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Originally Posted by Rapini
If you can get a handful of the Breakroom Thread regulars to post in the Moderation Discussion Thread in support of moving your post back, I'll move it back. Obviously you can't cheat by posting in the Breakroom Thread on this issue.
My reasoning behind moving it is that you're not a gaming employee, your post fits elsewhere in the forum, and I think that encouraging people who are not gaming employees to post in that thread could really mess with the thread. Take a look at PokeYourFace's posts above this exchange that were originally in the Breakroom Thread. He thought it was OK for him to post in there too and he started a trollish derail that resulted in more non-gaming employees posting there in response to him. It's possible that he thought it was OK for him to post there because he saw your post and others from non-gaming employees.
Why do you think it's important that your post be in the Breakroom Thread as opposed to the low-content thread, the funny/strange things thread, another thread, or its own thread?
I thought it should be in the Breakroom thread because that's where the discussion was about dealer reactions to annoying players, so I felt it was relevant to the discussion being held at the time. I don't think the onus should be on the poster to show why he should be allowed to post a given post in a given thread. I think the onus should be on the mods to explain why a post should be removed and, in my opinion, you have not done that. Ask yourself:
1) Was it on topic?
2) Was it respectful of the thread and the other users?
3) Was it permitted by the posted guidelines for the thread?
The answer to all three questions is "yes". To compare my post to that of PokeYourFace is offensive. You say "encouraging people who are not gaming employees to post in that thread could really mess with the thread. " The guidelines clearly permit non-employees to post, so the fact that I'm not an employee shouldn't, by itself, disqualify me from posting there. If you would like to prohibit non-employees from posting there in the future, then fine, but change the guidelines to reflect the new policy.