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Join Date: Nov 2003
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I can't delete my own posts, even after checking the Delete? box and hitting the Delete button. What am I doing wrong?
(Last edited by selowitch; Apr 29, 2004 at 08:48 PM.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by selowitch:
What am I doing wrong?
Nothing, you aren't an admin.
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Originally posted by gorickey:
Nothing, you aren't an admin.
But, but, but ... if I post something that I realize later is redundant, shouldn't I be able to retract my own posts, thereby saving the admins some work?!
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by selowitch:
But, but, but ... if I post something that I realize later is redundant, shouldn't I be able to retract my own posts, thereby saving the admins some work?!
I would agree with you. But, alas, the admins do not (as this time)....
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Administrator  Join Date: Mar 2000
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deleting a post would also allow you to leave no record of an offending post (say, if someone reported it).
if you posted something by mistake or it is redundant, simply edit your post and write "nevermind" in it.
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Plus it's a cool Nirvana reference.
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Mac Elite
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Originally posted by Demonhood:
deleting a post would also allow you to leave no record of an offending post (say, if someone reported it).
That hadn't occurred to me. Good point.
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by Demonhood:
deleting a post would also allow you to leave no record of an offending post (say, if someone reported it).
True.
But, that doesn't make any sense if you think about it from the perspective of how would I know if somebody reported it in the first place? If I knew it was bad in the first place and had the "potential" of being reported, and I delete it myself and/or put "Nevermind" in it's place...that is a good thing, right? It basically means I took care of the problem before any admin could get to it (thus, less "view" time for others to be offended)...
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Professional Poster
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Originally posted by gorickey:
True.
But, that doesn't make any sense if you think about it from the perspective of how would I know if somebody reported it in the first place? If I knew it was bad in the first place and had the "potential" of being reported, and I delete it myself and/or put "Nevermind" in it's place...that is a good thing, right? It basically means I took care of the problem before any admin could get to it (thus, less "view" time for others to be offended)...
Maybe each revision of a post is recorded.
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by bradoesch:
Maybe each revision of a post is recorded.
Mods...is this true?
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Originally posted by Demonhood:
deleting a post would also allow you to leave no record of an offending post (say, if someone reported it).
Yea, but I can edit it... so show mw the offending post 
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