So many questions are being unfairly deleted. Would this work as a solution?

I really like your suggestion, Markky. It's fair, it's doable, and it's community-oriented.

Unfortunately though, this isn't really about community, regardless of what Y!A says. It's about providing content for the sponsors' ads on the right of the page.

Y!A wants Q&A that are going to get lots of search engine hits and click throughs. That's why they're so against 'chatting' and the like. The report-bots are useful to them because it means we never really know why something was yanked.

Your idea is excellent. Is there any way we can get a petition going?

Would that be done with answers too? I think many more answers are deleted than questions.

I think it would be good, but we would all be so busy voting, we wouldn't have time to answer questions. Maybe less than 10 votes? I would think 5 would be enough. The question would have to be removed to an area that could only be accesssed by level 6-7 peeps. No longer viewed in open forum.

Maybe it would be easier if only levels 5, 6 and 7 could REPORT in the first place.

I think it could work, but Yahoo would expect the voters to enforce the TOS, and I can tell you from the responses I've gotten from appeals of chatting violations that YAHOO WANTS NO CHATTING WHATSOEVER.

Searcher has discovered that Yahoo rewards you for being a snitch, which is a great motivator to falsely report. Hmmmm...

When it comes down to brass tacks, IMO, Yahoo is as inefficient as the federal government and thumbs it's nose in the air at us just like they do. Yahoo wants to sell things for their advertisers so they can make money. From their POV, I believe, the regulars don't buy much and turn off people who come in genuinely searching for information who might actually buy. So, you can see, they aren't really thrilled at the prospect of doing anything to keep us hanging around. Actually, we're kind of a blight to them.

But, hey give it a shot...it's something. I would be very surprised if they show even a remote interest in it, but there is nothing to lose, so go for it.

Let me add this...in the appeals notices they told me that the comment boxes were for this purpose (Chatting-type stuff).

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LOL, angels, I swear I didn't read yours before I wrote this one. Yours is much more detailed though, but the conclusions are the same. BTW, Yahoo quickly nips petitions in the bud...I know, I've tried twice to get one going. It's reported within a day, and I never heard back on my appeals. The first appeal was almost a month ago.

***Hiya, Angels. *smiles* *waves back*

I like it. It seems fair enough. Give someone a chance against the little vermin. Now, how do we get their attention and get them to go for this?

Then again, we might get so many reports that we will have an Atheist section from all of us having to go there to vote and then answer. Unless they stop repeat report offenders. How about limiting how many reports a person can make. Like q's and a's on different levels.

Yahoo! should stop letting 18 (I think 13+ is allowed to participate) and under children use this site the same way they do with their chat rooms. But I guess anyone of any age can be an immature Report Abuse Troll.

YES!!! actually I have had 4 removed unfairly and I apealed to no avail.... Some people on here like to report others just b/c they don't agree with then, Not for real violations .Sad really that grown folks have to be so narrow minded .

Excellent, except for the level 6 or 7 part. Hell, I'm sure I've made level 7 two times over by now (deleted accounts), but here I am, a lowly level 2.... yet again.

I wish someone thought of that earlier. I lost 4 accounts so far based on nothing but bigotry, and sadly Yahoo doesn't investigate it. I should have been level 7 by now, but trolls keep reporting. Uh well. Your idea is great, but the Yamster is a dictator. Maybe someone should call their HQ.

I like the idea but I see a flaw.

Moving it to the "holding pen" would mean that it's still visible to the general public and that would mean that kids could still read offensive things. I don't know how you would make offensive things not visible to everyone. I mean that's the reason for deleting it in the first place: it's offensive.

Maybe offensive, insulting, profane posts should be removed immediately and the ones that are for CG vios could be up for review/voting.

that is a viable solution, and I would be in agreement with it.

including the level 6 or 7, or even a level 5.

I would personally like to see the report option being given to level 5 and above.

this should be a privilege given to those that are responsible enough to reach said level..

it would also limit those with multiple accounts from using their other account to report the same question, over and over and over again.