Deleting posts

[coinneach]

Does anyone else find it mistifying when posts are deleted?
I posted one on the Clinic Froome thread, only to find it gone 12 hours later.
No explanation, nor have I the slighted idea why.
Is it too much to ask for an explanation when it happens?

 

[Netserk]

No.
Yes.

 

[BigMac]

Hi coin, when was this post made? Earlier today? I can't find records of a post of yours being deleted. I can see one of your posts that would more or less fit in the time frame you give is still there.

Could it be this one?

 

[coinneach]

Re:

Hi coin, when was this post made? Earlier today? I can't find records of a post of yours being deleted. I can see one of your posts that would more or less fit in the time frame you give is still there.

Could it be this one?

Yep, sorry, really shouldn't post after a night out!
I still think one should be notified of deleted posts though

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Hi coin, when was this post made? Earlier today? I can't find records of a post of yours being deleted. I can see one of your posts that would more or less fit in the time frame you give is still there.

Could it be this one?

Yep, sorry, really shouldn't post after a night out!
I still think one should be notified of deleted posts though

No worries. I think that's a good advice.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

my post in the contender thread was deleted?

 

[Benotti69]

had a couple deleted but no reason as to why. Is this a new mod flexing their muscles....as so much 'stuff' has been left unedited and deleted in recent times it was a free for all.................

 

[ferryman]

Re:

had a couple deleted but no reason as to why. Is this a new mod flexing their muscles....as so much 'stuff' has been left unedited and deleted in recent times it was a free for all.................

There isn't an option now to give a reason when deleting a post, they just go. I'm not comfortable with it at all as I know how I would feel if one of my posts simply disappeared. But there you are, we are stuck with it. I would probably send a PM if a posters post was deleted as part of a collateral clean up on a thread but not sure if it is viable every time a post is deleted for other reasons. Don't shoot the messenger..

 

[mrhender]

I think that deleting posts should be last option as it seems there is no way of recovering those at all?.. For me as a poster on here a warning to get back on topic or take things to pm/sidebar thread would be my preferred option.. If a cleanup of "off topic blocks" is deemed necessary then a mod statement in the given thread would for me be a good way to go... in general though, I prefer posts being kept for posterity.. for better and worse..

 

[Sciocco]

Re: Re:

had a couple deleted but no reason as to why. Is this a new mod flexing their muscles....as so much 'stuff' has been left unedited and deleted in recent times it was a free for all.................

There isn't an option now to give a reason when deleting a post, they just go. I'm not comfortable with it at all as I know how I would feel if one of my posts simply disappeared. But there you are, we are stuck with it. I would probably send a PM if a posters post was deleted as part of a collateral clean up on a thread but not sure if it is viable every time a post is deleted for other reasons. Don't shoot the messenger..

Would it be significantly more time consuming to edit posts or move them to a hidden sub-forum instead of deleting them?

 

[ferryman]

Re: Re:

had a couple deleted but no reason as to why. Is this a new mod flexing their muscles....as so much 'stuff' has been left unedited and deleted in recent times it was a free for all.................

There isn't an option now to give a reason when deleting a post, they just go. I'm not comfortable with it at all as I know how I would feel if one of my posts simply disappeared. But there you are, we are stuck with it. I would probably send a PM if a posters post was deleted as part of a collateral clean up on a thread but not sure if it is viable every time a post is deleted for other reasons. Don't shoot the messenger..

Would it be significantly more time consuming to edit posts or move them to a hidden sub-forum instead of deleting them?

There is no hidden sub forum! When they go they go. Editing posts brings lots of pain, nobody wants a post edited without given a reason why..

 

[Sciocco]

Re: Re:

had a couple deleted but no reason as to why. Is this a new mod flexing their muscles....as so much 'stuff' has been left unedited and deleted in recent times it was a free for all.................

There isn't an option now to give a reason when deleting a post, they just go. I'm not comfortable with it at all as I know how I would feel if one of my posts simply disappeared. But there you are, we are stuck with it. I would probably send a PM if a posters post was deleted as part of a collateral clean up on a thread but not sure if it is viable every time a post is deleted for other reasons. Don't shoot the messenger..

Would it be significantly more time consuming to edit posts or move them to a hidden sub-forum instead of deleting them?

There is no hidden sub forum! When they go they go. Editing posts brings lots of pain, nobody wants a post edited without given a reason why..

Can they add a hidden sub forum (or maybe even a thread! ) just for this? The "deleted" thread where "deleted" posts exist in the discussion board purgatory.

 

[krebs303]

If it exists is it deleted? If is not deleted it cannot go in the deleted thread which is not really deleted.
If they are deleted are they not to be seen by the unworthy.
this post will self delete automatically

 

[cellardoor]

Appears I had two posts vaguely about Kristoff deleted from the Tour Stage 2 thread. I appreciate it was chit-chat, but the thread was slow moving at the time so seems a bit draconian to delete them. It's the first time I've had a post deleted so I'd be genuinely interested to know if I broke the rules.

 

[Eshnar]

Re: Re:

Would it be significantly more time consuming to edit posts or move them to a hidden sub-forum instead of deleting them?

Yes. Terribly more time consuming I'm afraid, in the current forum layout. Like, two seconds (deleting) vs almost a minute (moving).
Yes, I agree it sucks.

 

[ebandit]

?

.......ok? i'm slow but how do you guys know when you're posts have been deleted?

for me it's...post...........forget.................move on................repeat

Mark L

 

[krebs303]

Re: ?

.......ok? i'm slow but how do you guys know when you're posts have been deleted?

for me it's...post...........forget.................move on................repeat

Mark L

People often re-read great pieces of literature.

 

[blackcat]

Does anyone else find it mistifying when posts are deleted?
I posted one on the Clinic Froome thread, only to find it gone 12 hours later.
No explanation, nor have I the slighted idea why.
Is it too much to ask for an explanation when it happens?

I prolly have had about a hundred of my posts disappear off into the ether.

lots of Wildean drollery just lost to mankind. so sads, so doleful, so disappoints, so tragedious

 

[blackcat]

Re: ?

.......ok? i'm slow but how do you guys know when you're posts have been deleted?

for me it's...post...........forget.................move on................repeat

Mark L

People often re-read great pieces of literature.

tis akin to haiku.

you just need to read with the correct cadence to reconcile the rhythm. it is akin to getting the feel for some GGMarquez magicrealism, you can just get it at some point, then it reveals itself and the tenor.

 

[Jacques de Molay]

That's weird. That post seems to have been deleted when quoted.
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I do have a question though.

Why are we only able to delete some of our own posts and not others?

In the horizontal lists of choices—[Edit post] [Delete post] [Report this post] [Reply with quote]—the one for "Delete post," does not always appear. Is there some timing element involved with this? Does the option disappear for a reason?

 

[Irondan]

That's weird. That post seems to have been deleted when quoted.
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I do have a question though.

Why are we only able to delete some of our own posts and not others?

In the horizontal lists of choices—[Edit post] [Delete post] [Report this post] [Reply with quote]—the one for "Delete this post," does not always appear. Is there some timing element involved with this? Does the option disappear for a reason?

The pic is just broken, not deleted. I'm not sure why.

As for the question you asked about deleting your own post. It's probably a setting in the forum administration panels. When I get a little time I'll go in and check the settings.

 

[Jacques de Molay]

The pic is just broken, not deleted. I'm not sure why.

It was meant as a joke. Read the post from krebs.

It was my handiwork.



But my question about deletions was serious. So thanks in advance if you can get to the bottom of that.

 

[Jacques de Molay]

Why are we only able to delete some of our own posts and not others?

In the horizontal lists of choices—[Edit post] [Delete post] [Report this post] [Reply with quote]—the one for "Delete post," does not always appear. Is there some timing element involved with this? Does the option disappear for a reason?

Still wondering about this. Could it be related to whether or not the post in question has quoted another post within it?

If a mod could step in and delete the mutually-agreed upon exchange between myself and blackcat in the Suspicious Minds thread (in The Clinic), it would be appreciated.
(Reading the last few posts of that thread should be self-explanatory.)

Thanks in advance, if so.

 

[mrhender]

Why are we only able to delete some of our own posts and not others?

In the horizontal lists of choices—[Edit post] [Delete post] [Report this post] [Reply with quote]—the one for "Delete post," does not always appear. Is there some timing element involved with this? Does the option disappear for a reason?

Still wondering about this. Could it be related to whether or not the post in question has quoted another post within it?

If a mod could step in and delete the mutually-agreed upon exchange between myself and blackcat in the Suspicious Minds thread (in The Clinic), it would be appreciated.
(Reading the last few posts of that thread should be self-explanatory.)

Thanks in advance, if so.

It's done.

As for why you can't delete those posts I'll have to look into it.

 

[Afrank]

Why are we only able to delete some of our own posts and not others?

In the horizontal lists of choices—[Edit post] [Delete post] [Report this post] [Reply with quote]—the one for "Delete post," does not always appear. Is there some timing element involved with this? Does the option disappear for a reason?

Still wondering about this. Could it be related to whether or not the post in question has quoted another post within it?

If a mod could step in and delete the mutually-agreed upon exchange between myself and blackcat in the Suspicious Minds thread (in The Clinic), it would be appreciated.
(Reading the last few posts of that thread should be self-explanatory.)

Thanks in advance, if so.

Once a post has been replied to the poster can no longer deleted that post.

Unless you are a board administrator or moderator, you can only edit or delete your own posts. You can edit a post by clicking the edit button for the relevant post, sometimes for only a limited time after the post was made. If someone has already replied to the post, you will find a small piece of text output below the post when you return to the topic which lists the number of times you edited it along with the date and time. This will only appear if someone has made a reply; it will not appear if a moderator or administrator edited the post, though they may leave a note as to why they’ve edited the post at their own discretion. Please note that normal users cannot delete a post once someone has replied.

There is a way to change it so poster can delete after a reply has been posted. But it get's into the coding of the forum. So best to leave those things to owners/developers of CN.