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Isn't over zealous vigilance better than none?   At another site I have campaigned against certain words that are not filtered effectively - such as being called a ****** ( the filter wont let me write it, lol).  Skypoker is a verbally clean and non-abusive site..........................
Posted by tiercel

I totally agree.

major1962

I think everyone got their point across BUT, why oh why do people get upset by a posters comments?
If you disagree or want to make a point, is there any need to be nasty/childish/abusive?
Also, if responders read the post properly, they would see the actual reason for the post, not assume the point they were making.
Comments such as "throwing a teddy out of the pram" arent really helpful are they?
I see lots of name calling on the forum (although most are very supportive and helpful) and in the chat boxes.
Stop and think first before you type, the time it takes to count to ten (or 100 if you have a temper like mine) should be enough to calm down and react sensibly. (or not at all)
The amount of times ive thought "what an idiot" for calling with their hand or risking their tourny life and get lucky
is too numerous to mention, but i take the chat off quickly before i say something that isnt worth typing in the end.
This is a fantastic site but it could be so much better if people stopped being abusive to each other.
Well, ive said enough to raise a few more comments i'm sure, lets make them informative, pleasant and helpful eh?
 

unknown_username

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I think everyone got their point across BUT, why oh why do people get upset by a posters comments? If you disagree or want to make a point, is there any need to be nasty/childish/abusive? Also, if responders read the post properly, they would see the actual reason for the post, not assume the point they were making. Comments such as "throwing a teddy out of the pram" arent really helpful are they? I see lots of name calling on the forum (although most are very supportive and helpful) and in the chat boxes. Stop and think first before you type, the time it takes to count to ten (or 100 if you have a temper like mine) should be enough to calm down and react sensibly. (or not at all) The amount of times ive thought "what an idiot" for calling with their hand or risking their tourny life and get lucky is too numerous to mention, but i take the chat off quickly before i say something that isnt worth typing in the end. This is a fantastic site but it could be so much better if people stopped being abusive to each other. Well, ive said enough to raise a few more comments i'm sure, lets make them informative, pleasant and helpful eh?  
Posted by major1962

The original post was an attempt at soliciting sympathy and a reaction over what should have been a private matter. Getting all uppity because a post wasn't allowed or a word censored, and rattling on about it being abusive to have had it disallowed, is throwing out the teddy. If you have a problem with the sky mods do as has been suggested a hundred times on here. Send a PM to Sky Rich. 

AIRWALKER

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : The original post was an attempt at soliciting sympathy and a reaction over what should have been a private matter. Getting all uppity because a post wasn't allowed or a word censored, and rattling on about it being abusive to have had it disallowed, is throwing out the teddy. If you have a problem with the sky mods do as has been suggested a hundred times on here. Send a PM to Sky Rich. 
Posted by elsadog

I did send a private message to Rich. Straight away. The only reason i publicly announced what had happened was to let people know that i was not and am not abusive. ( and for a bit of a rant ) with great respect to you it is not up to you what people want to start a thread about. You read it and then had an unprovoked rant at me for nothing. You could have thought 'what a numpty, fancy posting that what an idiot' and said nothing. but you CHOSE to insult me instead. If that's what your nature is like then so be it. I would no way have spoke to you like that first. Anyhow i have moved on and i hope in future we can have a laugh over something else and forget all about it because normally i laugh my head off at your postings and enjoy reading them.

Peace.

Airwalker.

JockBMW

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Hi Airwalker, i'm really sorry to hear you took this badly and feel upset over the matter. let me clear things up for you... firstly posts that break our house rules ( viewable here ) will be removed. secondly the severity of the post will determine the severity of our moderation action (post removed, warnings, bans etc) your blog comment was (rightly) reported for for being unacceptable and inappropriate for this community. when blog comments are reported and taken down by our system you will see the message you have queried. it is an automatic response designed to inform users that we are keeping an eye over blog comments and unacceptable ones will not be tolerated. i see your point that 'abusive' may have been the wrong term in this instance and i'll re-look at how the automatic responses are worded. so again i apologise that you were upset by the matter but i hope you understand that your comment broke the house rules and was not suitable for this community. all the best, Rich
Posted by Sky_Rich

Dear United Nations,

I have recently come across an individual who's ability to quell anguish and offensiveness is beyond belief.  Could I ask you to support a round the world ticket, stopping for one week, at the following locations:

Afghanistan

Israel

Palestine

Northern Ireland

Sri Lanka

America

Pakistan

India

I'm sure that his time spent in these locations, at your expense, would be time and money well spent.

Yours

etc....  

fitzer14

  Another case of a post taken out of context..for what its worth AIRWALKER,i understood the point you was making in a adult and grown up post,   But once again a poster suffers childish insults for making a clear and innocent post, i  also got this recently "pick your dummy up" which i found very childish.......Dont let yourself be dragged down to the same level m8.


Fitz.

AIRWALKER

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  Another case of a post taken out of context..for what its worth AIRWALKER,i understood the point you was making in a adult and grown up post,   But once again a poster suffers childish insults for making a clear and innocent post, i  also got this recently "pick your dummy up" which i found very childish.......Dont let yourself be dragged down to the same level m8. Fitz.
Posted by fitzer14

Thankyou very much fitz you are a true gent. I am really grateful for what you have just said.

AIRWALKER

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In Response to Re: ABUSE????.......MORE LIKE ABUSED : Airwalker, I can see your point (all the points you have made) and I sympathise with you. I have also seen Sky Rich's response and it appears that you did receive a standard response and the wording of that response is not ideal in your case but Sky Rich is going to review that for the future. So, "calm down, calm down"! Nobody thinks you're abusive. You're always going to get people posting replies that disagree with you. That's the nature of a forum. Don't worry about it.
Posted by Seagull158

Cheers Seagull. Rich's response was very welcome and appreciated as is yours.

TRIP5

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