100131-moderation-policies-a-question

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To the moderators of these forums: 
I just made a post detailing a negative experience I had with a guild in-game. I didn't use names, I didn't swear, I didn't flame. I simply detailed the experience I had and how I was (in my opinion) let down by the guild, and that their guild recruitment posts were misleading. I made the post to warn others, especially because of the misleading part, and especially because the guild is now cross-realm recruiting and people could be paying money to join.
 
Then a moderator came along and deleted the post. No warning, no message why, no lock. Just a deletion.
 
So what exactly am I allowed to post on these forums? Obviously if I wrote a glowing review of a guild you wouldn't think twice, yet there's no backing up the positive claims there either. Is it Carbine's policy to allow guilds who exploit or mistreat players to go on doing so, while the players have no chance to voice their experience and warn the community?
 
Any feedback on this would be appreciated. What would be more appreciated: if you could review the post I made and explain, here or in PM, why it was deleted.
 
Thanks!
 
 	
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Prolly because the moderator who deleted the thread was in said guild.
 
Happened a lot in LOTRO.  And Champions Online.  And WAR.  Oh yeah... and SWTOR.
 
Just sayin'.	
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To the moderators of these forums:
 
I just made a post detailing a negative experience I had with a guild in-game. I didn't use names, I didn't swear, I didn't flame. I simply detailed the experience I had and how I was (in my opinion) let down by the guild, and that their guild recruitment posts were misleading. I made the post to warn others, especially because of the misleading part, and especially because the guild is now cross-realm recruiting and people could be paying money to join.
 
Then a moderator came along and deleted the post. No warning, no message why, no lock. Just a deletion.
 
So what exactly am I allowed to post on these forums? Obviously if I wrote a glowing review of a guild you wouldn't think twice, yet there's no backing up the positive claims there either. Is it Carbine's policy to allow guilds who exploit or mistreat players to go on doing so, while the players have no chance to voice their experience and warn the community?
 
Any feedback on this would be appreciated. What would be more appreciated: if you could review the post I made and explain, here or in PM, why it was deleted.
 
Thanks!
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To the moderators of these forums:
 
I just made a post detailing a negative experience I had with a guild in-game. I didn't use names, I didn't swear, I didn't flame. I simply detailed the experience I had and how I was (in my opinion) let down by the guild, and that their guild recruitment posts were misleading. I made the post to warn others, especially because of the misleading part, and especially because the guild is now cross-realm recruiting and people could be paying money to join.
 
Then a moderator came along and deleted the post. No warning, no message why, no lock. Just a deletion.
 
So what exactly am I allowed to post on these forums? Obviously if I wrote a glowing review of a guild you wouldn't think twice, yet there's no backing up the positive claims there either. Is it Carbine's policy to allow guilds who exploit or mistreat players to go on doing so, while the players have no chance to voice their experience and warn the community?
 
Any feedback on this would be appreciated. What would be more appreciated: if you could review the post I made and explain, here or in PM, why it was deleted.
 
Thanks!
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To clarify a few things (hopefully). 
 
- Normally if a thread is removed, you should get a PM from a moderator regarding it. If you don't, please feel free to contact a moderator and ask why your thread was removed.
 
- Threads that cause unrest on the forums, call out groups of people (guild names count), or bring server drama to the forums (minus pvp) are typically removed because of the player reaction to these types of threads. It's not always the case, but moderators are a pretty good judge on what is going to ruffle a bunch of feathers, and we want everyone to play nice (doesn't always happen, but we try) and try to remain constructive. Because it's just one players word against another, it's hard to confirm what is going on. These cases are normally best left on private forums and in game. 
 
I hope this clarifies your questions a bit. 
 
- Team WildStar 	
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Why don't we get messages from mods when comments are simply deleted?
 
Saw at least two of mine deleted the other day, one a light hearted joke and another speaking up after someone started spewing bigotry.
 
Honestly I agree, it seems utterly random and hit and miss what the mods actually decide to act on and what not to. Frankly if people find an issue important enough to reach ten pages long (Such as the People Leaving thread) then a single trouble maker shouldn't be able to get it closed.
 
As for locking threads of people coming here because your customer support is awful... Ok that literally disgusts me. It's not their fault that they don't realise the devs only read reddit and that's how you get your customer support issues resolved.
 
 
I should also mention I did post a similar post like this asking for forum rules and policies to be made openly available so we actually had an idea of what was and wasn't kosher. Hopefully cutting down on the number of incongruous mod decisions.
 
But that thread was deleted. So at least they're still totally inconsistent!	
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Why don't we get messages from mods when comments are simply deleted?
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or bring server drama to the forums (minus pvp) are typically removed because of the player reaction to these types of threads. 
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I love Wildstar for this I really do. The other game who shall not be named doesn't touch server drama threads and thus created a bad atmosphere for server communities. Thank you.
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In the majority of cases like this, it's because the post was nonconstructive or off topic. There's no warning points issued for these, they're simply removed so that discussion can continue on-topic and constructive in nature. Again this is the discretion of the moderator, so you may not always agree with the decision. 
 
Please keep in mind that not every moderation decision is cut and dry as it looks. 
 
Some threads re: moderation policies are removed due to this part of the code of conduct: 
 
Discussing Disciplinary Actions
This category includes, but is not limited to:
Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a forum account, a player, including chat logs and email correspondence between a player and a Game Master (GM)In the case of this specific thread I decided to answer for clarification purposes. It really depends on the tone of the post. 
 
- Team WildStar
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