2009-02-28

List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility

Post 79571 by sidr deleted for the following reason: wikipedia lists on their own are rarely good posts for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2009-02-27

Westboro Protesters

Post 79556 by 5imian deleted for the following reason: Clearly you put some effort into this, but both Westboro/Phelps has been done a lot here already (Dawkins too) and this is asking for trouble. -- cortex

Screen clean

Post 79551 by swift deleted for the following reason: pretty old, posted before -- mathowie

Hips

Post 79538 by Mblue deleted for the following reason: please less posting while high -- cortex

Sounds like Starfleet to me

Post 79535 by cellphone deleted for the following reason: Awesome but previously. -- cortex

2009-02-26

Irony isn't dead, but...

Post 79526 by Pope Guilty deleted for the following reason: This was pretty well covered previously, and this is kind of a hell of a way to put together a post on the topic regardless. -- cortex

Antonio Belchior

Post 79521 by sluglicker deleted for the following reason: My best to the Belchoirs, but this is either a very bad idea or a very bad idea done to make some sort of point. -- cortex

Macropinna Microstoma

Post 79506 by digaman deleted for the following reason: double up! -- mathowie

2009-02-25

you Become naked

Post 79498 by celerystick deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

Don't lecture me! Oh, wait, I mean DO lecture me

Post 79487 by dersins deleted for the following reason: This is a post that links to a site that was previously linked to in another post, which can be found at this hyperlink. -- cortex

Jewish Extremism

Post 79475 by gman deleted for the following reason: maybe we can have a do over about this at some later time - poster's request. -- jessamyn

2009-02-24

Has the modern Film Critic slipped through the interwebs cracks?

Post 79458 by Lacking Subtlety deleted for the following reason: It looks like you put a lot of work into this, but it really reads like a personal blog post more than something that makes sense as a post to Metafilter. -- cortex

Bed, Bath, and Baha'i?

Post 79441 by 913 deleted for the following reason: Please dont do this on metafilter -- vacapinta

2009-02-23

The Relationship Bill

Post 79439 by divabat deleted for the following reason: this is a single post blog to a friend of a friend which makes it a little sketch seeming for a MeFi post. -- jessamyn

2009-02-21

“[N]othing says ‘feel-good movie’ like... well-groomed, cocktail-swilling homosexuals being embarrassed or... arrested”

Post 79384 by joeclark deleted for the following reason: What with the whole premise of this post being a OMG WHA HAPPEN type thing and the thing in question just being a joke, there's not really any post here, is there? -- cortex

Did you know 3.0

Post 79382 by lunit deleted for the following reason: hrm -- cortex

2009-02-20

Ephemeral Mists - reiki music

Post 79368 by mysticalfairy deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned. -- mathowie

If you read MeFi comments backwards...

Post 79363 by Mr. Anthropomorphism deleted for the following reason: WE'RE GOING TO NEED A DELETEDER BOAT -- cortex

Georgia strikes back

Post 79361 by Leo Golan deleted for the following reason: I hear the French are fielding a song called "Self-Link Gets U Banned". -- cortex

If you watch it backwards....

Post 79356 by nitsuj deleted for the following reason: Single link to a reddit thread is one of those things that isn't really great post material and something we've been seeing maybe a bit too much of lately. -- cortex

Can you toot?

Post 79355 by grapefruitmoon deleted for the following reason: Looks like this has been posted a couple times before already. -- cortex

2009-02-19

I was assaulted at an Ann Coulter lecture last night

Post 79342 by AZNsupermarket deleted for the following reason: Stumping for cause/awareness stuff is generally not a great idea on the front page. -- cortex

2009-02-18

Big Brother Tivo Is Here To Help

Post 79296 by nomisxid deleted for the following reason: It seems like there's a mix of maybe interesting content here and really kind of weird and not particularly accessible presentation; maybe someone wants to try a do-over that makes it a little bit more clear what this is all about and isn't quite so much like an entry on a DVR enthusiast's blog? -- cortex

Stimulus Satire FAIL?

Post 79285 by ghastlyfop deleted for the following reason: Thank you for doing your part to keep the FPP-deletion industry solvent. -- cortex

The Last Minutes of the Buffalo Crash

Post 79277 by erikvan deleted for the following reason: Probably better in the existing crash thread or the thread about NYT infographics. -- mathowie

2009-02-17

TIME magazine names the best blogs for 2009

Post 79259 by spock deleted for the following reason: Please see the sidebar and/or metatalk. -- cortex

This little piggy... went to a Soldier Camp.

Post 79249 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: This was covered a few months back; search more first, please? -- cortex

Яolcats

Post 79244 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: In Soviet Russia, post doubles YOU -- mathowie

2009-02-16

Looking for funny inspirational YouTube clips

Post 79235 by mindhead deleted for the following reason: This is not what metafilter is for, at all. -- cortex

$9,700,000,000,000 and counting

Post 79213 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: This is kinda thin "hey here's some more stimulus talk" stuff when we're not exactly hurting for posts on the subject lately. Maybe hold out for something a bit more meaty and new next time. -- cortex

And the winner for Best Picture is...

Post 79209 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: We've covered this a couple times already. -- cortex

2009-02-15

Tea!

Post 79202 by - deleted for the following reason: Tea is pretty great, but all three of these sites are somewhere between unspectacular and sketchy. Not totally clear what you were going for here, but it's not a great post for mefi. -- cortex

Flight 3407 Crash Preventable?

Post 79198 by Doohickie deleted for the following reason: original thread is just a few days old -- cortex

2009-02-14

New York City Blocks

Post 79156 by signal deleted for the following reason: previously awesomely -- jessamyn

2009-02-13

You can't rape a slut

Post 79145 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: Seems kind a fucked up, but man you could have framed this post a lot differently than quoting the kos rhetoric and laying on the outrage-bait. -- cortex

English guy advice blog.

Post 79139 by htotheizo deleted for the following reason: $1000 says this is a crappy self-link -- mathowie

And you thought you were a little Cassanova...

Post 79131 by zardoz deleted for the following reason: One link post to the Sun? -- vacapinta

2009-02-12

Epoch Win

Post 79119 by Korou deleted for the following reason: EPOCH FAIL wait dammit you basically used that joke for the title -- cortex

Whopper Virgins Remixed

Post 79115 by mariolapinski deleted for the following reason: The editorialization in this post is bad; the fact that you've (done work for? been featured by?) Deconstructing Dinner in the past is worse. -- cortex

Barack Kombat

Post 79108 by rageagainsttherobots deleted for the following reason: If there's a way to rip the spine out of a post with soaring rhetoric, that's what I'm doing right now. -- cortex

How to find, butcher, cook and serve a fawn.

Post 79103 by dbarefoot deleted for the following reason: I assumed at first that you were quoting a blurb, not actually talking about your friend here. That's not really cool. -- cortex

Blocks of fun

Post 79098 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: gentle gentle gentle gentle TWIIIIIIIIICE TWIIIIIIIICE -- cortex

read & discuss

Post 79090 by whiterussian deleted for the following reason: This post needs a bit more context. FPP Application Denied! -- vacapinta

2009-02-11

http://photography-now.net/

Post 79084 by pita deleted for the following reason: this makes no sense. -- jessamyn

Over the shirt or under?

Post 79072 by changeling deleted for the following reason: I think we're into the point of XKCD and Metafilter's relationship where "new, somewhat more elaborate than usual comic!" doesn't generally cut it as a post. -- cortex

An Open Letter to a New York Times reporter

Post 79067 by incessant deleted for the following reason: I kind of respect in theory the high-concept open-letter-as-post-structure thing I guess you're going for here, but that said this is really not a good fit for the front page of metafilter so much as it is a badass personal blog entry. Kind blows waaaay past the "don't editorialize" boundry here. -- cortex

And then Al Gore said... "hey, how about we interwebs these?"

Post 79060 by tybeet deleted for the following reason: the history of the history of the internet -- cortex

Throwing the legal welly

Post 79056 by mippy deleted for the following reason: THIS IS WHY PEOPLE NEED THE PREVIOUSLITIS VACCINE DANGIT -- cortex

2009-02-10

Way to erf. Let me show u it.

Post 79049 by piers deleted for the following reason: This is going over like a tylium balloon, looks like. -- cortex

Flying Cars, Jet Packs, and Life on Mars

Post 79048 by netbros deleted for the following reason: pretty much a double with some lightweight extras -- mathowie

Tetanus

Post 79042 by bitteroldman deleted for the following reason: Fundraiser/ad type copy is a really bad fit for metafilter. -- cortex

http://www.georgianindex.net/

Post 79034 by pita deleted for the following reason: Please try again with any attempt whatsoever to make it clear why you're posting this and why it is interesting. -- cortex

Phony Sony

Post 79032 by misha deleted for the following reason: Meh? An occasionaly reeaaally great post to The Onion is one thing, but this is just one pretty tepid joke that goes on for a couple minutes straight. Feels kinda FARKish. -- cortex

Economic Collapse Averted, for Now

Post 79030 by Pater Aletheias deleted for the following reason: downturn the page amirite -- cortex

Falsified data, vaccines, and autism

Post 79029 by blahblahblah deleted for the following reason: This is a nice collection of links, but we just had an MMR/vaccine-controversy/etc post on Friday. Probably best to add this stuff as a comment in there. -- cortex

Find the status of your tax rebate.

Post 79025 by taumeson deleted for the following reason: Eh? Any prompt US tax filers can probably track this down on their own, seems a bit odd for a front page post. -- cortex

Driftwood Horses

Post 79022 by headspace deleted for the following reason: Pretty much done before; with art-related posts, it's not a bad idea to try and track the work down to the actual artist(s) involved anyway to avoid encouraging these scrape-and-don't-credit middleman things when possible. -- cortex

2009-02-09

A-Rod's Public Apology

Post 79005 by jwakawaka deleted for the following reason: The previous thread you cite is only two days old; please add followups to that. -- cortex

Celebrity Fembots

Post 78999 by jon_hansen deleted for the following reason: these sort of "oh look, I swiped your content" posts are a little "eh" and worse so when the general topic is already creepy and..... well, creepy. -- jessamyn

as if things are not bad enough......

Post 78998 by kingfish deleted for the following reason: In Soviet Russia, double post about downfall of America predicts YOU -- cortex

Fire-Starter

Post 78992 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: There's a thread about this from Saturday night, please add stuff there. -- cortex

2009-02-08

La Dolche Video

Post 78979 by piratebowling deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

Foodie Update:

Post 78978 by wuakeen deleted for the following reason: Less bloggy, more meat, please. -- vacapinta

2009-02-07

IQ and Religiosity correlation

Post 78969 by - deleted for the following reason: hot button issues like religion and IQ have been done zillions of times before, I don't know if we need yet another post about this. -- mathowie

2009-02-06

Dmitry Maximov Illustrations

Post 78940 by jon_hansen deleted for the following reason: I'll tell you what, I'll add some more tags to the original post and we'll see if that keeps us from full-on quadruple territory. -- cortex

Dmitry Maximov: A Gallery

Post 78939 by flatluigi deleted for the following reason: Looks like we just saw this stuff last week at different links. -- cortex

2009-02-05

Say cheese.

Post 78933 by disillusioned deleted for the following reason: posted last week -- vacapinta

Thomas Paine wept

Post 78925 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure this qualifies as interesting enough to bother with another post for Mr. the Plumber, really. -- cortex

Get Down and Frugle

Post 78920 by verisimilitude deleted for the following reason: This link is back for it's second trip to the charts! -- cortex

Yes, We'll Have No Bananas

Post 78915 by jon_hansen deleted for the following reason: netcraft vs. bananakind previously. And, honestly, a link to a short-ish 6-year-old article isn't exactly primo post material in most cases. -- cortex

2009-02-04

Be Wary, very very wary.

Post 78903 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: this is a mix of editorializing, bad formatting and the sort of "omg other cultures!" post that goes badly on MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

Titanoboa

Post 78890 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: [note to self: think up pun relating somehow to snakes and the concept of doubleness] -- cortex

How I'm Speaking Louder than Before

Post 78888 by BoldStepDesign deleted for the following reason: Oh shit, you just posted "my friends video" that you posted on your personal site, so it's not something you found on youtube. So long, you're banned for lying and promoting your friends. -- mathowie

2009-02-03

A plea from the state of Tamilnadu (India)

Post 78871 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: Kind of thin-ish, "here's a couple news stories" post is borderline. Acting like a jerk to people in thread about it is well into not-okay territory. Someone is welcome to give this another shot with more context and less defensiveness. -- cortex

from Blammo

Post 78870 by oneirodynia deleted for the following reason: Posted recently -- vacapinta

oh, babies

Post 78849 by changeling deleted for the following reason: Previous thread is only four days old, please add this there as a comment. -- cortex

2009-02-02

test post

Post 78838 by mathowie deleted for the following reason: testing -- mathowie

Gun Safety

Post 78834 by Liver deleted for the following reason: Tragic story, but using the photos of them to make a joke was kind of crass. Thread went downhill from there. -- mathowie

2009-02-01

Hope me, animals!

Post 78793 by grapefruitmoon deleted for the following reason: This is an ex-post. -- cortex

Evolution rejected by 50% of Brits surveyed

Post 78792 by almostwitty deleted for the following reason: Gonna give you the benefit of the doubt on motive here, but pushing BBC content when you work for the BBC is a bit too close for comfort. -- cortex