All Moderator:
One of you deleted my last post in this thread that had updated tracker.
This is not the first time happened in last few months. May I know why?
Many of you may not know that I was moderator for LC forum for couple of years on this forum, and I am quite aware of norms of immigration.com. As far as I remember there was nothing that would prompt "DELETE POST" action. And, in future I will really appreciate if you give me a reason before/after deleting a post. Thanks in Advance.
First of all, I don't think moderators are obligated to answer to members on each of their questions regarding their moderatorship-duties. No matter what justification a moderator will provide, members whose postings are in question will never be satisfied with moderator's answers and actions, and then members might prolong this petty argument nonstop to make themselves right. Thus, I don't think it will be worth responding to members by a moderator as to why a moderator has deleted/edited someone's posting/thread because then it will lead to only defeat the purpose of this site which is discussing immigration matters and helping immigrant community. However, moderators are obligated to answer only to administrator or owner of the site if they are asked anything about their moderatorship-actions.
Secondly, moderators are human-beings too, which means they can make mistake sometimes in deleting something which shouldn't be taken as offensive or personal unless there is a clear indication that a particular moderator is targeting personally someone.
Third, it doesn't matter if one was/is a moderator because each moderator is independent and makes his/her own moderatorship-decision based upon what seems right to him/her. That being said, what seems okay to you, might not seem okay to some moderators and they might feel that something you have said or written shouldn't have the place on this forum or they might feel that it should be deleted as they might find it inflammable posting.
Fourth, if you believe that a moderator has purposely, wrongly and personally targeted your posting then you are free to contact administrator or owner of this site who will look into the matter, but do not rule out the possibility of moderator having made mistake being a human being because mistakes are made by everyone.
Fifth, I do remember reading that particular posting of yours which got deleted. I do not know why it got deleted but I think one of the moderators felt that it was inflammable when you questioned in there why your other thread (Garden City one) got merged with this thread. Perhaps, this was the reason a moderator to have felt to delete your that posting cause it did seem to me as well that it could lead to unnecessary conversation/argument which could have diverted the purpose of this thread and forum to something else.
Sixth, you say that you were a moderator then I believe you should have not questioned as to why your other thread got merged with this thread. I'm the one who merged that thread with this one. Why? Because I believe that all new york related naturalization experiences should be at one place than scattering around in pieces; otherwise not only it won't help much but also it will make it very difficult to gather the required information. People from New York city area have been posting their naturalization experiences on this particular thread than making their own to scattered around. Merging relevant information at one place is also a part of moderatorship, that you should have known before asking as to why that thread got merged with it.
I would also like you to know that I did NOT delete that particular posting of yours that is in question but I've already given my assumption as to why one of the moderators might have deleted it because I also felt the same when I read that posting. I wanted to delete it but got busy in something else and forgot about it. If you were a moderator then you should have known/understood that each and every action of a moderator cannot be questioned/challenged unless a moderator is personally targeting someone and has a history of doing so; otherwise no moderator will be able to do its duties freely and independently. Also, please be open-minded in knowing that mistakes do occur in life and that each person sees things differently.
If you still feel that one of the moderators purposely and personally has targeted you with pre-conceive intent then you are free to contact administrator or owner of this site who will fairly and justly look into the matter. But if I were you then rather than asking and leeching more on this patty matter, I will just move on and will try to spend my energy/time/efforts in helping people and making this board worthwhile than involving myself into who did what and why because I know sometime mistakes do occur.
Good luck...
