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I have just had the strangest thing happen at FS Shipyards(.org not .com...which I didn't figure out till later). I’d finished Mayport and I was looking at giving it to FS Shipyards as well as the folks that normally get my stuff for download and entered their screenshot contest on a lark…with a Mayport picture. It seems I was too early and the admin removed my picture but left the post. I replied that that was fine, and that I would just not enter. (Having to remember dates and days anymore is just tenuous at best :) )

Well, I went back to see the other entrants and there were none, and both my posts had been deleted. No notice, no nothing. Now I'm a huge believer in transparency when it comes to forum posts. I have had to wait and hope that no one replied to some of my less-than-intelligent posts and considered it an object lesson to not repeat the mistake. Censorship just doesn't float my boat in any way shape or form. They were both innocent posts and really had no reason for removal.

In fairness, I PM'd the .org Admin and asked about the deletion and was told that the post was before the contest start time, to which I replied "I'd believe that , but why was the second post deleted? Please withdraw my membership." Again, in fairness, that PM was answered with
It was only removed because it had nothing to do the the Competition and no other reason.
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...which I would believe if it hadn't made the site look bad...trashing its only entrant....no matter how early...
I didn't have a dog in the FSSY dot com vs FSSY dot org free for all. As I said before, I didn't realize there was one, but I sure as heck do now. I side with the folks with integrity.

Does this kind of stuff bother anyone else?



Jim
 
I am with you Jim, in that I don't much care for censorship. It is too often done unfairly or on a whim. Few forums seem to have real guidlines as to what is acceptable and what is not. So, one moderator is laissez faire and the other picayune in his moderation of posts.

It sounds like your experience is a case in point. Someone decided that no contestants was better then only one contestant. Which begs the question, is it worse to have a contest with only one person submitting or none?
 
It seems like there is more to the .com v .org story, so perhaps best to just step back and wait to see what if anything falls out.

scott s.
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Jim, you talk about "In all fairness" and you mention that several times... so in all fairness if you entered the Competition 3 days after it had finished would the very same thing not have happened ?? Your post/s would have been deleted.

You Quote: I side with the folks with integrity
Jim when it comes to Integrity how can you say what you said as I looked and you only just joined the .com website and given them a new banner so you don't know who has that Integrity do you ?

Yes I know who deleted your post and if Tracey is saying that it had nothing to do with the Screenshot competition so be it. Just in case you are asking how do I know it was "Tracey" it's all very simple.. Tracey is my sister so please if you are going to say anything at all make sure you state all the FACTS and not just what suits you.

Also look at the Forum Post... I think most would agree that it's not that hard to read the Competition started on the 1st Jan 2010 ?
http://fs-shipyards.org/forum/index.php?topic=5.msg5#msg5

Kind Regards
Dave
 
Jim.. no doubt you know a great deal more than my sister Tracey does about running such a large website and like you said you will stick with those with integrity.... if you are as good as you say you are I am 100% sure Tracey would be more than happy to sell you fs-shipyards.org & net so send me a PM and lets see just how good your are at running a website and lets see if your integrity can stand up as good as you say it can ??

It has always made me wonder how a grown man has to run to another website such as SOH because he didn't get what he wanted from another website ??

Kind Regards
Dave
 
Jim.. I'm not digging for anything.. You raised the question of Integrity of people you don't even know... you don't know Tracey or Ian Thatcher, you don't know Paul Donnelly and you don't know me but do you see Tracey, Ian or even Paul questioning your Integrity ?? No you don't and for good reason.. they don't know you and would never question your Integrity !!.... Us Aussies call that Good Manners and Good Integrity.

Kind Regards
Dave
 
guys, please take this to PMs, since this is a personal matter.
 
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