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brendan

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Deleted posts
« on: December 29, 2008, 08:57:40 pm »
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I suggest that when a post is deleted it ought to look something like what happens on WP:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1055342

Since on VN we have avatars, and sigs and what not. I suggest that when a post is deleted, the thread should only show the person's username, and the reason for deletion, date and time just like on WP
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jess3254

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Re: Deleted posts
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2008, 08:59:48 pm »
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That's a really good idea.
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costargh

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Re: Deleted posts
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2008, 09:02:23 pm »
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Yeh 100% agree. Can it be done on our boards though?
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2008, 09:04:06 pm »
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Pffft waste of time.
Part of the reason why it is deleted is because no one should see it, as it serves no benefit to the forum community. People are just gonna waste their time if they go over such deleted crap.
I say good-riddance.
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brendan

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Re: Deleted posts
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2008, 09:04:26 pm »
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It shouldn't be too hard.
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brendan

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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2008, 09:05:17 pm »
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Quote from: ultimate on December 29, 2008, 09:04:06 pm
Pffft waste of time.
Part of the reason why it is deleted is because no one should see it, as it serves no benefit to the forum community. People are just gonna waste their time if they go over such deleted crap.
I say good-riddance.

Yeah but the actual content is deleted on WP.
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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2008, 09:07:53 pm »
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Yep got you, sorry didnt quite understand that properly. As long as the message cannot be seen i am happy.

Kool.
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Re: Deleted posts
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2008, 09:50:50 pm »
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Quote from: Brendan on December 29, 2008, 09:05:17 pm
Quote from: ultimate on December 29, 2008, 09:04:06 pm
Pffft waste of time.
Part of the reason why it is deleted is because no one should see it, as it serves no benefit to the forum community. People are just gonna waste their time if they go over such deleted crap.
I say good-riddance.

Yeah but the actual content is deleted on WP.

I believe the content is hidden, not deleted. This adds meaning and value to the audit trail created by this modification (in that the (logically) deleted post is invisible to users, it remains visible to the moderators).

I'm all for this idea. I'm not sure if there's an implementation of this for SMF though - Whirlpool is custom-written by the owner (Simon Wright) in ColdFusion.
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brendan

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Re: Deleted posts
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2008, 09:52:49 pm »
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That sounds about right.
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Re: Deleted posts
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2008, 08:27:08 pm »
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The posts aren't deleted completely, they are merely sent to the Recycle Bin.

Can you please clarify what you mean by this suggestion? I am unclear as to what it is you are actually requesting.
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Re: Deleted posts
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2009, 05:32:44 pm »
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a log of posts that were deleted that includes the OP, the thread, the time, etc.
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