Why has my post been removed?

[ashcoding]

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Removed-Posts/A-Comparison-of-ScriptRunner-for-Jira-Server-and-Jira-Cloud/td-p/2272882

[Brant Schroeder]

@ashcoding my guess is because of the link you placed in the post.  

[ashcoding]

Hi Brant,

Thanks for your response.

How can I share the content then?  It is a document that describes the challenges when migrating from ScriptRunner for Jira Server to ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud with multiple examples.

It has been well received on LinkedIn so I thought I would publish is more widely.

Cheers

Mike

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Does it break any of the guidelines at https://community.atlassian.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/rules-of-engagement ?

The usual ones from genuine posters that cause breaches are adverts, stuff that takes people outside Community instead of posting the content in the Community, and using other people's content (posting stuff that Atlassian have already documented for example)

[ashcoding]

The post in question contained a link to a document written by me and copyrighted to my company (Ashcoding Ltd). It seems to break the rules because I am not a level four user.

As I said previously, it has been posted and well-received on LinkedIn. I suspect that I am not the only person to fall foul of this rule. It strikes me that the community is shooting itself in the foot by not allowing useful content like this to be published.

Migrating from ScriptRunner for Server to ScriptRunner for Cloud is going to be difficult enough without this sort of censorship … good luck to anyone who might of benefited!

How else can I publish this? If I can't then I might as well cancel my account.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

It's not about your level.  At a glance, your post

• Does not contribute to Community because it's just a link to content outside it
• Could look like an (unattributed) advert for your company
• Could contain content lifted from Atlassian or Adaptavist's content (yes, I'm an Adaptavist, I have deliberately not read the doc beyond the first page so that I can not judge that)

The right way to publish this in Community is to publish it as a discussion or article so that people do not have to leave Community to read it.  Be clear that it is an advert for your company, and cite the sources (if you've borrowed from anywhere).  If it's too long for a single post, then summarise sections, and link to more detail where needed.

[ashcoding]

Let's take each of those in turn: -

• Does not contribute to Community because it's just a link to content outside it
  • It very much does contribute - it documents some of my experiences in migrating ScriptRunner for Server to ScriptRunner for Cloud.  The feedback I've had on LinkedIn indicates that there is a need for more understanding given the (huge) differences.
• Could look like an (unattributed) advert for your company
  • I have to attribute it to my company - I wrote it and I work for Ashcoding Ltd.
• Could contain content lifted from Atlassian or Adaptavist's content
  • Read beyond the first page and you'll see that I have cited Adaptavist and Atlassian sources.
• If it's too long for a single post, then summarise sections, and link to more detail where needed.
  • I wanted to publish it as an entire document - it makes more sense that way.
  • I think I'll stick to LinkedIn in future😉

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

ok, similarly:

• Does not contribute to Community because it's just a link to content outside it
  • It very much does contribute
    • Where?  There's no actual content, just an external link
• Could look like an (unattributed) advert for your company
  • I have to attribute it to my company - I wrote it and I work for Ashcoding Ltd.
    • Where are you attributing it?  Your display name contains no detail (it looks like a nickname, which is fine as a name, but does not indicate that you are working for the company)
    • It is not clear that there is advertising in the content
• Could contain content lifted from Atlassian or Adaptavist's content
  • Read beyond the first page and you'll see that I have cited Adaptavist and Atlassian sources.
  • Fair enough, but I said I did not read it to avoid accusations of judgement, I'm not going to put myself in there
• If it's too long for a single post, then summarise sections, and link to more detail where needed.
  • I wanted to publish it as an entire document - it makes more sense that way.
    • Again, fair, but it does not fit with the guidelines.

One thing that the guidelines do not mention is that linking to content outside Community rather than posting within it, removes the ability for the Community to directly comment on, moderate, or correct, the content when it is wrong.

It's a source of massive frustration for a lot of the Community that there is so much content outside it that is just... so... wrong, and they have no way to say so.  (Do not take that as my saying you have anything wrong.  As I said, I did not read it, to avoid exactly that)