[mycroft]

Ah. Rereading this, I should have posted here when I deleted duplicate first posts, and two that had been edited to nothing that the OP told me they wanted to delete.

I need to learn by making mistakes, I guess.

[diana_eva]

Removed a series of posts and necros related to a new poster looking for a teacher. Left only one post with the actual request, along with some relevant replies.

Thanks to everyone who flagged the inappropriate posts and provided input. This was a challenging case, as the issue was not the poster’s neurodivergence but rather the way they engaged with others in the community. I hope we managed to preserve their request, while maintaining a respectful and constructive discussion space for everyone. If we missed any off topic posts please flag them and we'll take care of them.

Appreciate the reports and patience from those involved.

[barmar]

mycroft, on 2025-February-14, 21:14, said:

Ah. Rereading this, I should have posted here when I deleted duplicate first posts, and two that had been edited to nothing that the OP told me they wanted to delete.

I need to learn by making mistakes, I guess.

Don't worry about it. We don't post here for routine maintenance like duplicate and empty posts. Only if someone is likely to wonder "Hey, what happened to that message?"

[pescetom]

diana_eva, on 2025-February-16, 17:19, said:

Removed a series of posts and necros related to a new poster looking for a teacher. Left only one post with the actual request, along with some relevant replies.

Thanks to everyone who flagged the inappropriate posts and provided input. This was a challenging case, as the issue was not the poster’s neurodivergence but rather the way they engaged with others in the community. I hope we managed to preserve their request, while maintaining a respectful and constructive discussion space for everyone. If we missed any off topic posts please flag them and we'll take care of them.

Appreciate the reports and patience from those involved.

Never been happier to be removed.
Thanks as always for your good work and best of luck to the new poster.

[mycroft]

Okay. It felt like there was a difference between a duplicate *topic* (i.e. first post) and a duplicate reply in another topic; or even a duplicate original post in the same topic.

Anyway, I've done that a couple of times, including IIRC the "started 9 topics" one, in case anyone wondered where they went :-)

[barmar]

I unpinned the thread FAQ: Making BBO Movies. These used Flash and were never converted to HTML/JavaScript, so they're no longer available.

[diana_eva]

A couple of posts containing offensive remarks have been removed, along with replies that quoted or responded to them.

Thanks to everyone who flagged them. Please continue to report anything that crosses the line.