MeFi mod log archive
An archive of MetaFilter's Recent Mod Actions log

Tagged "ask"

339 mod actions · Page 3 of 4

Mod note on 'Punctual people: how do you date non-punctuals w/o strife?'

One deleted: posterโ€™s request.

Mod note on 'Why is suicide considered bad?'

One deleted: no debate, just answers, please.

Mod note on 'Our trash can suddenly stinks. Help!'

One comment removed, there's no need to call OP's curiosity bigoted. Also, Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked.

Mod note on 'Garlic preparation'

One comment deleted. Please avoid starting an argument with the OP, Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked.

Mod note on 'The Gay Duvet'

phunniemee: "Are you going to remove all the comments linking to florals for not answering the question?"

No, because there's a bit of subjectiveness involved in this question and the answers.

Mod note on 'The Gay Duvet'

One comment removed for threadshitting and getting snarky with commenters, which goes against the Content Policy in Ask MetaFilter.

Also, you can't just decide it's ok to heckle commenters, that goes against the general MetaFilter guidelines about being considerate and respectful

Mod note on 'Auditory fiction storytelling recommendations please!'

Title updated, thank you for reporting it.

Mod note on 'How to start a board game store'

One deleted for noise.

Mod note on 'Explain Bank of America's career list alphabetization'

One deleted. Comment posted in wrong thread.

Mod note on 'Barebones rejuvenation of PCs'

One comment removed at userโ€™s request.

Mod note on 'Why is the urine tank on the ISS filling so quickly?'

Couple of comments removed for not answering the question and instead making jokes. That violates the Content Policy for AskMe.

Mod note on 'What is this?'

One deleted. Poster's request.

Mod note on 'New roommate is armed'

One comment deleted. Please avoid arguing with other people's answers, ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked.

Mod note on 'Why is drug duration always measured in half life?'

One deleted. Double comment.

Mod note on 'UT ambulance bill only partially paid by Aetna NY "Choice POS II" Halp?'

intermod: "I'll ask mods to add "newyork" as a tag."

Done!

Mod note on 'How to Date a Milk Bottle?'

Couple of comments removed for not answering the question and instead making a joke, which violates the Content Policy. Edited to note that a couple of comments were removed and to make this comment an official moderation comment.

Mod note on 'Parenting dilemma, young adult variety'

Two comments deleted. Please avoid going back an forth with other users and remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked.

Mod note on 'Argued with Friend at Her Wedding; Was I Too Harsh?'

One comment removed for not answering the question

Mod note on 'Argued with Friend at Her Wedding; Was I Too Harsh?'

Moved bulk of above the fold text to below the fold

Mod note on 'th;dr'

One comment removed for veering off into a recommendation about whether to use AI/Chatbot in general, which did not answer the question.

Please help keep AskMetaFilter threads on topic by addressing the question asked, thanks!

Mod note on 'Neighbor without insurance wants advice before ER visit'

One deleted. Poster's request.

Mod note on 'Tailors of MeFi! How much can a suit be altered?'

Mod note on 'How does someone feel after one glass of wine?'

Accidental duplicate answer removed.

Mod note on 'Menโ€™s Group or Menโ€™s Circle Thatโ€™s Not Toxic?'

An anonymous poster asked us to pass the following along:
If you ever make it to Olympia, WA, there is a Secular Men's Support Group that meets twice a month to talk and offer support. It is a very DIY model if you end up starting your own group. Link to see their flyer: https://www.reddit.com/r/olympia/comments/1lt2j9i/mens_group_this_afternoon/

Mod note on 'Why doesn't marijuana work for me?'

One comment removed due to simply writing "Lots of opinions on this".

The way AskMe works is that people ask concrete question and get (hopefully) concrete answers or suggestions about a problem they're having. Writing "lots of opinions on this" does not help the OP by offering any actual advice or solution, it's just a vague opinion. It's true, sure, people do have various opinions about the question, but that's not the sort of answer we want to encourage on AskMe.

So please try to help the OP by sharing your knowledge or information about the specific question they're having, thanks!

Mod note on 'Writing when you find the time'

memoryindustries: "was I supposed to lie or omit the fact Cha t found it? Come on."

Indeed, the deletion of your comment was wrong and a mistake, for which I apologize. The original comment with the cite that proves it came from Atwood has been restored. Thank you for taking the time to make sure what ChatGPT output was correct.

Mod note on 'New friend's job makes me uncomfortable.'

phunniemee: "I'll be going back through the comments that did misgender them to change the pronouns.

I find this an odd choice of moderation.
"

Understood, feel free to create a new MeTa about it or bring it up to the Moderation Oversight Committee in terms of how comments that misgender a person should be handled.

Mod note on 'New friend's job makes me uncomfortable.'

Hi folks, just noting that the OP specifically uses "they" as the pronoun for Sawyer, so please avoid designating Sawyer as a "he".

I'll be going back through the comments that did misgender them to change the pronouns.

Mod note on 'Writing when you find the time'

One answer removed at the poster's request.

Mod note on 'Writing when you find the time'

One comment removed, AskMe has a firm policy about posting ChatGPT output. Weโ€™re interested in human answers, not what LLMs โ€œthinkโ€.

Mod note on 'Rice cooker recipes'

One answer deleted at poster's request.

Mod note on 'I don't want kids, my wife does. True stories of the now and after?'

One comment removed at the commenter's request.

Mod note on 'What does it mean to read the Guardian?'

One comment removed for not answering the question.

Mod note on 'When does a polygon become a circle?'

One comment removed for not answering the question. Remember, AskMetaFilter is more strictly moderated than other subsites, to keep the focus on helping the OP of a question.

Mod note on 'Script Identification'

Comment and response removed due to providing an answer from an LLM (Gemini). AskMetaFilter is for people to provide answers and LLM answers are specifically banned. Please don't query LLMs for AskMetaFilter questions and then post the output on this site.

We do encourage people who have knowledge about subjects of questions to post answers, thank you all!

Mod note on 'Finding & using public charging stations for an EV'

FifthCupOfTea: "Iโ€™ve been driving EV for a little over 7 years now, and honestly? Iโ€™m never going back to gas unless itโ€™s for some kind of apocalypse vehicle."

Hi, just a note that the OP has specific questions about charging an EV, not what makes an EV good to use. Please help the OP by sticking to the original question, thanks!

No comments have been removed.

Mod note on 'Can you translate this Japanese text into English for me?'

One answer removed for not answering the question.

Mod note on 'Shame'

One comment removed at memberโ€™s request.

Mod note on 'Is He Dead Yet?'

One comment removed for not answering the question and posting an unrelated opinion.

Mod note on 'Will American citizens be able to get updated Covid vaccines in Canada?'

One comment deleted. Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked. Please refer to the Ask MeFi section of the content policy.

Mod note on 'What is the etiquette here?'

One comment deleted. Please avoid posting jokey comments as answers. Please refer to the Ask MeFi section of the content policy.

Mod note on 'Non English phrases similar to โ€œeight is greatโ€'

One comment deleted, please refer to the AI Generated Content: section of the content policy.

Mod note on 'Is it okay to see a therapist if the practice has iffy privacy policies?'

One deleted, at poster's request.

Mod note on 'We all know him, we all despise him, I know.'

One comment removed for not answering the question. If folks want to follow along by having answers appear in their Recent Activity, they can click the 'add to activity' link that's in the "posted by XXX" line on in every post.

Mod note on 'Gender Identity in Teenagers'

One off topic comment removed. Please focus on helping the OP by answering the question, thanks.

Mod note on 'Best very short chapter books for kids, with male protagonists?'

One comment removed for not answering the question. Please just stick to helping out the OP and avoid injecting other elements to their question, thanks!

Mod note on 'Seeking source of religious parable'

One comment deleted, please refer to the AI Generated Content: section of the content policy.

Mod note on 'Need a basic explainer about AI hallucination'

One answer deleted at the poster's request.

Mod note on 'How to handle humiliation'

FYI, this Ask post is picking some reasonable flags wondering if this might be a stunt post. We do not have any evidence that this is the case so please carry on. We'll be monitoring the post as it progresses.

Mod note on 'What kind of digital videocamera do I want for a 24/7 livestream?'

"Webcam" changed to "digital videocamera" in post, per member's request.

Mod note on 'being a good loving adult to teen with dangerous food behaviors'

St. Peepsburg: "You wonโ€™t be able to reset her attitude for her. Thats her journey to undertake."

Hi, please note that the OP did not specify the gender of the child, and simply said "they" or "them".

Going forward let's avoid assuming the gender and just use the indicators the OP wrote in the post, thanks!

Mod note on 'How can I delete an undeletable shortcut from my desktop?'

Here's a possible solution that member Richard Daly emailed to the mods:
The answer that worked for me was to use the DEL command in Windows Command Prompt, but to give it a slightly different parameter than the original poster, fantasticness, tried. Specifically, in Windows Command Prompt, from the path C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\ I ran the command

del "\\?\C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\[the entire ~255 character filename here].pdf"

The quotation marks are part of the command, the square brackets and the description inside them are not.

Mod note on 'The beginning of a beautiful friendship'

OP, this is coming across as chatfilter, as there's no problem to solve. If you could chime in about why you're seeking this information that would help others explain what you're seeking to do or learn with this information.

Mod note on 'Low Visibility/Impact Fitness Band'

One comment removed for suggesting a digital watch, something the OP specifically said they didn't want.

Thank you to the original commenter for flagging that comment!

Mod note on 'YA novel about Victoria at boarding school?'

One comment deleted, please refer to the AI Generated Content: section of the content policy.

Mod note on 'How do I stop obsessing about arguments I've had with my sister?'

Removed one comment which was addressed to another commenter and not the OP, while explicitly saying they had no answers for the OP.

Folks, please focus your comments on helping the OP with their question, and not so much on what other commenters are saying, unless the comment is something wildly or factually wrong, thanks!

Mod note on 'sweetcorn and chocolate brownies'

Another comment removed for complaining about the lack of deleted notes, when there was all of 3 minutes between the deletion and the note.

If you have complaints about the speed of notes, please take it to MetaTalk and avoid derailing the thread, thanks.

Mod note on 'sweetcorn and chocolate brownies'

A couple of comments removed because they were more about personal taste preferences as opposed the OP's question.

Please keep answers focused on helping the OP, thanks!

Mod note on 'Seasonal like Rudolph maybe? Do capillaries know it's Christmas?'

One comment removed at the member's request and the subsequent response has also been removed.

Let's all move on from that argument.

Mod note on 'I'm more of an ideas guy'

One comment removed for veering off into a discussion about AI. Please focus on helping the OP by answering the actual question that was asked. It's ok to skip the question if you don't know the answer..

Another comment removed for telling the OP to kiss their butt. That's not answering the question either, which is the main point of AskMe.

Mod note on 'Is there a word for this?'

Two comments deleted. Remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked, as per the content policy.

Mod note on 'Is there a word for this?'

One comment removed for injecting us politics into this thread.

Mod note on 'I trusted ChatGPT. Was I in the wrong here?'

Another comment removed, please remember that AI Generated content, and particularly LLM output, goes against our Content Policy.

Mod note on 'Thai food in a car for eight hours? With cooler packs?'

One comment removed at memberโ€™s request

Mod note on 'paper punchin products please'

URLs Fixed.

Mod note on 'Giving the middle finger to an ampersat.'

One comment deleted. A few left standing for context. In the future, please limit your comments to actually answering the question. OP, in Ask, please limit responses to providing essential context needed to answer question and do not engage with users beyond that. Thank you.

Mod note on 'What makes a fridge... ?'

One deleted. Poster's request.

Mod note on 'I trusted ChatGPT. Was I in the wrong here?'

One comment removed at member's request.

Mod note on 'I trusted ChatGPT. Was I in the wrong here?'

Couple of comments removed.

1. This thread has nothing to do with politics, so there's no need to bring the President of the USA into this.

2. MetaFilter does not allow ChatGPT output on the site.

Mod note on 'Help with sudden aggression in spayed female indoor cat'

Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon: "Your username is chives."

Hi, if taking the time to answer, please try to make sure your answer and its meaning is as clear as possible, thanks.

Original comment removed.

Mod note on 'How to research divorce costs before telling spouse I'm getting lawyer?'

Several Deleted, please answer the question and review your comment to ensure it can be understood by most users before posting.

Mod note on 'I'm going on an adventure! How do I stay in touch?'

Several comments that do not answer the question deleted.

Mod note on 'More sports documentaries like "Last Dance"'

No comments deleted but please remember that the OP is asking for documentaries, so please avoid other pieces of media.

Mod note on 'What is This Postal Scam?'

Comment that was just a dot (.) has been removed, as it wasn't answering the question.

Mod note on 'How to prepare for the tipping point?'

One comment deleted. Comments in AskMeFi should answer the question being asked rather than arguing with other users.

Mod note on 'Yellowjackets in open compost bag'

One comment removed. Please focus on helping the OP and lets avoid comments that are not above the OP's question.

Mod note on 'What happens to the car...'

One comment removed. Please remember that this is a hypothetical question, so mentioning how a real life wrecker service handles getting the car from the bottom of the canyon doesn't answer the question. The poster wants to know about what could happen after that.

Mod note on 'On the hunt for a specific offbeat exercise app'

Accidental comment deleted.

Mod note on 'How to Buy Crypto, and from which company'

A few comments deleted. Remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked, as per the content policy so let's avoid a derail about crypto and privacy.

Mod note on 'What is with the ICE rumors?'

The OP wrote "If so, what is the source of this idea? I would like to see an article, if you have it."

So if people do know of published sources of the ideas the OP is asking about, it would be helpful to the OP to share those links.

Mod note on 'What is with the ICE rumors?'

Ask MetaFilter has a stricter policy for commenting in that the comment should answer the question and refrain from just posting one's opinion.

Mod note on 'Impure as the morning dew'

Two comments deleted. Remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked, as per the content policy.

Mod note on 'Fast-drying towels that don't need immediate washing?'

One comment removed. Folks, pleass answer the question. If you donโ€™t have an answer, feel free to skip this thread.

Mod note on 'Sitting at a campsite, are we closer to a gas station or an EV charger?'

One comment deleted. Comments in AskMeFi should answer the question being asked rather than discussing it's formulation.

Mod note on 'Can I send a reminder about my pronouns at work?'

Furnace of Doubt: "I would be fine with that email, but I also have a lot of non-binary friends, so I'm not sure how more conservative co-workers would react. Your proposed email sends friendly enough to me. Maybe change "should be used" to "I prefer they be used"?"

Hi, just a note that the wording "I prefer they be used" can be seen as offensive and transphobic. There is no "preference", a person's pronouns are what they are and no one should have to say they have a preference on that matter. A person's pronouns are their pronouns, period.

Mod note on 'Rom-Com Advice Giver'

Final update from the OP:
It turns out the scene was from Season 4, Episode 1 of Parks and Recreation:

Andy: Hey, so Tom offered me a job again. As my manager, what do you think I should do?
April: Well what do you want to do?
Andy: I think itโ€™d be kind of cool to work for Tom.
April: So take it.
Andy: But working at a start-up can be kind of risky.
April: So donโ€™t take it.
Andy: But Tom told me to follow my dreams.
April: So take it.
Andy: But this isnโ€™t my dream.
April: So donโ€™t take it.
Andy: I donโ€™t know what to do.
April: Me neither.
Andy: You give such good advice. Babe, I love you.
April: Youโ€™re welcome.

Thanks all!

Mod note on 'What makes Donald Trump so attractive for American voters?'

One deleted, poster's request.

Mod note on 'When did airliner pilots stop drinking, on-the-job? Did they ever?'

One comment removed for not answers the question. As much as "pilots drag-racing jumbo jets" sounds fun or amusing, sharing your thoughts about it isn't what AskMetaFilter is for. Instead its content policy is stricter than most of the site and AskMe comments should solely be about answering the question.

But if anyone has info or story about drag racing jumbo jets, by all means make a post about it on the main page of MetaFilter.

Mod note on 'Matchmaker Dilemna'

One comment removed for not answering the question. Please remember that AskMe has a stricter commenting policy, where comments should be answer the question asked.

Mod note on 'Matchmaker Dilemna'

Duplicate comment and request to remove comment have been deleted.

Mod note on 'Seeking zyrtec redemption arc'

One comment deleted as requested.

Mod note on 'East coast dog swimming in the summer?'

One comment removed for not answering the question.

Mod note on 'MAGA prophetess with odd, halting vocal delivery'

One comment removed for not answring the queston. Please note AskMetaFilter has a stricter Content Policy, where cmments should be answering the OP's question and not just lobbing opinions.

Mod note on 'Seek recommendations for a new desktop computer.'

at: "Iโ€™ll put in a plug for a lightweight laptop"

Please note that OP is looking for desktop recommendations. Leaving this comment up as possible suggestion for OP.

Mod note on 'Unlearn untangle misogynistic behaviour in the workplace UK?'

Mod note: Yes, there are a lot of problematic things in this post. But the OP is seeking help and wants to do better, so please focus on those aspects of the question, particularly this bit:
"Where are free places I can go to confidentially share this and start support now to address my own misogynistic behaviour and be the positive male role model when others won't."

Mod note on 'Help me get a sick cat to eat'

One comment removed. Please just answer the question. If your comment is posted solely to crack a joke, just know that it'll be removed, since AskMe has stricter rules than the rest of the site, see the Content Policy.

Mod note on 'this indecision me molesta'

A comment deleted. Remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked, as per the content policy.

Mod note on 'Why are the walls like... this?'

A few comments deleted. Remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked, as per the content policy.

Mod note on 'Compressed nitrogen disposal in Westchester County, NY'

One deleted. Posterโ€™s request.

Mod note on 'Trying to understand why my mother died'

One deleted. Letโ€™s refrain from posting answers using Chat GPT.