topic Re: Any chance of a delete button in Community Site Feedback

Any chance of a delete button

techguy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:53:41 GMT

So you can delete your post if it doesn't make sense?

Re: Any chance of a delete button

geewizz — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:55:39 GMT

Use the preview button. It takes the same amount of time, you just need to change the order you do things in.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

techguy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:58:16 GMT

Thanks for that geewizz but my suggestion is simply if you do go that extra step, re-read the thread and want to remove your post.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

dvorak — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:00:29 GMT

There did used to be a delete button, but it was removed after misuse.
Just edit your post out and put it didn't make sense.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

Oldjim — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:13:56 GMT

Alternatively - if you really want it removed - click on the report to mooderator link and request removal.
We can't delete it but we can remove it from public view

Re: Any chance of a delete button

community — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:22:41 GMT

OOPS wrong thread.....

Re: Any chance of a delete button

techguy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:24:28 GMT

No all I was asking for was a delete button for your own posts.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

Oldjim — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:26:22 GMT

and the reply by addiewoo covered that.
It was before your time I think but a user deleted all his posts which really messed up a lot of threads

Re: Any chance of a delete button

techguy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:45:59 GMT

Sorry, thought that community thought I was making a bid for moderation

Re: Any chance of a delete button

community — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:53:12 GMT

Sorry, I should explain that my "OOPS, wrong thread" referred to a reply to another thread I had just typed and sent...but to the wrong thread and there was no way of deleting my comments.
cheers
LATER : having just read my above, if you understand what I wrote, you're a genius . I should have more lessons in writing good english!

Re: Any chance of a delete button

pjmarsh — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:24:49 GMT

Quote from: Oldjim
Alternatively - if you really want it removed - click on the report to mooderator link and request removal.
We can't delete it but we can remove it from public view

You can't report your own posts can you? Or has that changed?
Phil
Edit: Just tried it, and it doesn't work.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

jelv — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:49:27 GMT

You could change the message to contain some profanities that are sure to get someone else reporting it to the moderators.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

Oldjim — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:50:45 GMT

Quote from: pjmarsh
Quote from: Oldjim
Alternatively - if you really want it removed - click on the report to mooderator link and request removal.
We can't delete it but we can remove it from public view
You can't report your own posts can you? Or has that changed?
Phil
Edit: Just tried it, and it doesn't work.

You learn something every day

Re: Any chance of a delete button

Alex — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:27:14 GMT

Yes, I remember it being removed.
I can't remember the last time I needed to remove one of my posts, but I guess you can always edit the text to 'removed' .. or something like that. I don't seem to get it on these forums now, but on the old phpBB forums I used to often accidentally make a duplicate post and it was handy to be able to remove the second one.
Thing is though, if someone were to edit all their posts and remove all content, then that would mess up threads as well. Not as much as if the post was removed, but you still wouldn't know what people were replying to.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

pjmarsh — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:35:11 GMT

At least you would know something had been going on though. If I remember right, when the incident happened and someone deleted a load of their own posts, it got very confusing as it wasn't obvious that the deleted post ever existed.
Phil

Re: Any chance of a delete button

pierre_pierre — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:43:07 GMT

well another bright spark did a similar thing recently deleted a large amount of comments and just left a smiley - same bad result, very disjointed threads

Re: Any chance of a delete button

ChemicalBrother — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:12:03 GMT

Well, the only real solution is to take draconian measures and remove the edit_own_post rights from all users, thus leaving the Board Moderators the only ones who can edit posts..
Your call

Re: Any chance of a delete button

Oldjim — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:16:09 GMT

Not necessarily correct - some forum software allows a limited time edit which would get round most of the problems.
However I don't know if this software has that feature
Checking - SMF supports this
User Not Allowed to Edit Own Post After X Hours

Re: Any chance of a delete button

techguy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:22:05 GMT

Ever regret starting a thread as I know I regret this one.

Re: Any chance of a delete button

James — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:23:45 GMT

Is that permission set by group?
IE: One rule for Mods and one for the lackies?