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I have sincerely answered a question in the link below:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiuVM...

I received a violation notice as follows:

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Violation Reason: Misuse of the question and answer format:

In Yahoo! Answers you must phrase questions in question format, and your answer must attempt to answer the question. Questions or answers must be written in a comprehensible way, and must be written in the language specific to the Answers site to which it is uploaded. You may not post conversational content without an attempt to post a meaningful question or answer a question or otherwise misuse the question and answer format.

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My answer is CERTAINLY sincere attempt to answer by tracing a literature reference of about 2000 years old Tamil literature Named ‘VIVEKA CHINTHAMANI’

My answer was:

As rightly said by Banjaran, one has to bear the pains. It is a pathetic condition that if parents neglected in their hour of need for help. Highly condemnable. They have to think one second about their old age and similar negligence by their children. The phrase you gave is from ‘Viveka Chinthamani’ a very old Tamil Literatue and the author is not known. SEVEN things are listed as waste as per the verse.

1.ஆபத்துக் குதவாப்பிள்ளை யரும்பசிக் குதவாவன்னந்

தாபத்தைத் தீராத்தண்ணீர் தரித்திர மறியாப்பெண்டீர்

கோபத்தை யடக்கா வேந்தன் குருமொழி கொள்ளாச் சீடன்

பாபத்தை தீராத்தீர்த்தம் பயனில்லை யேழுந்தானே"

ஆபத்துக்கு உதவாத பிள்ளை, கொடும் பசியைத் தீர்க்கமுடியாத உணவு, நீர்வேட்கையை (தாகம்) நீக்கமுடியாத நீர், வறுமைநிலையறியாது ஆடம்பரச் செலவு செய்யும் பெண்கள், சினத்தை அடக்க முடியாத அரசன், ஞானாசிரியனின் உபதேச மொழிகளைப் புரிந்துசெயலாற்ற முடியாத மாணாக்கன், பாவங்களை நீக்கமுடியாத புனித தீர்த்தங்கள் ஆகிய ஏழாலும் எப்பயனுமில்லை.

The author lists 7 which are waste.

 Son who is not caring parents in need of help

 Food which cannot be taken for Hunger

 Water which cannot quench the thirst

 Women who spend lavish in spite of poverty

 King who is unable to control anger

 Student who cannot understand the teachings of Guru

 Sacred Theerth which can not wipe out sins

http://www.yarl.com/forum3/index.php?showtopic=139...

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@ badhabyt

Yes the English part is purely translation of our Regional language scripture/literature.

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@ AALUNGA

It is surprising that the question itself seems to be deleted now. When a translation is given, how it can be violation of CG?

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@Bala Venkat

Sir it is not new to me. I received many such violations exceeding about 60 to 70 of which few were restored and few were not listened by Yahoo.

If such attitude of Yahoo continues without revising the rules for reporting, we have to simply leave the forum.

Are we getting any remuneration from Yahoo to get hurt for giving sincere answer?

I am expecting YAHOO should understand the YA user's spending time to collect references and post it for forum with Translation.

The height of idiotic is to remove the question itself by violation as I have given link to the answerers to evaluate the question and my answer.

Yahoo may again remove this question also to escape from criticism from YA community.

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@ Kandasamy,

Yes true as you said it is like blowing horn on a deaf person, to appeal about this to YAHOO.

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@ aparna

If you are new you will know more by participating more.

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@ Govardhana

Is it not the responsibility of Yahoo to revise the rules for reporting?

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@Mathangi

I am surprised that the question itself was deleted within few minutes of my posting the question.

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@ Poondi B

Sir, I feel YAHOO should revise the rules for Reporting by circulating to 10 Top Contributers for opinion to assess there is any violation of CG instead of agreeing on two new account members for removal of Question/Answer

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@ Radhakrishnan Sir,

Sir, I feel YAHOO should revise the rules for Reporting by circulating to 10 Top Contributers for opinion to assess there is any violation of CG instead of agreeing on two new account members for removal of Question/Answer

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@Balaji Human Tornado

Sir, I feel YAHOO should revise the rules for Reporting by circulating to 10 Top Contributers for opinion to assess there is any violation of CG instead of agreeing on two new account members for removal of Question/Answer

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@ Kelvin

I think the answerers if access the question before answering it will exhibit the facts. So the question itself deleted.

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@ whiz kid18

Yes some persons are like that.

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@ Banjaran

Oh !........It is really funny, when I tried to vote it is nor accepting vote also!

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@ Odampully,

Yes we will have to represent Yahoo about this types of Reporting and deletion. Work out a method by which we can make the Yahoo India Chief to understand our genuine problem.

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All answerers:

As suggested by Radhakrishnan Sir, Odampully, and many others we have to find a way out to pressurise Yahoo India Chief to understand and resolve these issues by uniting together.

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@Radhakrishnan Sir,

We should not quit, we have to face them.....

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@ ♫Aѕнιѕн♫ тнe deѕι вoy

Yes it is true !

My appeal was rejected by Yahoo. This shows the poor evaluation & mechanical function of Yahoo!

Long Live Yahoo!

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@ Aryan,

It is surprising. I thought you yourself have deleted your answer. What was wrong in your answer? I think Yahoo is becoming...........

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@YAHOO ANSWERS

II Thank Yahoo for Approving appeal for restoring this question. This question was reported by some people and deleted two days back, now restored.

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  • Favorite Answer

    ........

    I'm used to get such notices. Whenever I greet my Hindu brothers on Holi, Diwali or Indp. day. Some hate mongers are out there to look for such things which encourage brotherhood.

    More painful is the fact that no body at Yahoo cares to see the contents of your question or answer.It is also amazingly disgusting that several questions & answers appear frequently on this forum which are just filthy.

    Perhaps that is the reason that Y/A is being ruled by the clones & trolls.

    I have learned to give no hue & cry over my violation notices. They can NOT contain me & my views.

    So keep on giving your good answers VEERS . They shouldn't be taken seriously specially when you can't do any thing about it.

    Just relax , forgive & forget the culprits.

    ....

    Source(s): Silly me...
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    It looks like some people don't understand how mature and serious the M&D regulars are... But, to give you my point of view, Ace, I don't know how you'd expect these people to read the community guidelines. Sometimes, it seems that they have a hard time reading one question before "verbally" jump on the asker. And I do agree that the anonymity of reporting and TDing promote these actions. There would be less of them if one was forced to take the responsibility of each. Disclaimer: I'm married and so is my husband, and I allow people to answer when I send hatemail ... one uptill now... working on the second so it'll be ready when needed :-)

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    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Veer Sir.. I understood your situation.. You have used a Language of Tamil in your answer.. But you should provide english meaning to that tamil words.. If not.. Its a violation.. Some people are here to report the Questions & Answers unnecessarily.. Yahoo! staff members dont know the language Tamil.. So you have to ask appeal and you should tell the reason that you have not posted any unwanted things or Violation things.. Then after Yahoo! will accept your appeal and approve it.. It happened to me many a times and i won all my violation reports.. Hope you got it.. have a good luck...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i am shocked since i find no violation of community guidelines in both question and answer. Now a days, we find the youngsters did not care the parents. This question and subsequent answer is purely to make awareness in the mind of youngsters to feel their responsibilities. is it wrong doing good things to the society ? i feel it is better to ask question about actor, actresses, and their dress, about movies. This is approved by the yahoo. we should not tell moral stories. who want moral stories ? i think they like single and dating questions. Moreover, those who did not want tamil people who are all now asking good questions, answering well and may also be one of the reasons for reporting. Instead of appreciating, why they do so ? who knows ?

    i received excellent answers. The answers will create awareness in the mind of youngsters. i asked this question from the literature which was approximately some 2000 years old named ‘VIVEKA CHINTHAMANI’

    Chekkukku theriyuma sivalinga mahimai ?

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  • 1 decade ago

    I say Veers, many idle ones and good for nothing ones also visit the site. some of them may have been hurt by your quotes and comments. After all people are not only selfish but feel guilty for their irresponsibility. So they would have shown the anger on you.

    Is it really new to you? You are already a major contributor and should know the state of things in yahoo! I only get surprised if some good Qs and good answers survives till resolution!!

  • 1 decade ago

    Yahoo team does not seem to evaluate the material on merits but seems to go with proposals of some group of persons. Many times I had failed to have malicious and balatantly abusive contents. On the other hand I had seen many harmless Qs seeking sincere responses - including a few of mine and my several contacts - have been deleted unceremoniously even after appeals.

    You can see even now many trolls posting very abusive content to hurt people of some or other religious, political, racial group, in the yahoo answers, with total impunity, while many Qs and As of harmless nature are deleted summarily.

    Either yahoo is so understaffed to cope with the enormous mails of appeals etc or utterly unconcerned with quality of its members. Domination of unscrupulous people would make more and more serious contributors to leave the forum for good. There seems to be no way out in the absence of yahoo team trying to be serious about this.

  • Dear Veers,

    In my opinion , though you used Tamil script , you gave the English gist of those 7 reasons.So people who are supposed to know English in YA shall understand your answer .So In no way it appears to be a Violation.

    There are some YA R & S members who openly declare that they do not like some persons.

    I have Two such members of level 4 I think who said whatever the answer I give they always give thumbs down and continued to give TDs to my answers what ever the answer be.

    Why I am saying this is there are persons who are predetermined to report if they think there is a slightest reason (though it is incorrect technically), to report the question or give TDs .

    We can not do any thing in such cases except again appealing to YA and getting our answer restored with reasonable and logical reply.

    I got like that 4 of my answers restored..

    I have written a detailed email to YA regarding trolls and these type of persons.But it is in vain.

    Let us hope YA members who are misbehaving now will learn themselves to behave .

    I feel so.

    Additional details ;

    Dear Veers, what you said is right.I twice emailed detaledly proposing that at lest 10 or 15 TCs shall report about any violation to be considered by YA team.

    I also proposed that many times BAs are selected , when gone for voting with ONLY ONE VOTE while there are better answer than the one selected as BA.So I proposed to YA that they select a panel of atleast 25 or 50 members in that category and refer the question to them for voting, so that there may be justification of selecting BAs.These members may be changed from time to time and new members added.

    I emailed this proposal too.

    Next very clearly gave an email asking that Using one members personal Photo and Name as it is, is not invation into Privacy of the individual and a Violation? No answer.

    Many members Avatars and Name as it is ( including mine. banjaran ji, micky gg, Vidya rajagopalan ji etc to name a few) are used as it is.Is it not a intrusion into Privacy of the Member and there by a Violation.

    I proposed if any troll uses Avatar and user name as it is or almost similar SHALL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY after the Original mwember reports the matter.No action so far in spite of writing to them 5 times or so.

    What Banjaran ji said is true.I could not vote for that same reason.I don`t understand what is happening in Ya India R & S section especially.

    Let us unite and find a way out.

    Other wise I feel quitting once for all this YA is the BEST.

    ADDITIONAL DETAILS;

    Dear Veers,

    You nsee for this question of very great importance in my view there are only 15 answers , all very good.

    10 stars are there .Why the Hindu community members or Indians , in spite of seeing the question are not either starring it or answering it?

    That is the Unity we have here.

    Why this complacency?

    I expect at least 100 answers minimum .Let me see.

    mentally i have decided to Quit YA once for all.

    Thanks you all for your nice co-operation and educating me.Thanks to all members.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well!!!!!!!!!!

    This has happened many times to me....

    I had appealed many times to Y!A about deletion of Tamil references. Even though I write to customer care stating that "I had provided an equivalent English Translation underneath", The reply is of the tape-recorded dialogue!!!

    "Questions or answers must be written in a comprehensible way, and must be WRITTEN IN THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIC TO THE ANSWERS SITE to which it is uploaded. "

    That implies that Y!A does not care about knowledge base from other languages, even if a valid translation is provided underneath!!

    About those who are reporting them..

    They are hypocrites who could not tolerate other languages !!

    They are lunatic followers of their language...

    Else, they could not understand the meaning!!

    P.S: I could not get how those contents posted in Sanskrit or Hindi alone remain intact.. Though the Indian version of Y!A is in English!!

    I could not get that too.. How an answer with a valid translation be a violation?

    Now a days, I have stopped appealing!!

    @ Kandasamy: Nice suggestion. Let us unite in making a nice forum for ourselves!!!

    @ Banjaran: Yes!!I tried... It is (not) working!!

  • 1 decade ago

    I would appeal this one. It is not clear if the end of your answer is a translation of the non-English part. That should be made clear. If not, then that part of your post is a violation. It is best to reference non-English parts of an answer instead of posting it, so there is no confusion. Also note, the asker made their post a violation in the added details.

  • 1 decade ago

    even the same situation happened to me...when one of my contacts asked a question like she is not receiving any mails of the new answers....i answered that i too experience the same problem....and then my question was deleted and i received a violation notice....i am new to y/a...joined just before 1 month.....and when i received such notice, i was shocked....i still can't understand the reason...

    some people are doing this acts just because they can't tolerate to see someone with tc badge...y/a must take some steps before it becomes much serious....

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