No longer able to delete Post/Thread

[sjh]

Has the ability to delete posts/threads been removed?

I tried removing a post from yesterday to lower bandwidth to my server and cannot find the option.

[Billybob]

Originally Posted by sjh

Has the ability to delete posts/threads been removed?

I tried removing a post from yesterday to lower bandwidth to my server and cannot find the option.

I'm not certain of your exact circumstances but I believe as it stands now there is some time certain after which the option is no longer available, perhaps 24 hours?

That always seemed a very heavy handed way for the site owner to deny members control over the content they'd originally provided, maybe under the new ownership that will change, maybe for the better.

[Brian Carlton]

Originally Posted by sjh

Has the ability to delete posts/threads been removed?

I tried removing a post from yesterday to lower bandwidth to my server and cannot find the option.

You may edit or delete any post that you have authored for a period of exactly 21 days from the date and time of the post.

The rule was instituted to prevent wholesale deletion or sabotage of posts by a disgruntled member at some point in the future.

It's hardly heavy handed.............

[engatwork]

There you go.

[sjh]

Oh I see. You deleted it for me. Thank you.

Does that mean that in general the original poster cannot delete a thread?

Also where does one go to lock a thread?

Thanks.

[junqueyardjim]

Well I know it really irked me that Nate C. the guy I bought my 240D from has deleted all his posts on the work he did. I was going to check on something a year ago and it's all gone. What a Nerd!

[Brian Carlton]

Originally Posted by sjh

Oh I see. You deleted it for me. Thank you.

Does that mean that in general the original poster cannot delete a thread?

Also where does one go to lock a thread?

Thanks.

If you are the OP and you delete the first post, the thread will be deleted.

Or, press "thread tools" on the blue bar above the OP. You can delete or lock the thread with one of the menu selections.

[sjh]

I am not able to access either option.

In this thread as an example. I can delete all of my posts except the first.

When I go to the thread tools on top neither of the options you mention are offered.

[Billybob]

The "wholesale deletion or sabotage of posts by a disgruntled member" was most often a symptom which was the result in the mind of some members of a tyranical and despotic moderating problem, a circumstance was eventually recognised and remedied.

[Ara T.]

Are you hosting the gif yourself or something? Just edit out the image tag

[PaulC]

In my first post, the [save][go advanced][cancel] buttons are there, but not [delete]. when I added a second post to that thread, the [delete] button was added to the roster, and I was able to delete the post.

[Hatterasguy]

Yeah I just tried deleting one of my threads and it doesn't work anymore.

What gives? Sometimes its nice to delete your own thread.

[aklim]

Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Yeah I just tried deleting one of my threads and it doesn't work anymore.

What gives? Sometimes its nice to delete your own thread.

Maybe it should be allowed. That way when a forum member decides to commit suicide by saying "I'm outta here and please delete all my posts", the mod or Admin can simply say "DIY".

[elchivito]

I sent a request recently to mods to have an old thread deleted. No problem. It was taken down.

[Botnst]

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