How do i delete question after posting

[kripticc]

Above edit it says more options but does nothing after clicking on it.

 

[Laura Knotek]

What phone do you have, and what version of Android is it running?

 

[B. Diddy]

Also, are you using the website or the Tapatalk-based app?

 

[kripticc]

Also, are you using the website or the Tapatalk-based app?

Website.

 

[kripticc]

Website.

As you can see there are only 2 options on original post.

 

[B. Diddy]

What about followup posts?

It's a bit tricky for me to test because I also get other options as a moderator, so I can't tell if Delete is a moderator-only option.

 

[notforhire]

I've never been able to delete an original post. I have had to request a moderator to delete.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Deleting an original post and therefore an entire thread is a feature only available to moderators.

 

[gomezz]

What about followup posts?

It's a bit tricky for me to test because I also get other options as a moderator, so I can't tell if Delete is a moderator-only option.

One common approach is for moderators/administrators to have a second account/login with standard user privileges for occasions like this and also in cases where there needs to be clear separation between using a system as a normal user and working on it as a super-user.

 

[B. Diddy]

One common approach is for moderators/administrators to have a second account/login with standard user privileges for occasions like this and also in cases where there needs to be clear separation between using a system as a normal user and working on it as a super-user.

Good idea -- I've just never thought about it! Also, I wonder if multiple accounts might get flagged, even for one of us ...

 

[notforhire]

Deleting an original post and therefore an entire thread is a feature only available to moderators.

not sure why this is the case. if it's my post and I decide to get rid of it, for whatever reason, why do I have to ask permission? surely I'm missing something.

 

[B. Diddy]

not sure why this is the case. if it's my post and I decide to get rid of it, for whatever reason, why do I have to ask permission? surely I'm missing something.

It probably has to do with the fact that deleting your own initial post means deleting the whole thread, which could impact other posts not created by you.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

Nobody should have permission to delete an initial post.

If it's something ethical, moral, legal, related, then the process would and is to contact the mod team.

However I don't even like that people can edit ANY post after a set time. It leaves room for abuse of the forum. Mods can still see the pre-edit text but the rest of us can't.

What if it's something helpful that would benefit people in the future and a member edits everything out of spite?
Or what if I and someone else like a post and the author gets mad at the site and changes all their posts to something like "Laura and Mustang are xyz". Now my like is still attached to that post and unbeknownst to me it now is liking slander.


I don't even think it's up for debate but my vote is do not let us delete and keep that as is. Furthermore I'd propose a timer for each post after which we cannot edit.

 

[B. Diddy]

Nobody should have permission to delete an initial post.

If it's something ethical, moral, legal, related, then the process would and is to contact the mod team.

However I don't even like that people can edit ANY post after a set time. It leaves room for abuse of the forum. Mods can still see the pre-edit text but the rest of us can't.

What if it's something helpful that would benefit people in the future and a member edits everything out of spite?
Or what if I and someone else like a post and the author gets mad at the site and changes all their posts to something like "Laura and Mustang are xyz". Now my like is still attached to that post and unbeknownst to me it now is liking slander.


I don't even think it's up for debate but my vote is do not let us delete and keep that as is. Furthermore I'd propose a timer for each post after which we cannot edit.

All good points. But I think it's pretty standard on most forums to allow users to edit their posts (obviously intended to correct any errors or add any additional info that might have been forgotten). But you're certainly right about the potential for abuse -- especially from spammers, who may create an innocent-appearing post, and then come back later to add some hyperlink to whatever garbage they're trying to foist on people (which I was just dealing with).

EDIT: And I just had to make use of the Edit feature because I misspelled "create."

 

[SyCoREAPER]

All good points. But I think it's pretty standard on most forums to allow users to edit their posts (obviously intended to correct any errors or add any additional info that might have been forgotten). But you're certainly right about the potential for abuse -- especially from spammers, who may create an innocent-appearing post, and then come back later to add some hyperlink to whatever garbage they're trying to foist on people (which I was just dealing with).

EDIT: And I just had to make use of the Edit feature because I misspelled "create."

And that's a forum either miscode or intentional. If you edit quickly after posting, a edit remark is not appended, like your edit, the forum either doesn't care or is programmed not to mark it within a certain time frame, I've done it myself, not going to lie, but only to add info.

As for editing, that varies from forum to forum but you guys are the boss. If you wish to allow indefinite editing, that is your prerogative and I will not question it. My thought process around it was if you need to edit for say spelling, you still can but only within a gracious 5-10 min window.

Edit: see I intentionally waited longer than usual to fix my spelling and it added a hardcoded edit append as where yours it did not.

Edit 2 Or maybe not. It's super generous. I'm 2 minutes in and it's still not adding I edited my post.

 

[B. Diddy]

As mods, we do have a History button that allows us to see everything, but it doesn't look like any of that is clearly visible to the regular user.

 

[notforhire]

It probably has to do with the fact that deleting your own initial post means deleting the whole thread, which could impact other posts not created by you.

and yet, we're allowed to delete our own replies to posts.......not worth an argument and somebody (AC in this case) has to draw the line somewhere.

 

[B. Diddy]

and yet, we're allowed to delete our own replies to posts.......not worth an argument and somebody (AC in this case) has to draw the line somewhere.

Well yes -- my point was that a regular user can do whatever they want with the post they created, but they shouldn't be able to affect posts that others have created.

I also just realized this discussion should be in the Site Feedback forum, so I moved it there from the Ask A Question forum.

Maybe our Community Manager @Bla1ze can weigh in on this issue.