A Conversation for h2g2 FAQ: Moderation
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Yeliab {h2g2as} Started conversation Sep 2, 2001
You've taken another one.
I don't mind you moderating my articles and briefly talking them off air by my h2g2 Astronomical Society page has been taken for about a 5 days and I havn't heard from you. I'm really really sorry for breaking the rules (thought they could do with a little relaxation).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A413876
Could i have it back soonish?
Cheers,
Yeliab
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Tango Posted Sep 2, 2001
Have you tryed putting it back yourself?
Just click edit on your space, change whatever broke the rules and click update.
Tango
Guru
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Sep 2, 2001
sounds like a broken link (broken at least at the time the Mods checked the page). If so, then sometimes it helps to put a comment right after the link, for example:
(attention: unreliable server. Please try again later if it's down again)
[URL Removed by Moderator]
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Yeliab {h2g2as} Posted Sep 2, 2001
Ha ha! They got you there :D
Err, ok, I'll try.
(just have a 
while you wait....)
(dum dee dum. Dar dee dar. La la la la larr)
Ok, that's worked. I'll keep an eye on it incase it walks off again.
Cheers
Yeliab
h2g2as A413876 - gone
The H2G2 Editors Posted Sep 3, 2001
Hi Yeliab
It was referred because the link to the Astronomical Applications website was broken. It seems to work fine now, so it must have been a temporary glitch.
Putting it back yourself was probably the best idea. If it keeps failing on that link you might consider replacing it or removing it, but hopefully it was just a one off. 
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Sep 3, 2001
For anyone who is interested in what the ominous URL in my example was... it consisted of a 'h', two 't', a 'w', a colon, a slash, and five dots.
I'd doubt if that really *was* a URL which warrants replacing it by "[URL Removed by Moderator]" !
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Sep 3, 2001
oh, the 'w' actually was a 'p' 
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Tango Posted Sep 3, 2001
Thats an over keen moderator, for you! 
Mark, any chance of you asking the mods not to remove things like:
http://.....
Thanks! 
Tango
h2g2as A413876 - gone
The H2G2 Editors Posted Sep 3, 2001
If you check you'll see that the h2g2 Editors are responding here, not Mark.
Yes, sure Bossel/Tango we'll inform the moderators. It was a bit of a daft decision there. We'll let them know.
h2g2as A413876 - gone
Yeliab {h2g2as} Posted Sep 4, 2001
Hay there a link just 2 abo8ve this post so I thought I'd take the liberty and report it 
First time I've done that too.
h2g2as A413876 - gone
The H2G2 Editors Posted Sep 4, 2001
Yeah, thanks Mina. Apologies for not being perfect...
h2g2as A413876 - gone
The H2G2 Editors Posted Sep 4, 2001
Don't. 
At least you weren't being a droll.
Key: Complain about this post
h2g2as A413876 - gone
- 1: Yeliab {h2g2as} (Sep 2, 2001)
- 2: Tango (Sep 2, 2001)
- 3: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Sep 2, 2001)
- 4: Yeliab {h2g2as} (Sep 2, 2001)
- 5: The H2G2 Editors (Sep 3, 2001)
- 6: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Sep 3, 2001)
- 7: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Sep 3, 2001)
- 8: Tango (Sep 3, 2001)
- 9: The H2G2 Editors (Sep 3, 2001)
- 10: Yeliab {h2g2as} (Sep 4, 2001)
- 11: The H2G2 Editors (Sep 4, 2001)
- 12: I'm not really here (Sep 4, 2001)
- 13: The H2G2 Editors (Sep 4, 2001)
- 14: I'm not really here (Sep 4, 2001)
- 15: The H2G2 Editors (Sep 4, 2001)
- 16: I'm not really here (Sep 4, 2001)
More Conversations for h2g2 FAQ: Moderation
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."