Why has my topic been closed?

kornerr · 2011-08-12 06:38:14

Hi.
Recently I've posted a topic in "Multimedia & Games" named "OGS Mahjong" about the game I develop.
It has been closed. Why?
The screenshot featured Arch logo. The description provided the names of packages necessary to install with pacman to run OGS Mahjong.
What have I violated?
Thanks.

Awebb · 2011-08-12 06:57:46

It has probably been treated like that because it looks like advertising. You also prove that you haven't read the rules, you'd have emailed a mod otherwise, instead of creating this thread.

kornerr · 2011-08-12 07:24:31

I can't see where those mods are listed. Neither does the forum provide who closed topic so that i could ask the mod directly.
Can you please point me to both rules and mod?

jasonwryan · 2011-08-12 07:53:13

The Forum Etiquette is stickied in Newbie Corner: please read it.

Awebb is right: we have a policy about advertising and solicitation. You can find a list of mods by using the User list function in the menu at the top of the page.

ArchArael · 2011-08-12 09:14:49

Maybe this thread should be sticky. Just a suggestion.

ngoonee · 2011-08-14 01:31:38

ArchArael wrote:

Maybe this thread should be sticky. Just a suggestion.

Redundant, the current stickies already cover this. Thanks for the suggestion .

ewaller · 2011-08-14 04:51:25

I closed the topic.
I understand you sent an inquiry by email to jasonwran, who responded by email with an explanation.
I generally post a message explaining my actions which includes a link to me. I thought I had in this case. Apparently I did not do that this time -- for that I apologize. You deserve a link back to me.

As has been pointed out by ngoonee and by jasonwryan, this was your very first post on Arch Linux and was clearly designed to drive traffic to your site. As such, it qualifies as an advertisement and was handled as such. I must admit, my response would have been different had you an established presence in these forums as opposed to it being your very first post.

The package you posted does not have an installer for Arch Linux and was clearly not designed specifically for this distribution. As Jasonwryan suggested, the way to handle this would be to create a PKGBUILD for your project and submit it to our AUR. Then you would be more than welcome to post on these forums under the community contributions section identifying your package. If you need help creating a PKGBUILD, these forums are the place to ask and I guarantee help will be forthcoming.

These forums are intended to be for the support of Arch Linux. Most forums are technical in nature with a few set aside for some levity. It is an active community with well established norms. It is the job of the moderators deal with issues that fall outside of those norms. We are human and sometimes make the wrong call. That is why we have multiple moderators who communicate off-line with each other. In this case, I've seen no disagreement from my colleagues.

Please consider submitting your package to our AUR and we can move forward from there. We would like to have you as part of our community.

ewaller

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