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post #1 by deriDIOt on 15.10.2008 21:48
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If you believe one such action was unfair, mistaken, or accidental, you are free to ask for a reevaluation; this request should preferably be submitted to the moderator who acted originally, if you know who they are. However, complaints about actions on clear rule violations are very likely to be ignored, as are any aggressive requests; it is strongly suggested that you wait until the next day, and then consider whether your request has any chance of going through, before actually writing anything.
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On anime recommendations:
By definition, a recommendation is expressly a positive statement. If you want to write something negative about an anime, use the review feature or write a comment in the comments thread, as everyone else has suggested.
No one is saying you are not allowed to have a negative opinion of an anime; you are simply not to use the anime recommendations feature to express a negative opinion. Use the review, preview, or comments features instead.
For reference, from Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recommend
1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
Last updated on 15 Oct 2017, 21:10 UTC by CDB-Man.