Deleting a Post to a Thread

[bspseven]

Hi

Just wondering if anybody knows how to delete 'thread posts'.

Thanks

bspseven

[David Harrison]

You can't, because you're not a moderator. What do you want deleting and why?

[wh666-666]

You could always edit unless the editing times have changed ?

Anyway most of the contents in peoples posts is encouraged to be left in the thread as it helps future people browsing threads. Even if it wasnt the correct answer to the problem the suggestion someone made may be the solution to someone elses.

[David Harrison]

There's a time limit on editing posts specifically to prevent people from editing threads into oblivion and rendering them useless for future reference. If people don't want something on the internet, they shouldn't put it on the internet.

[spanishmule]

How do u delete your account ?

If u delete ur account, does it delete ur posts?

[JPnyc]

You can't delete your account or posts. I replied to your email query explaining why this is the case.

[bspseven]

The company has requested that the 'feed' be deleted as they do not think it is reflecting the correct image for the company. It is an old Feed from last year which was regarding a logo that I was at the time having problems with for the companys website. Also at the time I was using a different username.
How would I get the contact details of the 'moderator' this is beginning to sound like an epsiode from "Lost'.

[David Harrison]

Well, I'm a moderator and JPnyc is an administrator, but I have to tell you, the odds are stacked pretty heavily against deleting that thread.

[LeeU]

You can contact the administrator at this link (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sendmessage.php), which is listed also at the bottom of the pages.

Asking questions on a forum does not reflect a bad image. Rather, it shows you are trying to do something correctly. Besides, even if we were to remove the link, it can still be found at different archives and Google cache pages. "Whatever goes on the Internet, stays on the Internet."

[JPnyc]

It would also remain in the static HTML archive on this site. In short there's nothing that can be done about this.

[bspseven]

In relation to your previous reply . I question the validity of your assertions.
If as you contend that postings cannot be removed from your Forum then why are postings which breech your forum rules not still accesible to potential readers. I suggest that the reason is that you're organisation has removed them from the Forum, given this fact , we request that you do likewise with the posting as per the hyperlink supplied below-4th listing down on the page link .
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=microsmartsystems&meta=
The legal owners mentioned are insisting on the removal of thier company name from your forum.


We note that in your Terms and Conditions that you have the ability to move, remove, or edit any posting. Therefore we request that you remove our posting to your Forum.

We look forward to your positive response.

Kind Regards

[JPnyc]

Did you also happen to read this excerpt from the acceptable use policy?

By posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any other form of communication through this service (collectively "the content"), you are granting Jupitermedia Corp., its successors and assignees, a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such content on the site to which it was contributed (or successor site). In plain English, you allow us to continue to display your contributions to the site. We won't do anything else with them, however.

[bspseven]

As a matter of fact we did not read this. This may have something to do with the fact that it is not a part of the terms of use which is posted at the point of registration. If your organisation had made mentioned of this in your terms of use, we would not have registered with your website or accepted your terms of use. Burying this type of clause at the bottom of your website in your parent company’s' terms of use, without making specific reference to it at the point of registration would suggest that your organisation has either made an error in not pointing this clause out, or have specifically not done so to ensure prospective users are not aware of it until such time as your organisation needs to pull it out to use against a dissatisfied user. Requiring a person to wade through your website to find it, without the prospective user having any knowledge of its existence also suggests the afore mentioned possibilities. Which ever the case, we did not agree to this clause for the simple reason that we were not aware of its existence nor did we acknowledge our acceptance by clicking an acknowledgement to that affect. Nor was there any mention of this clause as a part of the forum rules. The only terms which were agreed to by us were those which read..........

“WebDeveloper.com Rules
Forum RulesIn order to proceed, you must agree with the following rules:
Forum Rules

Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forums index.

Although the administrators and moderators of WebDeveloper.com will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of WebDeveloper.com, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The owners of WebDeveloper.com reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.

I have read, and agree to abide by the WebDeveloper.com rules.”

As you can see, there is no specific reference to the clause of “acceptable use policy” at the point of registration nor could a person acknowledge their acceptance perse as there is no provision to do so. Use does not, nor does silence acknowledge acceptance.
Whilst we expect that this complaint will fall on deaf ears and our request will be ignored, we trust that this post will serve to warn others of the pitfalls of dealing with your Organisation and web forum, assuming of cause that it is not removed. This situation should be seen as yet another reason why the internet receives and in this case deserves a poor reputation as a communications medium.

[JPnyc]

It was linked in the welcome email you received, and is linked at the bottom of every page on this site. In fact it's just below the contact us link you used to email me. Would be very difficult to click that link, and not see the acceptable use link.

The same welcome email warns (in caps) not to post ANYTHING to the forum that you do not wish search engines to find.

You were sufficiently warned, had you taken the time to read any of the warnings.