Thread Removed?

[JoelLewicki]

Good evening, I hope everyone is doing well. I am writing because a thread I recently started unfortunately became a little contentious (which was NOT my desire at all) because certain users were unable to stay to the stated topic.

I started a thread titled "Bible Verse of the Day." Very similar to other "of the day" threads. I do not apologize for this, and I think it has every right to be on this forum like many other threads which, while having nothing to do with shaving represent our diverse straight razor shaving culture. The thread was over 8 pages, and had over 100 likes. However, I noticed this afternoon that any trace of that thread has been removed from straight razor place, including all my personal posts, photos, links, etc. and other users have contacted me wanting to know what happened.

I received no notice the thread I started was going to be, or has been removed. I have received no reason for why the thread is missing, nor have I heard if it is going to be available again.

I am posting here, because Otto the only moderator I remember commenting on my thread does not have any available space in his inbox, and so I could not PM him. Hopefully this post will be able to connect me with someone who can give me information and, I believe a well deserved explanation.

Thank you,

Joel Lewicki

username: joellewicki

[Hirlau]

Joel,,,we all saw it & I suggest you edit this post & ask the question to one of the Administrators via PM, you will get a better explanation by doing it that way,,,

Sorry about it Joel,,,

[nun2sharp]

The thread is currently under review by the Moderation team. Until the team comes to an agreement as to what is to be done with the thread it will remain dormant.

[Steelystan]

Very interesting topic (post), too bad the comments becoming the devils advocate could not be removed exclusively. I don't understand why someone who dislikes something so much spends so much time being involved in it instead of going elsewhere.

[bill3152]

I know nothing about the specific post, but Im confident enough to know that the mods are doing a good job here.

[JaimeCobos]

I don't understand why someone who dislikes something so much spends so much time being involved in it instead of going elsewhere.

It amazes me also, how some use so much energy to hate someone they say doesn't exist. I'm gonna go look for Batman and Santa Clause threads to derail now.

[gugi]

I don't think I need to explain the status change of this thread.

[JoelLewicki]

The thread is currently under review by the Moderation team. Until the team comes to an agreement as to what is to be done with the thread it will remain dormant.

Thank you for the update, that is very helpful!

[gugi]

Yes, sorry, I removed the thread for review by the moderators.
Usually when we remove a post we notify the poster. With threads we may notify the member who started the thread, however we are not notifying everybody because that is not only inefficient, but more importantly ineffective. We need to be able to do our job without distracting background (cf. post #4 above).

We have 18 moderators, so if you can not reach a specific one, it is best to contact some of the others.

[unit]

Religion, politics, paychecks...probably best to keep them to yourself

I never saw the thread, but can understand the decision to remove it.