xantor opened this issue on Mar 05, 2004 ยท 3 posts
xantor posted Fri, 05 March 2004 at 10:50 PM
If someone posts a new message here and then deletes it, why isnt it just totally removed? There doesnt seem to be much point in keeping the message here. I have accidentally clicked on deleted messages a few times and it is a nuisance, as well as the deleted stuff taking up space for nothing.
galactron22 posted Sat, 06 March 2004 at 12:14 AM
I've asked myself the same thing. But this is a question best asked in the OT Forum, or Admin Forum.
Ask me a question, and I'll give you an answer.
mateo_sancarlos posted Sat, 06 March 2004 at 1:34 PM
You have to ask the admins to delete your own deleted message. This was discussed at length several months ago, and the idea was to leave them in until asked to delete them, in order to prevent recurrences. Obviously it doesn't work as a deterrent to leave them in, because those people never bother to preview (edit) their messages prior posting them.