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thelawnet

I made a post in this thread:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3812693 (was post 24, id 51310285)

that got quite a lot of 'thanks', regarding 'road tax' and bicycles.

It was also linked externally here:

http://twitter.com/#!/CTC_Cyclists/status/194405740943900672
http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?f=2&t=10383
https://www.facebook.com/LondonCyclingCampaign/posts/374290435939850?comment_id=4286873&offset=0&total_comments=4
http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=58926.0
http://forum.bcttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=438&p=87181
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/browse_thread/thread/357734b68fa26a82?fwc=1
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/how-was-your-cycle-commute.207606/page-245#post-11108527
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/someone-on-moneysavingexpert-tells-it-like-it-is.100574
http://www.lasquadra.co.uk/members/paulgregory/activity/6524
http://forums.cyclingweekly.co.uk/showthread.php?12031-Cyclist-s-Don-t-Pay-Road-Tax
http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=62892
http://twitter.com/#!/roadcc/status/194467486102585345
http://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-as-road-tax/who-pays-road-tax/
and more besides

It's been deleted, and all the links to MSE from those sites above are broken, which makes MSE look pretty crap TBH.

If there was a problem with the post I could edit it? But no clue really?

thelawnet

Seems like a few posts were deleted?

Post #3 with a van parked in a cycle lane - gone
Post #5 more parked vehicles - gone
Post #10, quoting one of the vehicles in post #5
Post #24 as above

And at least 3 others

basil92

I'm intrigued as to what your post said OP?:cool:

From looking at a few of the links it seems to have been well received and humorous......was hoping to find it quoted somewhere, but to no avail....:undecided

torbrex

Apart from photographs of children, insulting and abusive language and threats, I can't see anything wrong with yor post.

Maybe enough people took offence at it and complained (it only actually takes one complaint) for the abuse team to look at the thread.
Either way, it is very unlikely that you will get a reply and a good chance that this thread will be deleated for abusing the abuse team.

thelawnet

basil92 wrote: »

Thanks :T

I wonder why it was deleted?...very strange!!

Maybe someone made a complaint to MSE about the photo of their car badly parked? As these were most of the posts that were deleted.

thelawnet

Apart from photographs of children, insulting and abusive language and threats, I can't see anything wrong with yor post.

I don't think it's that, given that the other deleted posts (best I can tell) were photographs of cars parked (in public!) in cycle lanes.

torbrex wrote: »

good chance that this thread will be deleated for abusing the abuse team.

I don't see any abuse?

I do however see people on other sites, outside the control of the 'abuse team' saying things like:

'Have they deleted it to hide the truth, mewonders? #cyclists and #roadtax #myth'

It would be courteous to reply, but I guess people will draw their own conclusions if the thread is vanished.

torbrex

thelawnet wrote: »

which makes MSE look pretty crap TBH.

thelawnet wrote: »

I don't see any abuse?

I do however see people on other sites, outside the control of the 'abuse team' saying things like:

'Have they deleted it to hide the truth, mewonders? #cyclists and #roadtax #myth'

It would be courteous to reply, but I guess people will draw their own conclusions if the thread is vanished.

Simply questioning the decision of the abuse team is deemed to be abusing them, I have had experience.

thelawnet

torbrex wrote: »

Simply questioning the decision of the abuse team is deemed to be abusing them, I have had experience.

Yes I can believe that, but I do wonder if this approach might backfire occasionally.

basil92

thelawnet wrote: »

Yes I can believe that, but I do wonder if this approach might backfire occasionally.

Looks like it was deleted again along with my post quoting it!

I really am at a loss as to why!...As I said - very strange!

verysillyguy06

I bet it's Martin's car

Dave-003

Something weird with this site these days, things seem to get deleted for reasons I can't quite fathom.

I don't think I'll bother in future, what's the point if it's just going to be deleted.