Suggestion

[maggie01]

Firstly if I am making a suggeston, why does it say question title above.

My suggestion is why can't people ignore things they don't find interests them. Someone in News wanted to announce that the Whale who has been stranded in the Thames had died and was jumped on reminding them that it was not a question. Technically they were right, but there was no harm done so why did they feel the need to make a comment. Just ignore the thread.

[maggie01]

Sorry that ended up being a question.!

[lindapinda]

I saw that Maggie.It may have been technically right,but,considering the content of the news,it was downright rude and ignorant.

[dotjhawkes]

It so bloody was, I tell u what , this siote is getting more like communistdictatorbank every day.

[bobtheturkey]

yeah all they come out with is "and your question is?" who cares not everything has to be a bloody question does it and quite frankly that whale had more personality than the anal retentives who are so prevelant on this site

[dotjhawkes]

Did u see the way i tried to mimic the oirish accent there by typing siote?

[tigga]

Best not start posting retorical questions either then had we ?.

[AB Editor]

Hi magg01

Great point about the "question title".

In regards to the postings in News. We hope that ABers would be more considerate and open minded when posting their comments. The AB is a Q&A site, but we do allow debate/discussions and the post regarding the incident of the poor whale in the Thames would fall into this latter category.

The AB does not condone vitriol attacks on others - if you think a posting is profane/abusive/irrelevant, please report it. If a posting is not a clear cut Question but is indeed relevant and can lead to a relevant discussion - just leave it. No harm done and everyone gets along, easy!

AB Editor

[dotjhawkes]

This is the stuff! Go Ed, Go Ed!!!!!!!!1

[sheffwed39]

it seems i offended someone when i posted about the death of the thames whale.i am new to this website which i find informative and very helpful and just thought that it was relevant at the time even though it was not strictly a question,people were interested judging by the response.thanx to all who did post their comments.

[maggie01]

Sheffwed I wouldn't worry about it. I saw your post and thought it was unnecesary that someone had to mention that you hadn't exactly asked a question, that's why I tried to ask one about the subject. Unfortunately I got it wrong. Where animals are concerned I really should learn to keep my mouth shut. I'm learning!