Deleting your own post should be easy and allowable.

[skylily 7]

Hello.

Recently I posted a rather long post in Introductions and only the first few lines are showing. The post is called Banded two years now... I need some help please.

I tried editing it but that function seemed to be playing up. There was no option to delete next to the edit link so I reposted entire message as a reply (I had copied it fortunately.) However the reply did the same thing... just printing the first few lines. Therefore I wanted the post deleted and I also needed to know how to delete it myself if it happened again when I try to repost it anew. I searched the help section but I had to resort to contacting a moderator (which actually is not easy to find how to do that either). He suggested editing in Full Editor and if that didn't work he would contact Admin Alex.

The full edit function wasn't working either... no post showing and no cursor.

I ended up redoing the whole post under a different title The Good, The Bad and The ugly... two years on. It worked fortunately.

So now the redundent first one is still there with no way for me to delete.

Is there in fact no way for me to delete my own post or am I missing something?

If there isn't a way, I respectfully suggest there should be... but in the meanwhile could you please delete the Banded two years now... I need some help please one?

Thanks

[Alex Brecher 10,498]

Hello.

Recently I posted a rather long post in Introductions and only the first few lines are showing. The post is called Banded two years now... I need some help please.

I tried editing it but that function seemed to be playing up. There was no option to delete next to the edit link so I reposted entire message as a reply (I had copied it fortunately.) However the reply did the same thing... just printing the first few lines. Therefore I wanted the post deleted and I also needed to know how to delete it myself if it happened again when I try to repost it anew. I searched the help section but I had to resort to contacting a moderator (which actually is not easy to find how to do that either). He suggested editing in Full Editor and if that didn't work he would contact Admin Alex.

The full edit function wasn't working either... no post showing and no cursor.

I ended up redoing the whole post under a different title The Good, The Bad and The ugly... two years on. It worked fortunately.

So now the redundent first one is still there with no way for me to delete.

Is there in fact no way for me to delete my own post or am I missing something?

If there isn't a way, I respectfully suggest there should be... but in the meanwhile could you please delete the Banded two years now... I need some help please one?

Thanks

Not sure why you had an issue editing your post. What browser are you using ?

If you need a post deleted, please just report it and one of teh mods or myself will delete the post.

We allow members to edit any post within 7 days.

We don't allow members to delete posts (or edit posts after 7 days) because it has the potential to seriously mess with the order of the board. Other members respond to a post and if the original content is deleted, it would look quite odd.

[skylily 7]

Hi Alex, I use IE 8.

As I said with this particular post it's not allowing me to edit or delete... there might just be a glitch.

I tried to do both within minutes of posting because of the errors.

I understand about not being able to edit after several days but I still think an individual should be able to delete their own within a reasonable amount of time... otherwise, like me, they may find themselves spending a huge chunk of time combing the site trying to find out how to fix things, then contacting a mod, who says they will contact you and before you know it a day and half has passed and the faulty post is still there.

I've just checked and my original post is still there so I would appreciate it if you could just get rid of it.

Thank you.

Not sure why you had an issue editing your post. What browser are you using ?

If you need a post deleted, please just report it and one of teh mods or myself will delete the post.

We allow members to edit any post within 7 days.

We don't allow members to delete posts (or edit posts after 7 days) because it has the potential to seriously mess with the order of the board. Other members respond to a post and if the original content is deleted, it would look quite odd.

[Alex Brecher 10,498]

Hi Alex, I use IE 8.

As I said with this particular post it's not allowing me to edit or delete... there might just be a glitch.

I tried to do both within minutes of posting because of the errors.

I understand about not being able to edit after several days but I still think an individual should be able to delete their own within a reasonable amount of time... otherwise, like me, they may find themselves spending a huge chunk of time combing the site trying to find out how to fix things, then contacting a mod, who says they will contact you and before you know it a day and half has passed and the faulty post is still there.

I've just checked and my original post is still there so I would appreciate it if you could just get rid of it.

Thank you.

I merged your threads together. We have some limitations with the software we use but this should be resolved in a month or so. I'll put your request in our current TODO list.

[skylily 7]

ohhhh nooooo now that post really is messy and confusing... are you able to unmerge it? I'd rather it just left as two if you can't delete the first one.

Thanks though for putting my request in the TODO list. I appreciate it.

I merged your threads together. We have some limitations with the software we use but this should be resolved in a month or so. I'll put your request in our current TODO list.

[Alex Brecher 10,498]

I did a little surgery on your thread. It's all cleaned up now.

[skylily 7]

Thank you

I did a little surgery on your thread. It's all cleaned up now.