Deleting posts
#2



Join Date: Jan 2016
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Although you could be empowered to delete individual thread posts, others might have quoted your post, so that needs manual tidy up, and that needs moderation privs.
Deleting a specific reply on a thread does cause issues with numbering of posts on threads, this is more of an annoyance than an issue.
Where someone wants to delete the first post in a thread topic - do they have the power to unilaterally consign all discussion that ensued to the bin? That may annoy others who loose their contributions.
So I think for the above reasons the feature is disabled. You can of course just edit your post to remove the content and just say you deleted it. The process at the moment is to hit the ! Symbol on your own posting and explain to moderator what you suggest is done and why.
Last edited by plunet; Jan 2, 2023 at 3:31 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 10,013
Other forums I'm on restrict edit time to 2 or 3 hours after posting so even editing to remove content wouldn't work. It protects the forum from revenge deletions. PWD posts that are regretted may be flagged to a mod who may or may not remove them.
PWD - Posting While Drunk.
PWD - Posting While Drunk.




