One of my posts was removed and flagged without any explanation. The post included a link to a GitHub repository with open-source code that I wrote.
I understand that moderators may remove posts if there is a rule violation, safety concern, or missing information, but I think it would be fair to at least explain the reason. Open-source communities should encourage technical discussion, review, and verification, especially when someone has spent many hours developing and sharing something that may help others.
The post was about installing OpenWrt on the Zyxel EX5601 router without using UART. The source code is public, and the intention is to make the process easier for users who do not have UART access. It is not malware, it is not closed-source, and GitHub has no issue with the repository.
Of course, if there is a concern about the method, safety, wording, or forum rules, I am happy to correct the post, add warnings, provide logs, or explain how the code works. But removing it without explanation makes it difficult to work in future.
no it is not same but it is related project, actually there have been five different project we develop around this router, this one is one of the them.
Just an auto-response from the system. It was likely not a human, "bot" informing me that the post was removed because it was flagged. I sent a message asking the reason for the flagging, but no response.
I did not find this to be a duplicate post as it was flagged - I think we were a bit hasty taking this action without careful consideration. However, if others strongly disagree with this action - let's discuss.
@krys1 - this was my mistake. I'm sorry for the trouble it has caused.
As @thess said, it had been flagged as a duplicate post. It was my fault for not reading the posts carefully enough to distinguish them. I'll try to be more diligent in the future, and I sincerely apologize for my error in taking down your post.
In the future, if there are questions or issues, please feel free to reach out to the admins or mods directly so that we can address them more quickly.
EDIT: I also want to address this point:
There are two factors here from a mod/admin perspective:
The forum software's handling of flags
Time/energy for handling flags
The forum software basically just sends an automatic message to the poster when a flag is "approved" to indicate that the post has been removed. Discourse doesn't really have a good mechanism for us to provide more detail or a human touch to the message. And that leads to the time element -- if we were to write a personal message each time a post was flagged/removed, we wouldn't have time to handle all the other forum tasks. As such, the notifications are simple and automated by the system.
That said, as mentioned above, if we make a mistake or there are other reasons that post should have remained, please feel free to reach out to us to discuss.
@krys1 I am an outsider, and theoretically have no say in whatever happened. But from this observational position, I recognized that the admin/mod are humans, and they are working on this initiative on their free time. Even in our professional work, we make mistakes a lot of times. That's very irritating and annoying inconveniences. But it is a part of our miserable life as human.
The community is actually in every human like you--who contributed code to the open-source community, got taken down, and spoke up; the mods--who spent a lot their time on this initiative; and me--a nobody who offlined for a very long time, occasionally surface to see what news I can do or learn. We are doing the exact correct things to keep this community alive, even though individually it might seems "wrong".
Thank you for restoring the post, and I truly appreciate the support from the community. yes we are all humans, and humans can misunderstand things, react too quickly, or make mistakes, especially when people are giving their free time to maintain a community. I also understand that moderators and admins have a difficult job, and I do not want this situation to become personal or negative. My intention was only to share something useful, ask for clarity, and keep the discussion open. will continue to be part of OSS in a constructive way, learning from others and hopefully contributing something helpful back to the community.