IIRC, most breaking news threads about a politician accused of something related to sexual misconduct have been in Elections. Why was this one moved? It was a new story, so there weren’t that many facts to relate beyond the link in the OP. But it seemed like a good place to have further discussion as more facts come out, like in post #17. But now it’s in the Pit, which seemed unnecessary to me.
…I’m afraid that I reported it.
Because I’m a goddamned moron.
I read the OP, and didn’t notice any connection to an election, so I thought it was just mistakenly opened in the wrong forum. I reported it as I sometimes report threads I think opened in the wrong place.
In my defense, it was late and I was sleepy, which is a super shitty defense. In my further defense, once I read further, I reported it a second time, saying, “Never mind, I’m a goddamned moron.” But maybe the damage was done by then.
I agree, this does look like elections material.
. . . and iiandyiiii and Left Hand of Dorkness never spoke to each other again.
And now you know, the rest of the story.
Sufficient excuse for you, but that’s no excuse for the mod moving the thread.
Maybe it was late a sleepy for the mod also.
I was a bit surprised to see it moved to the Pit, since the OP was just straight-up noting the story. But looking at that thread now, quite a few responses were more in line with the Pitting the subject rather than discussing it. I guess it was: No debate offered; people ranting about the subject; get thee to a Pittery.
But as more facts come out, there could be more discussion. And occasional rants against politicians within Elections discussion threads is well within the norm, IMO.
Cite?
It’s about wrestling, so maybe it should go into the Game Room.
Regards,
Shodan
My post is my cite.
Every reply (except Quartz’s) could have been classified as joke or rant, so I wouldn’t say that thread was “within the norm”. I’m sure tom wrestled with his decision before taking action and tapping the thread out to the Pit.
Any mod want to chime in? Should I just start a new thread in Elections?
Same principle would apply to the Hastert threads, no?
I saw what you did there ;), but I’m not so sure about your conclusion: tomndebb seems to have decided that Elections is not, in fact, for “discussion”. Cite.