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si conehead
si conehead
Inspiring
July 31, 2010
Question

Delete option unavailable

  • July 31, 2010
  • 3 replies
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Immediately after posting a reply, there is no "Delete" option for my reply.

What gives?

Steve

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    si conehead
    si coneheadAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 1, 2010

    I am now sorry I brought the subject up.

    Claudio González
    Claudio González
    Brainiac
    August 1, 2010

    si conehead wrote:

    I am now sorry I brought the subject up.

    Why should you? It is a perfectly valid question, and it has led some of us to discover that part of what the FAQs say about it is true, while another part isn't.

    Phillip M Jones
    Phillip M Jones
    Inspiring
    August 2, 2010

    I was able to create a Test message. After it was posted I saw This:

    http://screencast.com/t/NWU5ODE0Y

    I clicked on Delete Thread, and saw this:

    http://screencast.com/t/ZDMzNDA4ZD

    When I actually clicked on correct button the thread disappeared.

    S
    shunithD
    Inspiring
    August 1, 2010

    si conehead wrote:

    Immediately after posting a reply, there is no "Delete" option for my reply.

    What gives?

    Steve

    Test

    Edited: Correct. There is no delete feature for a reply to the original post either. Have not checked for a new thread/message.

    Ned Murphy
    Ned Murphy
    Brainiac
    July 31, 2010

    As far as I know there is no such feature.  The best you can do is edit it to nothing so long as no one has responded to it.  You may have to leave something though.  For the few times I've done it, I usually just put "removed" and haven't tried leaving it blank.

    si conehead
    si coneheadAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 31, 2010

    From the Forum Comment FAQ's:

    How do I delete a message that I have posted in the Forum?

    You can delete a message you  have posted if there have been no replies.


    To delete a new topic, click on the Remove Thread link in the Actions panel to the right ofthe message.

    To delete a message reply, click on the delete link at the bottom of the message.


    Once someone has replied the Delete  option goes away.

    Claudio González
    Claudio González
    Brainiac
    August 1, 2010

    Based on the date of that FAQ (which is about the time the new forums were installed), and numerous others, it is possible it is an inherited posting that should have been edited prior to being included or is a feature that was dropped somewhere during some revision.  I have never seen that option.


    In my tests, the Re

    move Thread was there, and worked.

    And the new forums were implemented as a tr

    ial much earlier than that, with n

    o changes to the "final" version that I remember...


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