Deleting Your Own Posts [Archive] - Thoughts Media Forums

Jason Dunn

01-22-2003, 11:08 PM

A quick note to let you know that you should now have the ability to delete your own posts in the front-page forums. I think I finally got it working properly, so feel free to give it a test by responding to this thread, then deleting your post. If you run into any problems, please post a message in this thread...but don't delete it. :wink:<br /><br /><b>UPDATE:</b> It would appear that a post cannot be deleted once someone else has responded to it. At that point, you can only edit your post. That limitation makes sense given the threaded nature of discussion boards - you wouldn't want people jumping into a discussion, making inflammatory statements, then deleting their own post and vanishing without a trace... :ninja:

ppeltier

01-22-2003, 11:15 PM

..Worked for me 8)

CTSLICK

01-22-2003, 11:36 PM

good stuff...works fine 8)

Ed Hansberry

01-22-2003, 11:41 PM

Jason, can you please make it so we can delete anyone's posts.
Thanks.
Works for me. Not for you? Maybe you aren't pressing it hard enough. Hmmm........ :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

CTSLICK

01-22-2003, 11:59 PM

Jason, can you please make it so we can delete anyone's posts.
Thanks.
Works for me. Not for you? Maybe you aren't pressing it hard enough. Hmmm........ :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

ROFLOL! :lol:

dh

01-23-2003, 12:16 AM

Jason, can you please make it so we can delete anyone's posts.
Thanks.
Works for me. Not for you? Maybe you aren't pressing it hard enough. Hmmm........ :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ha Ha, very funny.

heov

01-23-2003, 12:49 AM

so can we still delete it even if there has already been a response?

dh

01-23-2003, 12:52 AM

so can we still delete it even if there has already been a response?

It looks like we can't delete if there is another post. My post above yours does not have the little delete button anymore.

Jason Dunn

01-23-2003, 01:33 AM

so can we still delete it even if there has already been a response?

It looks like we can't delete if there is another post. My post above yours does not have the little delete button anymore.

Aw nuts. Ok, in that case I guess all you can do is edit it. I suppose that makes sense in a threaded messaging system...

Janak Parekh

01-23-2003, 01:54 AM

Didn't we have this functionality before? I distinctly remember seeing it shortly after the site switched (err, was coerced ;)) to phpBB.

--janak

Pony99CA

01-23-2003, 08:45 AM

so can we still delete it even if there has already been a response?
It looks like we can't delete if there is another post. My post above yours does not have the little delete button anymore.
Aw nuts. Ok, in that case I guess all you can do is edit it. I suppose that makes sense in a threaded messaging system...
Yes, it makes sense. In fact, it made sense back in the "Help me solve this mystery..." thread (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2205). :-) I figured out the deletion rules there and another user confirmed them by looking at the source code.

Was deletion completely broken in threads started from home page posts? I noticed one time that I didn't see a delete button, but I don't remember if the thread was on the home page.

Steve

schwuk

01-23-2003, 01:33 PM

Maybe Jason's following the slashdot rule of posting...

:lol:

Janak Parekh

01-23-2003, 04:47 PM

Maybe Jason's following the slashdot rule of posting...
To do that, he'd have to misspell a lot more. Sigh... I wish the /. editors would put a spell checker into Slashcode. :?

--janak

Jason Dunn

01-23-2003, 05:28 PM

Yes, it makes sense. In fact, it made sense back...

I thought perhaps this time it would be different - on several of the front page forums I had delete set to ADMIN, not REG (registered users).

I think I finally understand this once and for all. :wink: