No Edit Buttons?

[StrawartS 2]

Edit is back, but still no delete. Maybe you can delete because you're a mod?

[3loves 0]

Penni ~ Have the moderators considered getting input from their members? I know a thread was posted not long ago asking for input on new features. I wonder if a poll would be considered an option b4 making any changes. Of course, this isn't my site, but it is a suggestion.

[Penni60 45]

OH believe me we will and do not make decisions without long consideration and input from Alex the owner of LBT.

[Guest ASPHALT ANGEL]

I still have no edit button on my gifts received thread.

[PhotoNut 7]

I can see the edit buttons on some of my posts, but not many of them. *plays the Twilight Zone song*

Ooo! Hey Penni! *waves happily* How are ya girl? How's the trip going?

[Penni60 45]

I can see the edit buttons on some of my posts, but not many of them. *plays the Twilight Zone song*

Ooo! Hey Penni! *waves happily* How are ya girl? How's the trip going?

Well it is almost 1am here and I am fried. But I can't sleep. I am going through some horrible insomnia the last few days and I am literally exhausted. I am running on fumes right now. So forgive me of anything weird I post. LOL!!

I have some pics of my granddaughters to post but that will wait till later. I am in conference mode for now.

Sorry for the hijack

[Alexandra 55]

Light dawns: At the moment the features are set so that people can edit their own posts for a period of 24 hours. The mods and site owner are still discussing how to handle this permanently, but that's how it is at the moment.

[paula 4]

Why cant we leave the DELETE button on the threads that are started in the Lounge?

Possibly the entire Community Center? (Introductions, Lounge and Suggestions)

[NeenBand 7]

I hope we don't lose the edit button. If they want to take out the delete button, that's another story. But this forum will not survive my dyslexia.

Edit is my friend and yours people!:Banane56:

[shackdog 1]

well hang it there and edit for life

[the best me 6]

Yuck yuck yuck. It wasn't "broken" so there's nothing to fix!!!!! I'm not liking this at all. :Banane56:

[Alexandra 55]

Why cant we leave the DELETE button on the threads that are started in the Lounge?

Possibly the entire Community Center? (Introductions, Lounge and Suggestions)

Paula, I'm curious as to why you think there should be a distinction among the forums with regard to this issue. What's the difference?

Remember, people, moderators can always delete threads if there's a real reason for it. All we want to do is prevent the wholesale disruption we've just seen by someone deleting threads without rhyme or reason.

[StrawartS 2]

So, to clarify...does this mean that:

We can no longer delete our own threads, or even our own posts?

We now have to ask permission from a moderator to delete posts?

Is this a final decision?

[the best me 6]

All we want to do is prevent the wholesale disruption we've just seen by someone deleting threads without rhyme or reason.

So can Mods go into the delete file and get (for example) my deleted post or pic from someone else's deleted thread?

Or, if I post on someone's thread and they delete it, I can still get something back that's "mine" with the help of a Mod?

So what's all the fuss? Nothing needs to be changed, IMO. Please leave it be! :nervous

[Alexandra 55]

So, to clarify...does this mean that:

We can no longer delete our own threads, or even our own posts?

We now have to ask permission from a moderator to delete posts?

Is this a final decision?

This is not a final decision, no. The mods and site owner are still batting around the final change. As of right now, you can edit or delete your own posts for a period of 24 hours after creating them, but after that you can't. This may change, but for right now that's the way it is.

So can Mods go into the delete file and get (for example) my deleted post or pic from someone else's deleted thread?

Or, if I post on someone's thread and they delete it, I can still get something back that's "mine" with the help of a Mod?

So what's all the fuss? Nothing needs to be changed, IMO. Please leave it be!

The answer to your first two questions is yes, moderators still have access to anything that's been deleted from the public board. But there are concerns about whether it's appropriate to un-delete something at all when the person who did it had, at that time, every right to do it.

We're looking at how to prevent these problems in future. If the changes we put in place mean that people will think a few more seconds before posting something, I don't think that's all bad. And I don't think removing the ability to completely delete threads will in any way detract from the benefits of LBT.