"Question Removed by Moderator?"

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   lorlie6posted 13 years ago

   I asked a question of a new Hubber regarding growing wine in his part of the country and it was removed.  Is this because the query concerned alcohol?  Danged strict, if that's the case-but what else could it be?
   Thanks.

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      Me, Steve Waltersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe it was perceived wrong from how you worded it lorlie6...Like: " Did you grow up whining in your part of the country?'...That's borderline..."iffy"...right there... !

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      relacheposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      When the question "flag" is clicked, here are the options shown:
      
      Adult - Sexually explicit content
      
      Spam - An advertisement or an overly self-serving request
      
      Low Quality - The question is nonsensical, calls for very short answers, or is not likely to be of general interest
      
      Miscategorized - This request has been assigned to an inappropriate category
      
      Other - Violates the HubPages Terms of Use in a way other than those listed above
      
      Just taking a wild guess, I'd go with "low quality" vs it had something to do with alcohol.

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         Flightkeeperposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Low quality? But we have so many of those types of threads. What's one more?

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   IntimatEvolutionposted 13 years ago

   Hey girl!
   
   Man I hate that when they close a thread down, or remove a question. 
   
   Good luck in finding out the why's and why nots.

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   mega1posted 13 years ago

   wow - that's an odd one, Lorlie - I bet it was a mistake or something.  did you email team@hubpages.com? 
   
   oh, and did you miss me?  I feel kind of like I belong to the "banned" club now - but I was naughty.  all my own fault.  will never never do it again.

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      lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      What on earth could a sweet little kitty like you do?

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         mega1posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         not much, but just enough, apparently!  oh, it was just tewwibul!  and all because I'm a liberrow!     I don't wanna tawk about it no more it was so tewwibul!

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            lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

            
            Poow poow kittun, don't cwy!
            I stiw wub you!

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            china manposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            it is not a very exclusive club I have to say - we have a whining whingeing dribbling tears thread going between us somewhere

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      lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Okay, mega-I've got a question for ya.  You seem to be unnaturally glowing lately...any litters in your future?
      

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   Me, Steve Waltersposted 13 years ago

   mega1...I can't believe that you got banned...Welcome Back. Anything happen in Forums while you were away? (Probably not...)

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   Rochelle Frankposted 13 years ago

   Maybe they read weed instead of wine?

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      lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   I thought wine was okday but whiskey wasn't as far as adsense. I'd have to check again. But sheesh, with the sex stuff that they allow in the forums, I can't believe that they were worried about the adsense TOS.
   
   Oh if you asked a question, perhaps they were afraid it would lead to a hub.
   
   Okay I went back to the adsense content guidelines. Here's the  whole thing -
   Sites with Google ads may not include or link to:
   
   Pornography, adult or mature content
   Violent content
   Content related to racial intolerance or advocacy against any individual, group or organisation
   Excessive profanity
   Hacking/cracking content
   Gambling or casino-related content
   Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia content
   Sales of beer or hard alcohol
   Sales of tobacco or tobacco-related products
   Sales of prescription drugs
   Sales of weapons or ammunition (e.g. firearms, firearm components, fighting knives, stun guns)
   Sales of products that are replicas or imitations of designer goods
   Sales or distribution of coursework or student essays
   Content regarding programs which compensate users for clicking ads or offers, performing searches, surfing websites or reading emails
   Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights of others
   
   See it says beer or hard alcohol. So I believe wine is okey dokey. So don't have a clue why your question was deleted.
   
   Sorry for the rambling response.

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      lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Rambling's good for the soul, my friend-and that really wasn't a ramble at all!

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   lorlie6posted 13 years ago

   Well, here it is, verbatim:
   "I've heard there are some amazing wines coming out of your neck of the woods. True?"
   I asked it of a new hubber who's from North Carolina.  That's all.
   But anyhoo-thanks, you wonderful people, for responding to this-I didn't write the HP staff...thought I'd come to a jury of my peers first-and mighty glad I did!

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      Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      THAT was shut down by a mod? Please contact them and find out why. Given what I see being asked and answered in the part of HP, I can't imagine why it was.
      
      I'd be very interested in knowing why. Please report back when you here something from HP command central.

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         lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I will, Nelle-in his bio he mentioned the vineyards there, so silly me thought it would be a welcoming sort of question.  Thing is, I've got that little 'e' next to my avatar as a HubGreeter-which is actually very interesting and fun, but it seems there are some rules I don't yet know.

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         lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Command central replied promptly-and fairly, I think.  I did not understand that these questions are 'public.'  I thought the question would be to that specific Hubber.  Apparently someone flagged it as low quality as well.
         The moderator suggested I word it more specifically-North Carolina and it's wines.

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            Pcunixposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Ayup.  This happens all the time.  That link is very misleading.  Needs fixing.

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               lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

               You mean the Greeter link?  I don't get it.

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                  Pcunixposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  No, the "ask whoever a question" link.

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                     lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     OOOOhhhhh.  Thanks, Pcunix.

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