lanaloe77 opened this issue on Apr 25, 2005 ยท 6 posts
lanaloe77 posted Mon, 25 April 2005 at 1:22 AM
Why are some posts gone without a trace and others have (delete) written next to the deleted posts? It is confusing to say the least.
wabe posted Mon, 25 April 2005 at 1:26 AM
Depends who deletes something. When a user writes something and decides to delete it later it remains with the "deleted" sign. When an admin deletes a post because it is for example against the TOS then it disappears without a trace.
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lanaloe77 posted Mon, 25 April 2005 at 2:01 PM
thanks the moderator agiel wouldn't clarify this for me although I messaged him twice about it. Now I see why.
agiel posted Tue, 26 April 2005 at 1:00 PM
I wouldn't clarify it because I didn't get the chance to send you a reply. Moderators can delete messages from anyone but I thought they remained marked as 'deleted' for everybody else. I can't test that myself as I have advanced rights on the forum. Maybe I will create a test account and see how things look like for regular members when I get a chance. In that particular case, Shonner himself (herself?) deleted these posts. At least, I can see several posts deleted directly by that member. Maybe you should contact Shonner directly if you want to find out why the messages were deleted.
agiel posted Tue, 26 April 2005 at 1:12 PM
I just created a test account and it turns out I learned something new today :) Deleted messages are indeed invisible after they are deleted. If you are the one deleting your own messages, they are visible to you only. If I delete one of your messages, I can still see them as a mod but nobody else can. I hope this clarifies the confusion.
lanaloe77 posted Wed, 27 April 2005 at 6:18 PM
Thanks agiel that does help clarify.