Own Post Deletion
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:04 pm
ok I was cleaning up my wants and haves in the buy/sale/trade section and was wondering is there anyway we could delete some of our old posts so as to reduce space?
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problem with that is if any changes are made to the trade/want list which tends to happen alot and you just edit the changes their is no way for people to know of the changes.architect wrote:The admins likely will not add post deleting options to the forums. This would break up conversations in discussion threads and lead to confusion. I would recommend editing posts in buy/sell/trade forums instead of adding numerous replies which would later need to be deleted.
Ben
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I know that in previous BST threads, the authors often change the thread title. Something like Black Falcon's for Trade becomes Black Falcon's For Trade: UpdatedAsterios wrote:problem with that is if any changes are made to the trade/want list which tends to happen alot and you just edit the changes their is no way for people to know of the changes.
Currently the BST forum has over 1300 topics. This is ok because most are irrelevant after one week. Posts in this forum have very short lifespans. Basically we will not be changing the forum format for you. Other members have found solutions (noted above) to editing want lists. We suggest that you try them.Asterios wrote:yeah but doing something like that would cause excessive topics to be opened and such.
speaking of Target went to one today they had the HP castle for $45.
That's not a field day, that's a lot of work. The reason we keep all the posts is to maintain the history of the site. The posts you are referring to don't take up that much space. By keeping everything, we can refer back to anything that has happened. I've been involved in sites that allowed deletion and it makes for some interesting conversations. One example happened during an argument. Someone made a very inflammatory comment and several people got on their case. He then deleted his post and the responders looked like they were picking on him for nothing. People tend to be more careful about what they post if they know they can't delete it.Asterios wrote:isn't there a way for a moderator or and admin to say have a field day deleting obviously outdated posts there?
That's cool, I'm glad we agree on something. I'm still a bit confused as to why it matters so much to you. You've said that we should delete them to save space, but they don't really take up that much room. You said that you wanted to be able to clean up your old want lists. Ben said that starting new ones is fine. So I guess I don't see why this needs to be done. In fact, I'm positive that this won't be implemented, because it would cause too many problems across the entire board. So, while I understand why it could be useful on occasion, you're not going to be able to convince any of the higher powers that this needs done.Asterios wrote:I know where your coming from Josh but i'm not refering to arbitrary deletion in all of the threads but of just the buy/sell/trade section which you must admit that posts beyond a certain point don't really have any use for the site as a whole.