[Office Boy]

We try to encourage members if links are down, to write to the original poster and see if he will re up the links-if he has them. Nine times out of ten a post gets removed if a request is put up on the forum saying something like, 'Links are dead please re up.' An odd exception may occur if the links are repaired before we get to it. You also have to remember that some of us are subscribed to threads and receive notifications that someone has added a post. Much to their annoyance is when the new post says 'Please re up.' That is your other reason for having a post binned.

If links are dead and you/we cannot contact the poster because he hasn't logged in for days/weeks/months/years, then the only alternative is to remove that link or post, as it is dead anyway. If the post still contains active decent content then only the link gets removed.

However, not everyone wants to write out messages as such or feel uneasy about it. That's fine and we understand that. You can still report a post for this by hitting the red triangle, and then we deal with it.

For us not to inform anyone regarding dead links or post removals etc, the main answer is here;

VEF moderators reserve the right to remove or edit posts without notice. When this happens - do not repost/reverse the edit! Due to our limited resources, you may not receive a message explaining the removal. An explanation will almost always be found in the Forum Rules.

If you are still unhappy about a removal, pm the section mods.

As for double posting pictures and so forth, I would urge anyone about to post, to first check the thread itself and make sure the pics you put up are not duplicates. Now that's good because the thread is only five pages long. So no excuse there. But if the thread is fifty pages long, it is unlikely that you will go through all the pages as it is too time consuming for a start. As mods, there are times when cleaning threads we can remove pages of useless posts that include dupes. This can be anything from a few posts to seven/eight pages or more. It depends on the content at the time dupes are spotted. If it is a small amount and only happens once or twice, then we would just remove them and say nothing. If it is a regular occurrence or recent one, then we may look deeper into it. Sometimes we consult with other mods to make them aware also, and this works both ways.

If anyone is ever unsure about posting then use threads such as this to highlight it. Or use the report post function. There should always be an outlet for you all.