The MP's are not obligated to read any article linked. Without something to talk about what the article was about and why it might be important to be posted here, or something to that effect, it will get excised.
There is no way the MP's are going to be allowed to make subjective calls on editing. This is what gets them into the area of being proclaimed bias.
It's been stated over and over again. If you are going to post just a link, it will get excised, regardless of the content of said link. If you cannot see your way clear to work in that framework, then expect to get your posts edited.
Now, why has this come up? Well, there was an escalation of cut-n-pastes and troll links being done. It should not have been a problem, and would not have been an issue had everyone just ignored them. But, of course, that did not happen.
So we end up with flaming, hate filled, threads. People getting banned, posts getting edited entirely too often and other maladies. So, let's attack the source.
Enter the tightening of the rules. A link, with nothing added as to why it should exist on this board is a troll. Simple. The MP's are instructed to remove such posts. There is no way we are going to attempt to quantify every topic as to whether or not it should be excised.
It will be done, regardless of the topic. Again, the MP's, nor I, are not obligated to read any link. So, if you want your thread to stand, then take a few minutes to put some of your own content in it.
Cut-n-pastes will get excised, regardless of the content added. It goes to potential copyright violation. Simple.
