Soft Deleting

[chartinael]

Hi Wyn and Team,

guys, I know you want to soft delete mostly everything, but some threads are better off when you perma-delete.

IMO the post a pic of yourself thread really needs to be perma-deleted ... of course not the thread itself but the spamming inside. Keep it for a few days so everyone can read then chuck the spam into the trash and throw it out of the db.

Kristin

It just is no fun going through the thread and not seeing any pics for pages just deletion notices.

[Chris_F]

sounds like a pretty valid point to me, would make such threads easier to navigate.

[dc2dc2dc2]

i rekon its great with the spam its boring with just all pictures and no comments. :)

[Zdster]

I know that I only have permission to soft delete messages and cant actually 'hard' delete them. Maybe it is a mod power that I dont have ;).

[panda[cRx]]

I know that I only have permission to soft delete messages and cant actually 'hard' delete them. Maybe it is a mod power that I dont have ;).

^ what he said

blame wyn :p

the reason why so many post were deleted is the vast majority of posts were becoming spam, bitching or nasty comments. nobody listens when anyone else says 'more pics, less spam'

comments are fine but when u have to scroll back 2-3 pages to see a pic in a pic thread it's a bit out of hand :thumbdwn:

[Q_ball]

I feel comments are warranted, however some members clearly take it over board and end up having 2page conversations over someones foto!

If we were to keep comments, where would we draw the line??
I mean, if we allow for one person to make a comment, we're gonna have to allow for everyone else to have their "say" as well.

Its prob easier jst to have NO comments at all, but yeh, agree with Tai how comments do contribute to the fun of the thread.

[chartinael]

The comments are fun at the time of posting ... but half a year later they are unnecessary. My suggestion would be ... keep comments for about a week then hard delete them all and leave pic posts only. That way you can actually use the thread as reference. Soft deleting in there is really an issue though.

[|N|]

The comments are fun at the time of posting ... but half a year later they are unnecessary. My suggestion would be ... keep comments for about a week then hard delete them all and leave pic posts only. That way you can actually use the thread as reference. Soft deleting in there is really an issue though.

that sounds good.. but would add alot of work load to mods... as they would have to go thru the post and del them one by one

[panda[cRx]]

well that was why i said feel free to comment as much as you want..... as long as u include a pic with that post :p

the whole idea for the thread in the first place was for everyone to be involved, not just comment on other ppls pics

[chartinael]

that sounds good.. but would add alot of work load to mods... as they would have to go thru the post and del them one by one

no, come on ... that is not true ... one can just go through and checkmark the relevant posts and at the end after having checkmarked 1267 spam posts without or broken pics hit the delete button ...

[|N|]

no, come on ... that is not true ... one can just go through and checkmark the relevant posts and at the end after having checkmarked 1267 spam posts without or broken pics hit the delete button ...


um... i dunno .. i have no idea how the mod interface looks like

[Q_ball]

i dun think hard deletion of posts is possible...hence the reason why it was all soft deletes, and the reason for the delete.
i dont think vbulletin has that option...correct me if im wrong mods...

edit: ok, jst hada look on austeg and yeh, there is a physically remove option hehe, my bad :)

[bennjamin]

We dont totally remove posts as its a legalilty thing with Moderators.Once "physically" removed you cannot view it as its totally removed from the database. We need this info for investigating users etc.
I realise that its not relevant to the spam lounge (which is full of useless crap) but its a option that has to apply to all posts in the forum.
So as it stands you will have to look at little lines of "dont post spam/dont hijack" etc in the spam lounge.

[chartinael]

well, maybe you could designate a moderator for this particular area with the right to hard delete. He couldn't do to much damage in the social area and he does have the option to soft delete particular posts that may be worthy of investigation.

kristin

[wynode]

We might make an exception for the lounge because the threads in there get purged every 6 months or so anyways.

Point noted Kristin.....i'll look into it. Gotta have a bit more Caramel pudding first though :)

[chartinael]

wyn ... wyn ... that is such a low blow .... oh ... wyn ... that is sooooooo below the waist line .... ;-) ... right into the tummy that one went ...

good night
kristin

PS and yes, I know what I promised and haven't done yet ... but I WILL :-) ...
PPS .... I think I need a detailled DIY in my PM box :-)

[wynode]

Update:

The Lounge mods can now permanently delete threads/posts :)