Suggested amendment to edit/delete function

[TheOctopus]

skicdave:
TheOctopus:
Question that illuminates my newbie status: can the originator of a New Topic remove the entire thread (by removing his or her initial post or otherwise)? If so, that's a lot of power given to the thread originator -- effectively the power to delete the posts of others; I'd suggest that only moderators have the ability to nuke a thread, if that's not already the case. Not sure about that Octo... its quite possible, must be possible since neither M@ nor I have deleted any threads... in fact I don't think any threads have ever been deleted. The max I will do is replace the odd questionable word, phrase or abbreviation to keep our PG rating.. I'm not even sure what that thread was about. It appears from what's gone on here this AM that the originator of a thread can, by deletion of the original post, thereby delete the entire thread. This gives the thread originator editorial control over others' posts -- in the case of the 9/11 thread, some 80 posts were deleted in addition to the originator's original post.

FWIW, I'd suggest that the board be "fixed" to permit a non-moderator or non-administrator to delete or edit ONLY his or her own posts.

[elwood]

Octo,

I feel that if you create a thread you should be able to delete it, no matter how many responses to it. If you create it, you should be able to destroy it. DMC had valid reasons for killing his threads, and I respect his choice to kill them. BTW, it doesn't take away from your total number of posts if a thread creator deletes a thread that you posted to.

[NHski]

I feel that when a tread is started, it should remain, you live with what you put out there.

[TheOctopus]

Elwood -- That's cool, I wanted to throw the idea out there and gets folks' reactions to it. If there's momentum for change, great; if folks would rather leave it the way it is, that's fine, too. Just thought it should be discussed, since I (and maybe others) didn't understand that's the way things worked. I think there are valid arguments either way here, and ultimately it's up to Dave, I guess.

And yeah, I noticed that I still had credit for my one post on the deleted thread (in which, ironically, I was recommending that M@ as moderator nuke the whole thread).

And with this, I enter into the Promised Land of the TM Club. I'll be pouring the Black & Tans in the Clubhouse....

[Jolly J]

It was a never forget post that was meant to be heart felt. And ending up being something far from what the intentions were. After a while with people editing their posts it made other posts not make since. So to end the conversation the author removed his own post. That in turn caused the rest of the posts to be nuked. I don't see a problem with this.

[NHski]

Congrats!

[Jolly J]

TheOctopus


And with this, I enter into the Promised Land of the TM Club. I'll be pouring the Black & Tans in the Clubhouse.... [/QB]Welcome to the Club

[elwood]

Welcome to the club Octo!!!

[BladeGirl]

Congrats, Octo! Keep up those great accounts of your ski trips to far-flung lands/

-BG

[skicdave]

TheOctopus:
Elwood -- That's cool, I wanted to throw the idea out there and gets folks' reactions to it. If there's momentum for change, great; if folks would rather leave it the way it is, that's fine, too. Just thought it should be discussed, since I (and maybe others) didn't understand that's the way things worked. I think there are valid arguments either way here, and ultimately it's up to Dave, I guess.

And yeah, I noticed that I still had credit for my one post on the deleted thread (in which, ironically, I was recommending that M@ as moderator nuke the whole thread).

And with this, I enter into the Promised Land of the TM Club. I'll be pouring the Black & Tans in the Clubhouse.... The board is setup for the default UBB editing/control settings. I haven't gotten to fussy about some of the settings... keep it simple.

On the post count, it might change since I'm running some of the maintenance routines which might include correcting counts.

[surfy]

Kids,

Just leave it be. This is a free site. Dave does a great job with it but for cryin' out loud, ya'll got your pantyhose on too tight!! It is what it is. If you don't like it then either volunteer to help Dave out or go play in someone else's sandbox.

[elwood]

Surfy,


Word.