Self deleting posts
The action: If a person wishes to delete one of their own posts they can currently do so. The downside: IF that post happens to also be a leadTopic (ie, it's the leading comment in a thread), then...
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Crooked Bone wrote:Lord Elrond wrote:BEAST wrote:LIke I said in the other thread, I'm all for deleting one post at a time, but not necessarily an entire thread. But of course, as an admin/mod, you've...
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I am going to choose not to choose on this topic....right? If you creat a thread, then immediately or later delete your posting, the thread should remain if others have posted in it. Your original...
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But would it really strike you as being that tragic, if you found your posts missing along with the thread itself? Is it really that important?
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Lord Elrond wrote:Crooked Bone wrote:Lord Elrond wrote: Amen. That's exactly what I mean, B. Whole reason why I enjoy having this kind of power over my own threads.You shouldn't have any "power" over...
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For the record, I don't think I've ever had occasion to delete a thread of mine once it was up and running. I think I've only deleted those which had no responses a couple days or so after having...
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There's a whole lot of "What ifs" going on. Historically speaking, 99% of threads that were removed by the creator deleting their post were done so within moments of being created in the first place....
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Laethyn wrote: Also, stop calling people idiots. Side note: that made me laugh. On topic, here's my opinion for what it's worth. I don't think any member (ie non-mod) should have the power to delete...
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Yeah, I wish I could change it and put in some "breaks", as I said before. Things like only allow topic-starter posts to be deleted if there are no replies. That said, as it currently stands, IF a...
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So there we have it. A grand total of 13 votes :\ 7 for removing, 6 for keeping.
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Settings updated. It's done on a forum by forum basis. I think I got 'em all, but if you still see the option somewhere, drop a reply here and let me know what forum you saw it in so I can update the...
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13 votes? This convenient feature was just removed because of a whopping 13 votes? You're kidding me, right? No. I suppose you're not, at that. *sigh* Well... rather than sit up here and whine about...
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Hmm. There's not even an option to delete your own singular posts anymore.
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Correct. As I pointed out, the setting is an all or nothing kind of thing. That the entire crux of the problem is that there isn't the fine granularity of being able to prevent threadLeader posts...
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Lord Elrond wrote: Hmm. There's not even an option to delete your own singular posts anymore.Another thing you can do to delete your post would be to "edit your post", then just erase everything and...
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But be sure to not use : and ) for your smiley face or you end up with :), or at least I thought you were supposed to end up with a dancing banana.
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Kammioderin wrote:But be sure to not use : and ) for your smiley face or you end up with :), or at least I thought you were supposed to end up with a dancing banana.You still do, the text versions of...
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You mean the things we say have to actually exist forever? Nooooooooo.
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Have the smilies auto-convert is an option that can be set as well. I'm guessing, when it was initially set, it didn't make sense to have them in the polls section. But, I'm just guessing. That option...
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