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Boyoconner that was a crappy thing to do. And now to lock the thread so people can't criticize it? Power gone to your head a little? The man was asking for help. Could you please tell me the infractions broken? It was in the engine forum. Does it say anywhere we can only ask about Chevy's?

Wanna ban me for this post? Go ahead, this stinks.

Wanna remove this post? go ahead I wouldn't expect any less.

Tony M,

It seems to me that you would get a crick in your neck from carrying that heavy chip?

I think Mr. Conner would be happy to hand the keys to the moderator position over to you. However, I would think that your previous post may prejudice your chances of acceptance.

why not just advise that the post my be out of pocket, discuss and then delete,who all can delete posts? I know that I had a question that could have been in the wrong slot but did not realize it till later, I am new at the web and would not want to make waves, we are here to help. I had asked a question about my 70 international,found the problem and cancelled. just thought that if you had a chevy,then everything was opened. thanks for listening,

If it was appropriate for the lounge, then why not just move it there, instead of completely deleting it?

I agree with Tony M that maybe there was a little bit of a POWER PLAY deal going on here. Well, no matter, I recieved the info. that I was looking for. Thanks to everyone that helped out. Sixpack was right, if the engine and driveline forum was the wrong place to post, it should have been moved (with an explanation as to why), not deleted without any warning.

Hey gang, we appreciate all the great give and take that goes on in here -- as well as all the great help you give each other.

May I ask a favor? Would you all do me the favor of remembering a few things? First and foremost, nobody around here is perfect. There's only ever been one perfect person and you know what happened to Him...

Second, this website absolutely would not exist if it weren't for people volunteering their precious time to make it all work (like Boyo). If we didn't have people willing to step up and take charge (and run afoul of others' sensitivities, however inadvertantly, from time to time) we would not have this great resource.

With that in mind, I would really appreciate it if we could all take a deep breath, smoke 'em if ya got 'em, and try to give the folks who have willingly put their necks on the line in a public way a little benefit of the doubt. Maybe you didn't like one thing that wasn't done the way you would have liked. But what about the rest of it that gets done to your satisfaction? Isn't it worth it? And maybe (just maybe) if something a moderator does ticks you off, before you go off, maybe consider that his motives might have been pretty good and you just don't agree with his methods -- so be it. Drive on and concentrate on the positives, not the negatives.

This forum is probably the best one on the bulletin board -- YOU all made it that way! So keep up the good work and lighten up -- Boyo is doing a heckuva job.

Are we starting the Winter Shananigans already???

:rolleyes:

Thanks -- you guys are great!
John

Maybe the guy should have some guidelines to work from? I still don't see any rules that were broken. Maybe threads should only be removed if there are rules BROKEN? But to indiscriminately delete helpful posts is not necessary. We now have a guy with a Chevy Chevelle afraid he can't post because it isn't a truck.

I have a question

Was the person who started the post informed that his post was being deleted? OR was there a Honest flat out mistake?(I`ve made more than my fair share :o ).

I agree with Boyo--this site is about stovebolt trucks. I'd note that Boyo has run this shop as long as I can remember and has done a good job with very few problems. The lounge is the appropriate place for car posts and general nuttiness. We don't need two lounges--Let's let Boyo run the Engine and drive Shop--worked so far.

Others of course will disagree--just my opinion.

buzn . . . on this juncture, I agree to agree with you! I think there are more posts about the missing post than there were posts on the missing post to begin with. Try typing that 5 times real fast

Some of you surprise me. If he had put the post in the lounge it would have gone ignored since it was a engine question. It wasn't a nobody that came flying in on the wind, it was one of our regulars asking for help. If this forum doesn't have the room for those questions then maybe some of YOUR lounge postings should be limited instead.

I bet the lounge gets hundreds of posts per day. The engine and driveline forum usually only gets a dozen or so posts per day, so it wasn't like we really had to do some house cleaning. At least not there.

If it was a mistake, great, just say so then we can go on. I think the poll speaks for itself.

The thread could have been left up for a while and as it ran off the bottom of the page deleted into oblivion.

Tony M this is getting ridiculous. I DO agree with you on the original post that got deleted. But PLEASE just let this ONE ride.
Thanks and Adios, Kip

Well said, Kip ... but as we all know, it doesn't necessarily happen that way.

BY THE WAY -- I (PEGGY) AM LOCKING THIS THREAD.

We explained what was happening.

Got work to do.

Peggy
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