You can edit and delete your own posts here Sorry I am missing the point but it seems we are talking about the probably very rare case where a person creates a thread and wants to delete it. Apart from the fact that it is probably quite rare there is a mechanism via your Mod - if we dont trust our Mods to act in our best interests then the problem is larger than that. The alternative is to let anyone pull their own thread - it would work on the Watford board I expect but I doubt it would work so well on some of the others - only my opinion and unlike H I don't feel strongly about it
It's not a question of trust of mods Leonardo, i just don't understand why it would be necessary to ask a mod to delete a thread, when a person has created it themselves. It seems more like a regular member isn't trusted by mods, and that doesn't sit well with me.
I totally trust you H and everyone else on this board as well! How ever I get Leo`s point ! Imagine if we had a zero ,peruke sort of person , They could cause some threads to become very disjointed! whilst on this sort of matter , It has come to my attention that some of our watford only competitions may have some intruders, intent on disruption at worst or making us look silly at best! So can I ask all our membersto remain vigilant on this small yet irksome matter!
Norway, you've missed the point. Nobody is saying that everyone should be able to delete any post by anyone. Only that it's madness that a person who starts a thread can't delete their own thread! It's a fault with the site and should be rectified.
If when you start an article and see you are duplicating another then I agree with you ,but I feel that as soon as someone has posted on it then it becomes public domain ! Unless there is something derogatory or racist etc in which case a mod should be alerted anyway!
I agree with Norway I am afraid - just because someone starts a discussion does not then mean they own it. You could get the silly situation where a person started a thread that then ran to many pages without them posting again - why should that person be able to determine when the thread dies. Sorry but the more I think about it the less I can agree that the first poster has any exclusive rights. it is not "their" thread once it is in the public domain. On 606 you could not pull a thread could you? We are very careful here not to indulge in censorship and that applies even to the author of an article - they should not be able to delete other peoples comments. H - I hope in reading your comment about a regular poster not being trusted by the Mods you were not thinking anyone does not trust you - that is absolutely not the case - I trust you completely. This is not about one individual but about a principle - starting a thread starts a discussion amongst many people and they all equally buy into the thread and should not see it pulled unilaterally. It is not a fault with the site - it is about everyone owning a discussion - not just the author.
It's hugely unlikely that a person who has left their thread would come back to it and delete it Leonardo. It's not that kind of situation that would arise. I know from the other site i post at that people delete their threads when their questions have been answered, or when their thread is no longer relevant or the points are all repeated. They don't delete their threads when a lot of people have commented on them. It's as it should be and it's never been a problem. I'm sure the site owners don't mean to treat us like children, but it does feel that way in this instance. It's a bit bonkers if you ask me! No Leonardo, of course i wasn't feeling untrusted, nor are my thoughts on this about me in particular. This is for the good of the site, for for those who enjoy it to be able to use it in the way they see fit, and not being told by a mod that their post can't be deleted. That is wrong imho.
It's not about the public domain..it's about personal choice. If you start a thread, who gets points for that thread, the general public? No..you do, because it's your thread. You own it..therefore you should have the right to delete it if you see fit. It's wrong to have that taken away from you. Sorry, i've just never seen this system before, on any site, and i can't understand why it seems to be acceptable on this site. I don't believe it is personally.
H has got a point when threads reach their sell by date , However I think here when that happens they just fall down the pages and into an easy accessible archive !! Finding older threads for reference is no bad thing and we couldnt do this if it had been deleted!
lol i don't mean posts that have just scrolled off the radar. i mean posts that the thread creator wants to delete.
There in lies the difficulty H , I agree with you if you have noticed a dupication , but as soon as it becomes public or at least till it gets a response ,it becomes in the public domain and as such becomes public property ! I get the feeling here hon, we are going to have to agree to disagree!
Like i said, the thread owner (that's...owner lol) gets points every time someone posts on their thread. They own the thread according to the site, because the site gives them points everytime someone adds a comment. It's still their thread, regardless of who posts on it. It's not public property. And like i said, this is the only site where someone has to go and ask someone else before they can delete their posts, the situation is bonkers, but since nobody is going to change it, which is a shame, and since nobody is even going to put it to the powers that be, i guess i'll have to just put my feelings about it back in a box. I don't agree hon, but i don't have any choice.
H I disagree hon How ever if you want to pm me I will forward it on to the mod board for discussion , I cant do any more than that hon!
There has been a couple of occasions that I have duplicated threads but have closed them down with the help of Leo, as it over complicates the board. But some people post threads without reading the short news thread, where a lot of items get posted rather than start a new thread. I personally post on there rather than start a new thread but if I think the article is interesting enough I start a new thread!
