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Was this violation notice fair?


Hello Mr. Peabody
You have posted content to Yahoo! Answers in violation of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. As a result, your content has been deleted. Community Guidelines help to keep Yahoo! Answers a safe and useful community, so we appreciate your consideration of its rules.

Question: Need URGENT HELP for 28 yr old son. Suicidal,can’t function w/society. No ins.& needs meds. Diabetic.Who can ?

Question Details: Need URGENT help for 28 yr old son that is suicidal, severely depressed & cannot function in society. No insurance & needs meds! He’s DIABETIC. Court ordered rehabs-no help.Can’t t/w him or make decisions. Who/what do I contact for HELP?!

Deleted Answer: Allow me to point out that your question has been posted in the Sports-Hockey category. Hockey people are not primarily noted for highly developed social skills. If you repost your question in the Family-Relationships category, you’re likely to get more helpful answers. Good luck.

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My question is: Should I have not responded at all because I couldn’t answer her question? Or should I have worded it differently and if so how (and wouldn’t that be a violation anyway)? Or should Yahoo have done something different?

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  1. #1 by mclovinzzz on April 29, 2010 - 7:42 am

    well you were just making a valid point so i guess not

  2. #2 by Kimmy (QOP) on April 29, 2010 - 7:52 am

    It is an automated response. I do not feel you should have had a violation. Yahoo does not read most of the things it gets. We have all seen that. Maybe you should have added something to the effect of call a help line. That is all I can think of.

  3. #3 by ? on April 29, 2010 - 8:10 am

    I would have left it as it was. Sports people usually have a knowledge outside sports

  4. #4 by αвυ- ℓιfє'ѕ gσσ∂ on April 29, 2010 - 8:17 am

    When I see a question like that, I either don’t answer the question and just report it, or I answer the question AND say what you’ve said.

  5. #5 by Awesome Bill is back! on April 29, 2010 - 8:59 am

    Your second sentence could have been the reason:

    “Hockey people are not primarily noted for highly developed social skills.”

    There are just way too many sensitive people who use the report abuse tool.

  6. #6 by cme on April 29, 2010 - 9:00 am

    I can’t believe these misplaced question aren’t considered fair game. I got one for answering a question about some person having trouble swallowing. And I was nice about it too. Well, sort of nice, for CME anyway.

  7. #7 by tomjc43 on April 29, 2010 - 9:27 am

    Well I got six violation notices for telling the poster that they were in the wrong section.
    My answer was simply “Not a hockey question”. in all six cases. However in four other cases the answer was acceptable. It must have something to do with AT&T.

  8. #8 by Andrew G on April 29, 2010 - 10:02 am

    yahoo sucks like that

  9. #9 by orcelina on April 29, 2010 - 10:25 am

    i feel your pain….i woke up to a violation this morning for an answer i posted yesterday. all i merely said was “this isn’t the homework help section” for a question regarding weights or some bullsh*t. i’ve got quite a bit of time on my hands this morning so i’ve been reporting questions in the hockey section as spam. i think people who post questions in the wrong sections are the ones who should lose the points. maybe it’ll make them read the screen next time? probably not though.

  10. #10 by SensFan on April 29, 2010 - 10:41 am

    its a very stupid violation yes but still a violation. If you worded it to help the person while pointing out that this is the hockey section then you wouldn’t have been violation anything. Kind of like what I’m doing now telling you this is the hockey section not the yahoo answers section(were it should be) but i still answered your question

  11. #11 by Kimberly on April 29, 2010 - 11:31 am

    if everyone quit answering the non-hockey questions, and reported them.. there would be no violation notices. i feel for you though.

  12. #12 by NB Josh on April 29, 2010 - 11:51 am

    Say what you said and add.

    I would try to contact a doctor or somebody in that field of work.

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