What happened to my thread?

Well, the title says it all... What happened to my thread? Why would it just disappear?

I would start by reading the Terms of Use/ Forum Rules as it may have been removed due to a violation.
(However, in your case I will predict it was a want ad of some sort, which we place limitations on until new members become better established in the community. This is done to keep people from impulse buying, and most importantly to prevent spam adds from web bots and the like.)

I would then check my email and spam email for a message from the Mod Team. Also, check your inbox here on the forums. Generally the explanation is communicated to you that way. Additionally, some forums on the site here require a post to be moderated (Due to membership status, nature of the post, etc...) before it is released online.

Given it is the holiday season, sometimes it takes a while for the Team to approve posts as I suspect they may have families, be out "studying" the products of fermentation, or decided to skip out on cold, slimy amphibians for a while to catalog brightly colored drinks with tiny umbrellas on a beach somewhere.

If you use a pop-up blocker, it is very easy to miss messages from our outstanding Moderation Team.

Occasionally, thanks to the magic of the interweb, new posts never make it to the forums. It happens every so often.

The thread was removed (not deleted) because it contained locality data which was rather specific and the forum rules prohibit it. Feel free to start a new thread if you wish, just don´t give any specific information on locality. You can provide it through PM if you so choose, but not in the public forums.
I hope you understand.

Azhael said:

The thread was removed (not deleted) because it contained locality data which was rather specific and the forum rules prohibit it. Feel free to start a new thread if you wish, just don´t give any specific information on locality. You can provide it through PM if you so choose, but not in the public forums.
I hope you understand.

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No, I don't understand. What do you mean by "locality data"? Are you talking about geographic/county type info? Do we have to withhold the places we're at? I didn't see anything in here about that (and anyway, what are you protecting?):

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Locality data is defined as data to any geographic level that provides simple directions for someone of reasonable knowledge of herps directly to where you found that species. For instance: I could say I found Carolina parakeets in Jackson Co, Illinois. That's fine. There are lots of areas of Jackson County that would be suitable habitat. However, I could NOT say that I found Carolina Parakeets in the bottoms off Inspiration Point. That's a very distinct point on the map, and someone could find that site with no trouble at all.

We do not allow the posting of locality data because some people lurk on the forum for immoral purposes. We'd like to limit their actions as much as we can.

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