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mena22

Dear Moderators

I �ve received a message from eslprintables administration saying that my reading/writing worksheet "Bullying - why me?" had been removed for this reason:

It is repeated. The first one is download with out download and my points decrease

Mabdel and MJ_Misa, I think, left comments stating the worksheet was not repeated and should, therefore, stay. I left a comment too, explaining what I thought the reporting member meant: for some reason, when he/she tried to download my worksheet, he/she lost points.

I sent a message to the member, and she proved my guess was right - when I download this worksheet my points became less without download any thing.please, I want your help.

To sum up,

- a worksheet was reported because it was repeated;

- no link was provided;

- the member tried to explain why she was reporting it: her points decreased and

she didn �t get the worksheet;

- this is not a valid reason to report a worksheet.

In spite of this, more than 50% of the moderators voted for the removal of the worksheet.

It makes me wonder...

Wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Hugs from cloudy, but warm Azores,

mena

10 Dec 2011

Yolandaprieto

I agree with you Mena, there should be clear proofs or valid reasons to remove a worksheet.

Fortunately Mena you don �t need the points but I guess it is a question of honor.

Yolanda

10 Dec 2011

cagreis

Hi Mena

Unfortunately some members seem eager to report the work of others but without really knowing why. Don �t take it so personally... you know what you are worth and your contribution to this site is priceless.

Hugs

Carlos Reis

10 Dec 2011

mena22

I �m not taking it personally, dear carlos. To tell you the truth it didn �t bother me to have the worksheet reported because I understood the member was new here and did it without thinking. What bothers me is that more than 50% of the moderators voted for removal for no reason.

10 Dec 2011

PhilipR

I think reporting under the banner �repeated � or �copied � shouldn �t be even be possible without providing a valid link.

I �m sure Victor will restore the ws, but I agree it �s a hassle.

10 Dec 2011

donapeter

Mena, the eternal excuse : "new member". Common!! And yes, the other 50% were probably also new moderators!

These "new" people made me take a break from here and all those neverending excuses "i am too new and i haven �t read the rules YET"

10 Dec 2011

MJ_Misa

Mena,
I am sorry to read this. The reporting was so unclear I even doubt it was English and I can �t believe some moderators voted for removal despite of the comments about wrong reporting. But as you know yourself, there are still some moderators (especially the new ones) who don �t bother to read the rules properly yet they feel as great moderators. I believe new moderators should at least a week only watch what �s going on in the reporting section before they start doing the job.

I am sure Victor will restore your ws and some moderators will read your thread and will learn something from it.

Have a great weekend, Michaela Smile

10 Dec 2011

lady_gargara

A moderator (has more than 5000 points) should know the rules, I think. How people can vote it without seeing a valid link, it is really amazing. But I �m sure Victor will solve this problem, too. We know your great contribution to the site and you are right about your wonder.

Do not worry and have a nice weekend :)

Nebihan

10 Dec 2011

maryse pey�

Dear Mena,

The explanation was so unclear that I expected others � opinion. And I followed Mabdel and Michaela �s experience !

Don �t worry : you are a very worthy member of this site !

Have a splendid Sunday dear !

Plenty of hugs.

Maryse.

10 Dec 2011

Rosa F�lix

this is not nice!

I �m getting disappointed.

10 Dec 2011

firstime

I am really surprised to read a worksheet from Mena22 was removed from the site... She is one of the most inventive and dynamic members of ESL printables; I find it hard to imagine the moderators would have thought she had copied someone else �s WS.

Kind regards,

Firstime.

10 Dec 2011

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