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can we clearly define the post deletion policy here ?

lol I see my several posts deleted ,while other useless posts are still there ?

We should be given some outline ..because we are investing our time on this forum I have the right to ask ?

regards,
Asrar.

Posts are removed at the admin or moderators discression.

I delete spam, (most) flamebaits, and off-topic posts (like, for example, when in the 'free domain' thread someone starts talking about free hosts) ;)

zogo wrote:I delete spam, (most) flamebaits, and off-topic posts (like, for example, when in the 'free domain' thread someone starts talking about free hosts)

I don't really agree with deleting the off-topic posts, for me if that's a valuable post that helps the community, i would move it to the proper thread.

PN staff deleting posts where are spam/scam and nothing infomative like: lol, heh, mooo etc. And for that can user be banned too. So be good and talk more than few words.

TheBeast hahahah mooooooo LOL!! rofl!11.

Rommaster wrote:TheBeast hahahah mooooooo LOL!! rofl!11.

now where is delete button i wanna delete it Just kidding..

yeah understood but when im smiling im smiling even in some serious sentence when im smiling ,im smiling ..

Just judge if its only hehehahalolwol .. then should be deleted

but if it has some content which is useful too then try not to delete it ..

Yup i agree no free host threads but rather LOCK the thread man .

yesterday i joined ur irc server #pheonix i guess .. yeah rite

there was some user alia who just could'nt stop herself sayin F*** ,A$$...

don't worry i've censored my post myself but i'll join ur irc server again to see whats happenin

ITs a busy world man .Even if someone posts one useful post ,its a credit for him .

Regads,
YO.

yoman wrote:now where is delete button :P i wanna delete it :P Just kidding...

I'm sure you want to delete it ... I want to delete it too!

However, I'm not a mod. That's a good thing though, because I have a pretty strict idea of what's "spam" and what's "irrelevant" (and that's the number-one reason I would never volunteer to be a mod--half the posts would disappear overnight; the other half would be extremely altered because I'd have to go through and correct every little spelling error). Also, everytime someone uses more than 3 emoticons in a post, he'd be auto-banned. So be glad I'm not a mod ;)

Something to remember is that these are "private" forums, and when you post here, whoever owns them has the right to do anything to your post.

As an example, Tim could go through this post, delete everything I've written, and replace it with "I'm a big doofus" a hundred times. But I know he won't do that.

krod would beat him to it ;)

al_tyranny wrote:However, I'm not a mod. That's a good thing though, because I have a pretty strict idea of what's "spam" and what's "irrelevant" (and that's the number-one reason I would never volunteer to be a mod--half the posts would disappear overnight; the other half would be extremely altered because I'd have to go through and correct every little spelling error). Also, everytime someone uses more than 3 emoticons in a post, he'd be auto-banned. So be glad I'm not a mod

Damn, I was considering making you one too.

Deleting the whole post? Not a good idea unless its completely irrelevant & has to be deleted anyway.

When I am moderating I usually edit the irrelevant part of the post and and leave if anything relevant.

I think we can leave the post by simply editing few things, sometimes I even add to someone's post with my remarks.

On the other hand if someone is only spamming I ususally send him couple of warnings before banning him.

najum wrote:On the other hand if someone is only spamming I ususally send him couple of warnings before banning him.

If it's real spam, like spamming their own sites or irc channels etc. That user would be banned right away, unless they have a very good reason why he shouldn't be banned.

najum wrote:Deleting the whole post? Not a good idea unless its completely irrelevant & has to be deleted anyway.

When I am moderating I usually edit the irrelevant part of the post and and leave if anything relevant.

I think we can leave the post by simply editing few things, sometimes I even add to someone's post with my remarks.

So you condone post tampering? With that idea in hand how can anyone trust anything written in any topic in a forum you moderate? For all anyone knows the authors points have been completely removed or changed.
In a community where it is considered alright for mods to make steady changes to users posts there is no credibility at all. What awful ethics

I agree, I'd rather delete the whole thing than edit parts.

(and I'd rather see my post get deleted than get edited)

al_tyranny wrote:

yoman wrote:now where is delete button i wanna delete it Just kidding...

I'm sure you want to delete it ... I want to delete it too!

However, I'm not a mod. That's a good thing though, because I have a pretty strict idea of what's "spam" and what's "irrelevant" (and that's the number-one reason I would never volunteer to be a mod--half the posts would disappear overnight; the other half would be extremely altered because I'd have to go through and correct every little spelling error). Also, everytime someone uses more than 3 emoticons in a post, he'd be auto-banned. So be glad I'm not a mod

Something to remember is that these are "private" forums, and when you post here, whoever owns them has the right to do anything to your post.

As an example, Tim could go through this post, delete everything I've written, and replace it with "I'm a big doofus" a hundred times. But I know he won't do that.

krod would beat him to it

Here are some rules of tyrant tyranny ..taken from Uncle Hitler ..
if tyranny had this forum administered .i guess he would've waited till to reply his own posts ..

no offence man..
you will get ur moderator status soon
and you are allowed to delete my every post

i wonder if making emoticons fill their server space ?

LoL never mind

HA, tipped the balance to 60%...

I reckon the admins should be allowed to delete what they like because hey, they moderate the space and can judge what is spam, flaming, bating etc...

BUT, i also think clear guidelines should be set in a 'Readme first' topic or something explaining what it is that each admin judges a post on before choosing to delete it

'Que custodies ipsos costodiet'
- Who will guard the guards?