Did you actually read danis post !?!

She said that by bickering about off topic ideas, posters were not doing the victims justice. I think that is a fair point. The message is automated. The read the faq warning is always included and you will recieve no warning on your record.

You yourself were not reprimanded. it was only sent to you as you were the initial poster, in order to inform you of its closure.

I have never seen this statement in any of messages that I have received from her before.

Yes, like i said, thats an automated message. I have recieved many identical ones. It was only sent to you to inform you that a thread which you started was closed. The warning is standard and does not imply that you have been punished.

Please dont leave

Its sent by the syatem after a thread is closed i think.

Hey, please don't leave. The PM you got is an automated one that gets sent to whoever started a thread when it is closed.

If you read the closing post by Dani in the thread itself, you will see that she closed it because the 'debate' was turning into nasty bickering and doing no justice to the memory of the people killed at VT.

You were certainly not to blame for that, and it would not have been our intention to suggest you were - it does flag the question of whether the automated warning system worked properly in this case, and that is something Dani and I will look at and discuss.

In the meantime, please don't leave. Pretty please

Thats exactly what i was saying. Dont leave

Don't leave =(

The thread just turned into a debate instead of a memorial... no harm on your behalf.
I took part in the discussion and I would like to publicly appologize. Some of my posts I'm noticing were out of anger and directly targeted a member of the forum. This was childish on my behalf. The thread being closed is a good thing... thanks Dani!

Please dont leave the site!!

From what you members have said it would appear that the message that I interpreted to be an admonishment is in reality pro forma.

In this case it did at first appear that I was being instructed to police my own actions without being told of any specific reason. In my response to Dani I specifically mention my curiosity about being instructed to read the FAQ and rules, and in her last response to this she cited members finding the thread "insulting, upsetting, etc.", there was no response to my query about infractions. At that point it did indeed look like I was being singled out for some unspecified problem, and the rest as they say is history.

This type of statement shouldn't be sent unless it is warranted, and then should also be accompanied with an explanation of what infractions had been made. To the first time recipient this pro forma statement, especially in these type of circumstance and the message that followed, appears as a reprimand.