Board Policy -- Deleting off-topic posts

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Posted By: Brian McQueen

Hey everyone,

I'm going to go ahead and start a new thread on this subject matter so as to not further hijack Rich's thread. Going forward it will be our general policy to not delete threads unless they are anonymous and O/T or controversial/controntational. I was the one who deleted the thread on John Smoltz as well as a couple others yesterday morning. The main reason I decided to nuke this one was because of the huge outcry Leon and I were hit with concerning the posts about Orlando Cepeda and Curt Schilling from a week or two ago. I felt best to go ahead and get rid of this one since it covered a current player before more bellyaching about OT posts begins. Also, if you recall, we had asked that everyone take a break from OT posts for a little bit because the forum was inundated with them as of last week.

However, perhaps removing the post altogether isn't the best solution since there's no way to get the thread back if we need to. So therefore, we won't be deleting any threads that are not anonymous any longer. Anonymous posts (posts authored by someone that do not include a full name or Email address) that are way off topic may be deleted as they are reserved for board members. We want all of our members to feel that they can post OT once in a while but at the same time, if several people do it all at once, our front page will fill up really quickly with subject matter that most people won't care to read. If things do get out of hand, only then will we probably lock a few threads so we can keep the focus of the board on prewar cards.

Regarding BST requests on the main board. This is an issue we rarely have with those familiar with our forum, however we have typically deleted these upon sight as well. The way we'll handle this moving forward is we'll lock the thread and respond to the individual saying they need to move their request over to the BST area. After we allow the visitor a few hours to read that response and move his post, then we'll go ahead and delete the thread altogether. We will go ahead and handle memorabilia topics in a similar fashion since we've now built a new forum for that subject matter.

Thanks everyone for your patience while we sort through a few things. We're continuing to grow which is positive but there will always be "growing pains" as you know.

Regards,

Brian
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