i agree there is a problem. yesterday i posted my first submission and it went to the #1 position on this site twice and was deleted by wecanhelp twice for violating rule 2, even after i edited it to address their concern by providing a source. 95% of the submission was my own personal childhood memory and the 5% that was a claim i was very careful to use the word "alleged" at all times and backed it up with a linked source. it still got deleted for violating rule 2. i wrote to wecanhelp and offered to fix the problem but wecanhelp refuses to clarify what i did wrong.
here is exactly what i wrote to wecanhelp:
"ok sure, i don't mind doing that. i would like to abide by the rules. obviously the source of my own personal experiences is me. can you please tell me which claims i have failed to source?"
no response.
Although i was happy to make further revisions, what i wrote was fine, sufficiently backed and should not have been deleted. i'm a journalist with over 20 years at a mainstream news network that were i to name it here, not a single person would fail to recognize it. i think i'm a decent judge. i see all kinds of sketchy and speculative things written on this forum which are allowed to remain. but when i write about my own personal experience it gets deleted. i find that incredibly arbitrary. unfortunately having a little power makes some people arbitrary-- and sometimes mean and abusive as well.
this experience has discouraged me and made me less interested in coming back here and now i see that i am not the only one.
@wecanhelp can you help, please. I'd like to read this person's submission. Please respond to their request for assistance in resubmitting with the proper requirements. Thank you!
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nosy ago
i agree there is a problem. yesterday i posted my first submission and it went to the #1 position on this site twice and was deleted by wecanhelp twice for violating rule 2, even after i edited it to address their concern by providing a source. 95% of the submission was my own personal childhood memory and the 5% that was a claim i was very careful to use the word "alleged" at all times and backed it up with a linked source. it still got deleted for violating rule 2. i wrote to wecanhelp and offered to fix the problem but wecanhelp refuses to clarify what i did wrong.
here is exactly what i wrote to wecanhelp:
"ok sure, i don't mind doing that. i would like to abide by the rules. obviously the source of my own personal experiences is me. can you please tell me which claims i have failed to source?"
no response.
Although i was happy to make further revisions, what i wrote was fine, sufficiently backed and should not have been deleted. i'm a journalist with over 20 years at a mainstream news network that were i to name it here, not a single person would fail to recognize it. i think i'm a decent judge. i see all kinds of sketchy and speculative things written on this forum which are allowed to remain. but when i write about my own personal experience it gets deleted. i find that incredibly arbitrary. unfortunately having a little power makes some people arbitrary-- and sometimes mean and abusive as well.
this experience has discouraged me and made me less interested in coming back here and now i see that i am not the only one.
V____Z ago
@wecanhelp can you help, please. I'd like to read this person's submission. Please respond to their request for assistance in resubmitting with the proper requirements. Thank you!
wecanhelp ago