Delete Test - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2019, 08:35:49 pm
content: Well someone's got to try it.Edit:I can't delete this 1st post.So you can't delete the 1st (new) post in a thread, but I think I have in the past when I've changed my mind.You can delete any ofyour repliesto any thread of course.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2019, 08:57:49 pm
content: Correct, the OP of a topic cannot be removed but the content can be edited or removed.Quoting the OP as a reference should it be edited:Quote from: StillTrying on September 01, 2019, 08:35:49 pm

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 05:29:06 am
content: It makes sense, logically.The first (original) post creates an anchor for the replies to hang off. Removing the anchor would mean all the subsequent posts would have nowhere to hang, effectively deleting them. This is not nice behaviour and should not be allowed outside the Mods or Admin.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 06:06:23 am
content: I try and keep quotes to a minimum but if I happen to be the first response in a thread then I will now always quote the opening post without hesitation. I've been bitten before where after helping somebody out they later deleted or edited the opening post which has left me looking like a fool and the thread looking like a dogs breakfast.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 06:08:22 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on September 02, 2019, 05:29:06 amIt doesn't make sense if nobody has replied yet.

author: shakalnokturn
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 08:47:47 am
content: Quote from: StillTrying on September 01, 2019, 08:35:49 pmDidn't I say this double flag thing would ruin the forum database?

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 12:14:38 pm
content: Quote from: magic on September 02, 2019, 06:08:22 amYes, I mean just when your new post is the only one there, such as just started a new post in the wrong group, or just posted and then seen that someone else has already recently posted on the same subject.Quote from: Brumby on September 02, 2019, 05:29:06 amYes, too late once someone else has replied to it.I thought I had started a new thread in chat in the past, and then decided it was a daft question so immediately removed it.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 08:17:16 pm
content: If you create a topic in error, just reply to it politely asking people not to bother responding and you've reported it to the moderators for deletion.If someone edits their first post, completely removing it after people have already responded, simply report it to the moderators and let them deal with it. I'm quite sure they'll be given a warning for the first offence and banned if they keep doing it.

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 08:56:54 pm
content: Quote from: StillTrying on September 01, 2019, 08:35:49 pmStill Trying ?

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 09:33:39 pm
content: Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on September 02, 2019, 08:56:54 pmNo, I only tried to delete it twice.Were you here when Dave tried the Thanked: experiments, yours seems to have stuck as well, it must be yet another forum bug.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 09:50:32 pm
content: FYI for the benefit of those who insist on making up their own interpretation of Dave's rules for the forum. This is what he has said IN THE RULES."You are free to delete or edit your own posts at any time."Want him to change it. Ask him.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2019, 10:34:34 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on September 02, 2019, 09:50:32 pmWhich is quite fair enough and implies your posts while meeting forum rules are your own IP.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2019, 09:46:46 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on September 02, 2019, 09:50:32 pmI have asked the moderators, by reporting your post, asking that very question:"Can a moderator or administrator please confirm the rules permit someone to create a thread and wipe the original post, after others have replied? This is wrong in my opinion & I'm sure I recall someone being banned or given a warning for this behaviour!"Hopefully I'll get a response. I'm not sure if it got through. I tried thrice and got a data base error. I'll try a private message to Dave and Simon, if there's no response.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2019, 11:04:40 am
content: Quote from: Zero999 on September 05, 2019, 09:46:46 amI've seen newbies remove too much of the text of a first post when they've realized what they've wrote doesn't make much sense. But I don't think I've ever seen anyone (that matters) do it on purpose to make to following posts make less sense, and they probably wouldn't know about eevblog rule # 48,255.2 anyway.I did think that if you started a new post and realized it was in the wrong group you could delete it within the golden minute, but you can't. So just quickly delete the text and put Please Delete.I don't think there's anything to be fixed, if there's going to be a rule for every 0.012% of things that might happen there's going to be an awful lot of rules, (8,333.33 to be exact).

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2019, 11:48:44 am
content: Quote from: Zero999 on September 05, 2019, 09:46:46 amThe first post that creates a thread is special in that it must anchor the thread in the database. Ordinary users cannot delete that post. Any other post after the first can be removed by the poster.But never the less according to the rules in a sticky post by EEVblog in "General Chat" users are free to edit or delete a post and I have to assume that includes removing the text from the first post in a thread.I think Dave has bigger problems with some of the stuff people don't delete as distinct from what they think better of. A bit of self moderation goes a long way. And whilst not wanting to speak for Dave I do get the impression he leans towards less is more when it comes to rules.You could always usurp Dave's forum rules, just requote everything. But I wouldn't support peoples individual rights being trampled like that.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 06, 2019, 06:53:15 am
content: The first post cannot be removed as wilfred said because it is the thread starter and deleting it would make all the other posts orphans. People can delete their posts if they wish but to destroy the first post in the thread is deemed to be in very bad taste, the same as double posting or the OP demanding the thread to be removed because they no longer need it (yes it has been asked, and they have been told what to go do with themselves).