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A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
Paul Phillips (TV poker player) is complaining that a thread he started in the WPT forum about the WSOP Tournament of Champions was deleted. I certainly did not delete it intentionally.
Is there any record of the deletion? Is it possible to tell if I somehow delted the thread accidentally? Link to complaint thread. |
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Re: A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
I deleted it. He put a nearly unintelligeble thread whining and threatening that his first deleted post would be his last. I deleted it instinctively. Perhaps it was a mistake, but it's too late now.
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Re: A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
For the record, this is an e-mail exchange between me and Paul.
My e-mail to Paul: I am unaware of any deleted thread in that forum started by you. Other than me, only a user labeled as an administrator could take action. That's basically just Mat Sklansky. Paul's response to me: I guess my post about the TOC was a little too hot for him to handle. It doesn't matter what happens now, as I always said if any of my posts was ever deleted from 2+2 I would be done with the site. I went out of my way to reiterate that point in the very post that started the now vanished thread, so it's not like he can plead ignorance about it. Lame. Glad it wasn't you though, thanks for letting me know. |
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Re: A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
If I made a mistake, let Mason know and he'll address it.
While I agree that we should try to make the forum a friendly place for tv poker celebrities, I don't think a guy like paul phillips making threats accomplishes this goal any easier. |
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Re: A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
I didn't read the thread. I remember clicking on it and seeing a long post by Paul to start off. I wasn't in the mood to read what I assumed was Paul's criticism of allowing Hellmuth into the WSOP TOC despite not meeting the qualifications.
So, I can't comment on whether you made a mistake or not. I don't know the content of the thread. |
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Re: A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
In all honesty, I only remember a couple things. He started off by saying the site sucked, that Dynasty sucked because he was bragging about banning people, and that if any of his posts were ever deleted, he would never post again. The immediate responses were flames of some sort, and I deleted the thread. If it wasn't paul phillips, and if it wasn't a possibility that paul phillips is actually important to the forums on some level, I would not even be involved in this discussion.
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Re: A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
Fyi, from his blog:
Nov. 9th, 2005 @ 10:09 am Finally, the inevitable from 2+2 While I have taken leaves of absence from 2+2 before I always said if they ever deleted one of my posts I'd be gone for good. Not only did they delete a post, they knocked out an entire thread with at least 50-60 posts in it. Mason emailed me this morning: Paul: I just spoke to Mat Sklansky who deleted the thread. Apparently, you made derogartory comments about this site, the moderator, and stated that if any of your posts are ever deleted you would never post here again." I agree that our posters should not be "bad mouthing" the TV players. However, that's no excuse for you to do the same. Paul, we are considering granting your wish of never allowing you to post here again. You need to appologize, first to us privately, and then to the forum. It is our policy at Two Plus Two to hold other writers to higher standards, that policy is now extended to well known public figures in poker such as yourself. I think this is a shame since you are certainly one of the most talented people in all of poker, but having extra talent is no excuse for rude behavior on Two Plus Two. Best wishes, Mason Site: I said the 2+2 interface is brain dead for leaving a "this post has been deleted" placeholder when a post is deleted because it leads to every thread getting hijacked by metadiscussion. (True) Moderator: I said the moderator pours fuel on the fire by boasting about all the people he's banned. (True) I do have an apology for you mason! I'm sorry you suck so much. And to the forum, I'm sorry you have to deal with nazi moderators. Now to post over there one more time so mason can have the satisfaction of banning me for good. Edit: A 2+2/blog reader was wise enough to save a copy of the offending post and sent it to me. Subject: 2005 WSOP TOC Anyone who thinks this is a "freeroll" (and therefore they didn't do anything wrong) is a sucker. Anyone who thinks this isn't worthy of comment because the amount of stolen equity isn't enormous is the aforereferenced "whore negotiating price." I haven't followed 2+2 as regularly as I might. When did every thread in this forum become a deletion/banning [censored] swinging contest? This site has the most brain damaged interface I've ever seen; instead of actually removing a deleted post they leave up a placeholder that says "post deleted" with the obvious result that every thread is hijacked by pointless metadiscussion. And this fellow dynasty pours fuel on the fire by boasting about all the people he's banned. Whoever's idea this was, you might want to reconsider your implementation. Or is this post going to disappear too? I have no idea, but my first deleted post will be my last. |
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Re: A Post Deleted in the WPT Forum
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I deleted it. He put a nearly unintelligeble thread whining and threatening that his first deleted post would be his last. I deleted it instinctively. Perhaps it was a mistake, but it's too late now. [/ QUOTE ] This is confusing to me. Was the original post about the TOC the one that included all the whining and threats? Because I now see another one complaining about how his other post was deleted, etc. I guess my confusion comes mostly from the fact that the other thread was about the TOC. That doesn't seem to fit in with your description. I didn't see it, though, so my guess is there was something about it that was unreasonable. |
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