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delete thread please

ITman · 2009-02-23 19:41:14

Hi, Can you please delete this old thread? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/archive/index.php/t-125848.html the thread is over 5 years old and I'd like to reuse the domain for personal use. thanks

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23-02-2009 8:41pm

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ITman

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Hi, Can you please delete this old thread? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/archive/index.php/t-125848.html

the thread is over 5 years old and I'd like to reuse the domain for personal use. thanks

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#2 23-02-2009 8:44pm
Gordon

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Why do you need the thread deleted to reuse the domain?

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#3 23-02-2009 9:49pm
ITman

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the archived thread is being crawled by google, hence the request.

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#4 23-02-2009 11:49pm
seamus

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Even if it's deleted, google will continue to keep it in cache indefinitely. So there's no point in deleting it.

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#5 24-02-2009 10:52am
ITman

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yes google will keep it in the cache, but if the thread is removed then google will either find a page cannot be displayed, or something simliar to ...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055223535

Another user had a similiar request to remove a thread ...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055252544&highlight=delete+thread

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#6 24-02-2009 10:57am
seamus

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That's a very different type of request.

In the interests of my technical curiosity, I've removed it. But I'm still doubtful that Google will remove it from cache. It Google 404's a link, it retains the page in cache indefinitely.

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#7 24-02-2009 11:48am
ITman

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thanks Seamus, that seemed to do the job

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