topic Delete post option? in Discussions & Feedback

Delete post option?

Liquid — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:50:53 GMT

Has anyone else lost their delete post button?

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Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:22:34 GMT

i'll just test, yep i have to, cant delete this, drat, they'll think im a troll

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Cleoriff — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:21:58 GMT

Hi Liquid. Is that in the Options section? (top right hand corner) If so, I haven't got it now either!

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Liquid — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:23:22 GMT

Indeed that was the one 😞

Dont understand where its gone.

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Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:24:14 GMT

possibly pm toby or chiara

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Liquid — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:25:43 GMT

Done and done. I got impatient waiting for a reply so thought id ask everyone haha.

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Cleoriff — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:26:50 GMT

Yes...when I posted something the other day and realised I had made a spelling mistake, I couldnt amend or delete the post! its like they want to see every error we make! Ps..A query now while you are online. What does OP mean in relation to folk posting stuff (in my line of work OP meant operation!):smileyvery-happy:

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Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:27:43 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Yes...when I posted something the other day and realised I had made a spelling mistake, I couldnt amend or delete the post! its like they want to see every error we make! Ps..A query now while you are online. What does OP mean in relation to folk posting stuff (in my line of work OP meant operation!):smileyvery-happy:

original poster, the user that made the thread or topic

Re: Delete post option?

Cleoriff — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:29:13 GMT

Thanks for that...simple but effective!

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Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:34:55 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Thanks for that...simple but effective!

thats how everything should be

Re: Delete post option?

Cleoriff — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:53:07 GMT

Agree totally. However sometimes, with the level of technical expertise shown on here, I forget to look for the simple and start looking for the obscure

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Liquid — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:12:10 GMT

Easily done

Should probably collate a dictionary of the standard acronyms used on this forums.

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MI5 — Fri, 03 May 2013 23:02:51 GMT

Test post to see if I can edit or delete.....

Edit, yep, I can edit, but delete has gone !!

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perksie — Sat, 04 May 2013 00:08:51 GMT

I sometimes find that the "Delete" and "Edit" buttons are gone!

No "Delete" button for this post either, straight after I've posted.

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Liquid — Sat, 04 May 2013 01:05:31 GMT

Nice to know I'm not losing it:)

Well not too much anyway

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jonsie — Sat, 04 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT

It has normally been that you can delete or edit a post straight away but the delete option had disappeared after someone else posted after you.

EDIT...Yes delete option has self deleted itself!!

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Toby — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:49:32 GMT

Hi guys,

I have removed this option from the community for a good reason.

Luckily, right now we have very little abuse or offensive content on the community (which is wonderful), but if we do get any, I don't want the ability to delete it to be present, as it could mean that we miss stuff that is nasty or upsets anyone. So it's to protect you all

I hope that makes sense!

Toby

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MI5 — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:52:31 GMT

I don't understand as you could only delete your own posts, so if you wrote something nasty and then thought better of it you could just edit it anyway?

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jonsie — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:12:03 GMT

I think the option to delete your own post should remain. It surely should be an option to at least edit the post, this again is no longer an option after an hour or so.

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Liquid — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:15:58 GMT

I do agree completely with the edit option remaining. I can understand that some people edit previous posts to support their flawed arguments but its pretty obvious when that happens.

I like being able to edit when I spot a stupid mistake I've made when posting previously.