Inappropriate Posts
There have been several occasions just recently when I have answered what I consider to be an inappropriate/contraversal post. Although my profile says that I have earned reputation points for the answer the original question does not show up in My Answers and the post has disappeared completely from the forum. Does this mean it has been deleted - if so by whom? I have seen posts that have "Closed" applied to them but this is not the case here. Could this be a website fault? I like to know if other members agree or disagree with my opinion.
1 Answer
If it was closed or removed it had to have been done by an administrator or someone on the site staff. We lowly mortals don't have the power to close or delete threads (not even our own).
Agree or disagree with what opinion? That it was a website fault? That's always a possibility, but unlikely in this case. If and when to remove a thread is totally up to the staff:. They may leave it closed to comments, but visible, so that the author can read it and see his error or any reply made, then remove it after a duration of time or they may remove it as soon as they see it. They are pretty much gods in that arena. Their decision is final. I've never seen a removed post restored.
If your opinion was about what is controversial and what isn't, let me be candid...you don't get a vote. You can flag a question, reply, etc., but it's up to the administrator to decide what's inappropriate and what isn't and it's totally subjective. What they say goes (we do have a forum guideline, but they interpret it).
Often when an occasional clown visits the site and post a thread with palabrotas in the title I feel free to edit them out of the title until an administrator can remove the thread. I'm still waiting to hear about the first instance of where a member with editing rights changes someone's entry and they protest that change. It seems that most of us only use that avenue when the violation is flagrant and obvious.
