My posts were removed

Question

Hello Admin,
I have been participating in the Java Essentials category since September 2010. From the past couple of weeks, most of posts were disappeared or removed, even though that was marked as "Correct" or "Helpful" by the OP. I have lost around 45 to 50 points by this informal removal. I am totally disappointed with this. I have a couple questions which are as below,
1. Is there any specific reason for this removal?
2. Should this forum be answerable only by specific persons?
The answers will help to get some clear idea about this OTN forum.
Thanks
Ram

Answer 1

jgarry wrote:
BluShadow wrote:
jgarry wrote:
rukbat wrote:
I am not an Admin but only a fellow forum participant.
A suggestion:
Go back and review the active conversation you've been a part of in the following thread...
How can i rewrite this code into java?
After looking at that thread, my initial reaction is that forum is way too picky, the moderators need to learn some chill.Let's not tar all moderators with the same brush. : )Why not? If a particular moderator in a particular forum is out of line, it colors you all, and Oracle corp.Only in the eyes of the beholder. I, and the other moderators, don't work for Oracle, we're just volunteer members. One bad egg in the box doesn't make the other eggs bad. Treat each as an individual. ; )
It's a newbie forum! I'd be totally with Ram on this one, I think it is perfectly appropriate to answer such a question with a pointer to docs, and after some discussion, even demo code. Spoon-feeding would be initially giving code without any discussion or pointers. A better answer might have been to point out the actual error, but there can often be better answers.The moderators remit is to deal with spam and help out with duplicate posts etc. It shouldn't involve removing posts just because someone has spoon-fed an answer to the OP. We know spoon-feeding is wrong and unhelpful in teaching the OP, but it doesn't warrant the post being removed.
All removals are judgment calls, that's why clear guidelines are necessary. I think [url http://forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=3217111#3217111]hjr described this most clearly a few years ago (and I thank Justin again for a general hands-off attitude, whatever the reason). To me it is painfully predictable that moderators are as herdable as programmers, so something like a moderator faq is necessary.
Indeed, and the moderators have been clearly told by the admin to only delete spam (or duplicate postings where appropriate i.e. nobody has yet replied to them). Other "issues" should be raised up to admin to look at and decide.