Okay, Rule 6 is confusing me now.

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So recently, >>1856156 (merged) got uploaded a lot by the same guy (which I figured out was due to different sources and he said he would avoid doing). This resulted in a number of comments that were hit by rule 6 (no derailing the comments with meta-discussion, specifically). That makes sense.
 
Here’s what’s confusing me.
 
Someone made the false (but reasonable) assumption that these posts were made by different people. I corrected them… then I get hit with a rule violation while they didn’t. That’s what’s confusing me. I’ll accept getting hit by that, but I don’t get why they didn’t. And if it’s because I made an earlier comment that got hit, then 1. I was responding to other comments so I could clear up potential confusion both times, and 2. Making an earlier comment or not shouldn’t matter, since it’s discussing meta information on the image that breaks the rule.
 
I’m not trying to start something here, I’m honestly curious. I get confused by things like this easily, even in my real life. So if I can get some clarification on this, that would be nice. I’m also posting this here and not on the image because this is where we discuss meta things.
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@Jumpitydude  
When we merge together multiple postings of an image, we remove comments about it being already-posted as being off-topic (since merging is essentially invisible to users).
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And please remember that you are talking about this site’s meta data and handling of images on an image that someone else created.
 
If you want to talk about meta data or tags or image merges, please use reports if there’s something you need staff to do about it, or use the Site & Policy forums if you want to talk about why something was done with an image, including merges, tags, etc.
 
The idea is that the comments on an artist’s image should be about the art.
 
And using that space to talk about meta issues on this site is kind of impolite.
 
It’s like going to a concert and standing up during the performance to complain about the seats or the parking.
 
So, we ask that those kinds of discussions go elsewhere.
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Fair, but that’s not what’s confusing me. After the images were merged, someone thought multiple people uploaded the image. Their comment wasn’t removed. I responded by just telling them that it was one person. My comment was removed.
 
Both comments were about metadata, but only one of them was removed. That’s what’s confusing me. All of the earlier comments (including my own) made sense. My later comment made sense. The one that wasn’t removed (Punyeto’s comment) is what’s confusing me. Why wasn’t that removed?
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@Jumpitydude  
Assuming that you were right, being “right” doesn’t make you on topic. Being “right” doesn’t mean you aren’t continuing to create drama about meta data conversations that are already in the past, on an artist’s image where the artis has already asked for it to be dropped, or, at least, cleaned up.
 
Other comments that were not deleted were the result of an entire team of staff working to respect the artist’s wishes, and talking with other users in PMs, and trying to not leave the entire thread a disaster-land of deleted posts, and a few stragglers that made no sense.
 
So the whole situation is far from an optimal situation, but what you tried to do was making it worse.
 
PS: you don’t know what happened behind the scenes, or who was or wasn’t involved in the final resolution, And at the point you were trying to clarify “who was to blame” you were not adding useful data.
 
.. seriously, and sincerely, do you think it’s wrong or inappropriate of us to ask that you not debate metadata or “who is to blame” for procedural issues on artist’s images?
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And I hope I’ve explained why it’s so important to us to not have metadata discussions, or discussions about site policy and practice, on images - especially after the artist themselves have asked people to stop.
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@CrashGordon94  
As the OP can see by looking at the image today, their statement that was deleted is incorrect and was so as soon as we resolved the “Which version should remain on the site” problem (although what happened with all of that behind the scenes is not for public consumption).
 
In addition, by continuing to cast shade on the person who was the publicly viewable uploader for a day or two the comment only served to escalate the very drama we were trying to deal with on that image.
 
The comment that was not deleted is still correct today, and at the time it was posted helped to deescalate the situation, so it was not deleted.
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