Author Topic: Why cant users delete their own topics?  (Read 1801 times)

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Offline LuaTenshi

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Why cant users delete their own topics?
« on: December 24, 2011, 01:17:07 PM »
Why cant users delete their own topics?
« Last Edit: December 24, 2011, 02:43:08 PM by HeLLFox_15 »
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Re: Why cant users delete their own topics?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2011, 07:36:52 AM »
We had incidents of some users causing trouble, then going back and deleting the evidence before a moderator could come and see why they were being reported.
Though it wasn't often, Megiddo removed deletion access.
Though users can still 'modify', I think the database record of the orignal post still gets indicated in our logs.
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Re: Why cant users delete their own topics?
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2011, 11:51:40 AM »
JamminR's right, it's mainly for moderation purposes.
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