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Why cant you delete you own threads?

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  • 16-10-2006 1:18am
    #1
    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭


    Tried to delete one of mine but cant, just wondering why you cant do it?
    Post edited by Shield on


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    #2
    Sparky
    Registered Users Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    Only a mod can delete a thread.
    You can however delete any posts you have made in your own thread with exception to the first one you have made.

    If you want a thread deleted, just change the title to "delete please" and a mod will do so at their own will.


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    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    Can you not delete it so long as there are no other posts made?

    Or did that change?


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    #4
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Does Edit->Delete->Delete This Message (reason for deletion) not work?


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    #5
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    kaimera wrote:
    Can you not delete it so long as there are no other posts made?

    Or did that change?
    this is still the case, you can delete once no one has replied


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    #6
    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    Why cant i delete it though? I mean, Did the admins have it set that way, or can it not be changed?


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    amp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    It's set that way because when the person who started the thread deleted their post it took the whole thread, including other peoples posts, with it.

    Other people may have liked their posts and made special cards with the words on them printed out and laminated for durability. Deletion of these words might cause them sadness and despair. And that is not the boards way.

    Peace out.


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    #8
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    ^^What amp said.

    Once someone else replies in a thread you started, it no longer becomes "your" thread.

    The actual problem is the same reason why there's a time limit on making edits to your posts - some people were starting threads that went to three pages, then coming back a day later and deleting them.

    If no-one else has replied to your thread, you should still be able to remove it.


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    #9
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Gods. Remember the guy who'd delete everything he posted after a couple of days?

    He turned so many threads into illegible swiss-cheese.


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    We give 48 hours for editing/cooling down period or until someone replies to it. You said it, you should be ready to take responsibility for it. After 48 hours it becomes part of our recent history and I feel it shouldnt be erased from history. You can post a follow up or an explanation of why you felt that way at that time but I dont think you should be able to simply airbrush it from our collective past.

    DeV.


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