# Why did this get a note? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 26, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068 "2010-07-26T16:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/81 "2010-08-18T14:56:36Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m just sort of puzzled that the mods would rather say “let’s just forget about it” than “OK, note rescinded”. Is pride at stake or something? At this point, they’re not even \*saying \*“let’s forget about it.” They appear to have simply shoved this thread into an oubliette and are ignoring it completely. Or were, until \*\*samclem \*\*was nice enough to point out that you were wrong about that post coming from a mod. Which demonstrates that at least one person on the staff is still following the discussion, making the vast silence from everyone else a bit more odd. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/82 "2010-08-18T16:06:22Z")
I’ll pick up the torch as well. The staff response to this has made no sense whatsoever, and I would like it to make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/83 "2010-08-18T18:16:49Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > oubliette Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/84 "2010-08-18T20:19:34Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > > oubliette > > Reported. Reported for what? She spelled it correctly, and used it in the grammatically correct manner. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/85 "2010-08-18T20:33:30Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Reported for what? She spelled it correctly, and used it in the grammatically correct manner. 😕 I’m gonna go with “That’s a joke, son.” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/86 "2010-08-18T20:48:01Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Reported for what? She spelled it correctly, and used it in the grammatically correct manner. 😕 If we’re going to start throwing fancy words like “oubliette” around, what’s next? Madness - that’s what’s next. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/87 "2010-08-19T06:16:35Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > > [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > > > Reported for what? She spelled it correctly, and used it in the grammatically correct manner. 😕 > > I’m gonna go with “That’s a joke, son.” 😉 I know, so was mine… Do I hear the sound of a strong wind? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/88 "2010-08-22T05:04:58Z")
**Moderator Note** Someone upthread said he supposed we were all busy chewing on this issue. Well, we haven’t been doing that all this time, but we have discussed it. I won’t say how the decision was reached or whether it was unanimous, but in the end the consensus was that most moderators would not have made the same decision that I did. My intention wasn’t to criticize anyone, but to respond to what I thought was a potentially unacceptably racist avenue that I didn’t think anyone should go down. If I had this to do it over again, I either wouldn’t say anything as a moderator, or if I did I would put in a disclaimer to prevent anyone being singled out. As for the original thread, I don’t think it would be advisable to edit out my original post there, because it would almost certainly lead to confusion, but what I will do is put a link to this post in my mod note over in the other thread. I’m sorry this has been such an issue. Of all the people who have been voicing their concerns here, and particularly **ACM** , I can’t think of a single one who doesn’t add value to this community, and it wasn’t my intention to suggest otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/89 "2010-08-22T05:28:53Z")
[Woo!](http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l438/AClockworkMelon/mission-accomplished.jpg) I knew my new [del]bribe[/del] membership would grease the wheels around here. 🙂 Edit: And just so you know, I don’t think any of us were upset by the note or anything like that. We just didn’t agree with it. I didn’t take it personally at all. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/90 "2010-08-22T20:58:09Z")
Thank you, **Spectre** , for your gracious response. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/91 "2010-08-22T21:32:15Z")
Well done, Spectre. This is a very good step in the right direction for mod/member relations around here. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/92 "2010-08-23T16:18:12Z")
Thank you, **Spectre** , and all the other mods and admins who took the time to publicly comment on and/or privately discuss this concern. The willingness of the SDMB staff to reconsider decisions is one of the things that make this community awesome. FWIW, I do appreciate that if you were going to have an overboard/knee-jerk response to anything, it would be in an attempt to keep racism off the board. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/93 "2010-08-23T20:24:20Z")
Good job, **Spectre**. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068/94 "2010-08-23T23:38:46Z")
Thanks to **All** for carrying it forward, and thanks to **Spectre** , for coming back… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-this-get-a-note/548068.md?page=4)