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My thread was deleted for being off-topic but it was clearly related to league

XinZhao2WinNhao··2 votes·307 views

"Mostly, that means stay away from stuff like religion, sex, politics, and social issues, **though some exceptions may be appropriate **(e.g., internet legislation)." is what the rules say.

I'm pretty sure talking about gender equality regarding League skins is one of those exceptions, I remember reading once on the rules page that those topics are allowed if they are related to League or video games.

The deletion message says "maybe another website or another forum community is a better place to discuss this topic". Really? So you want me to discuss League skins on another forum rather than a League forum? Literally makes no sense.

Seriously, this moderation literally went from helpful moderation like it was just 5 or 6 months ago to straight up censorship like it is now.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/4LgZ2EwM-universal-rules Tell me where talking about gender equality in League skins breaks any of these rules.

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9 Comments

Awkward Couch1 votes

What board did you put it under? Personally I would put it under either concepts and creations, or under story, art, and sound. I don't think gender equality in skins would be against the rules, but then again I'm not an expert here.

Aerilus1 votes

Yeah, if you put it in Gameplay Balance bug reports or something I could see it being deleted.. otherwise no. Not sure why these people are downvoting, must be 10 years old.

XinZhao2WinNhao1 votes

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Yeah, if you put it in Gameplay Balance bug reports or something I could see it being deleted.. otherwise no. Not sure why these people are downvoting, must be 10 years old.

It was in general discussion.

Zielmann1 votes

It's an over-done topic that at this point is guaranteed to quickly divulge into pointless arguments. Basically, it's a bait topic.

ModMod Curator1 votes

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"Mostly, that means stay away from stuff like religion, sex, politics, and social issues, though some exceptions may be appropriate (e.g., internet legislation)." is what the rules say.

The bolded part is why your post was removed. Your discussion was titled "I identify as a feminist and I have no issue with sexy champs." Social issues such as feminism are best discussed in other online forums. If you'd like to discuss skin disparities between the sexes in Story Art & Sound, there have been many discussions there you can join that have been discussing that topic that didn't start out focusing on social issues as their key point like yours was deemed to.

XinZhao2WinNhao1 votes

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The bolded part is why your post was removed. Your discussion was titled "I identify as a feminist and I have no issue with sexy champs." Social issues such as feminism are best discussed in other online forums. If you'd like to discuss skin disparities between the sexes in Story Art & Sound, there have been many discussions there you can join that have been discussing that topic that didn't start out focusing on social issues as their key point like yours was deemed to.

The rules also listed that there are exceptions without clear explanation as to what those exceptions are. I think that I, and most of the League community, would take it that those exceptions means anything that relates to gaming or league, such as the example given.

I think it would be better to have clearer rules that actually state what the exceptions are to avoid misunderstanding.

Aerilus1 votes

It seems like over-censorship but I can kind of understand based on online forums I've seen. You can create the topic for all purposes without mentioning feminism.

It seems kind of silly to remove a topic cause it mentions feminism, but I can understand because usually topics with feminism just start flame wars regardless of which website it's on and won't actually have much meaningful discussion, even if your OP was beautifully written, if it mentions feminism people will stir up shit and derail the topic.

XinZhao2WinNhao1 votes

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It seems like over-censorship but I can kind of understand based on online forums I've seen. You can create the topic for all purposes without mentioning feminism.

It seems kind of silly to remove a topic cause it mentions feminism, but I can understand because usually topics with feminism just start flame wars regardless of which website it's on and won't actually have much meaningful discussion, even if your OP was beautifully written, if it mentions feminism people will stir up shit and derail the topic.

There was no flame in the thread at all. There were agreements and disagreements but all of it was civil.

I personally think it's completely over-censorship. Also the rules don't explicitly state what the exceptions are. It just says "there are exceptions".

Aerilus1 votes

Yeah that's why I said usually. It may not have happened in your topic, but usually it does - across several different forums I've been in. Personally, I wouldn't censor it, but I can somewhat see why they did.

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