[2020] Why are my topics getting deleted?

@Ragnoraok#72797:

Can a mod explain why my topics keep getting deleted? What ToS have I violated?

Your topic was probably removed because it used the word "spoiler" and linked to an outside website. You can totally discuss cards that have been previewed, but if you use the word "spoiler" a mod might think you're actually trying to talk about "spoilers" (or leaks).

Also, if you'd like to know why your posts are removed, please don't make a post. Just contact our support team.

@Ragnoraok#72797:

I think that the mods are censoring the site. Someone made a topic with a very lengthy post regarding the shuffler and it got deleted. It wasn't merged into the shuffler mega thread; it was flat out deleted.

No one is censoring anything lol. It was probably removed because the post broke our Code of Conduct, or people in the replies started attacking each other. No matter how well thought out a post is, if there is a portion that breaks CoC, it gets removed. You're welcome to discuss the shuffler if you follow the CoC.

The general rule of the forums is to just be nice (or even decent). Most posts get removed because people aren't following that rule.

@Dreadshow#60108:

@WotC_Lexie:

@Ragnoraok#72797:

Can a mod explain why my topics keep getting deleted? What ToS have I violated?

Your topic was probably removed because it used the word "spoiler" and linked to an outside website. You can totally discuss cards that have been previewed, but if you use the word "spoiler" a mod might think you're actually trying to talk about "spoilers" (or leaks).
Also, if you'd like to know why your posts are removed, please don't make a post. Just contact our support team.

Shouldn't the mod actually read the thread before deleting it though?

We do.

@Ragnoraok#72797:

@TopoftheStackMTG:

@Ragnoraok#72797:

@TopoftheStackMTG:

@Ragnoraok#72797:

I think that the mods are censoring the site. Someone made a topic with a very lengthy post regarding the shuffler and it got deleted. It wasn't merged into the shuffler mega thread; it was flat out deleted.

I don’t think this is true. We would need to get some screen shots together before we get this paranoid.

WTF are you insinuating? I was literally replying in the new thread, when it was deleted.


Even Potdindy[[68072,hashtags]] remarked how another thread was deleted.

I’m insinuating that when a thread gets deleted because of a link that is clearly against the rules we shouldn’t instantly decide that threads are being deleted because Wizards hates freedom of speech. It’s pretty obvious. If you have some proof that something got deleted that wasn’t against the rules then show it, otherwise chill out.

In that post, I was discussing how a thread that was complaining about the shuffler was deleted.


My threads were innocuous, besides posting the link, which I acknowledged and removed in a new thread.


However, deleting a thread complaining about the shuffler is completely in the grounds of censorship.

Both of your posts included the link. The third time you posted it, you posted without a link, and that post stayed up. Please contact support next time! Closing this thread now. :slight_smile: