Deleting of Forum Posts Created 20 years ago2003-11-11 08:30:34 UTC by Andy

There has been some concern about Forum Posts being deleted, I can assure you that the moderators are [b] NOT [/b] deleting Forum posts (although there are a few I would like to . We are not editing them either. We are relying on the community to control their own actions and won't step in until it gets out of hand. So try to stick to the topic in the General Mapping Questions forum, and feel free to be irrelivant in the others. Also, please keep the language and replies in a clean/friendly tone, as we do have younger members to consider.
I have been wondering over the past few weeks about a few of my answers to questions, that seem to have gone missing. To those of you that have missing posts, I apoligise. But it seems to be the madness of the host server logging people in and out at random.

hmm. most ppl think they lose thier post when they start a new page or dont notice it. and anyway (italics start here) who are the younger members? (italics end here) seriously, im 13 and for a sample of the language i use, go on irc.

And I'm 13 too! INNIT!

no it (insert profanity of choice here) well innint.

You just went and completely made a mockery of the topic

And now I?m doing it!

No, Seriously though, its not so much for your self, or for others, its more for the site, I think everyone has a responsibility to maintain the site's dignity and professionalism - if you ignore this and keep mindlessly spamming in the hope of increasing your post count (which I think is a very bad idea to put near one's name - its crap and demeaning)
Then you are letting the site down.

i dont post just 2 get my post number up. i dont even shout extra EVEN THOUGH I AM TRYING TO BEAT VASSYS SHOUTS. i think a limit for swearing should b put on instead of a ban.

I very much agree, kol - I wish people wouldn't. On topic, though, must say that a reply of mine got moved to about a day later than it had been - rather odd!

Yeah... I really don't understand it sometimes. I could have sworn that I replied to a thread... and then it seems to have gone missing.
But know that we have a lot of active members, the posts normally get answered and people normally stay on the topic.
Self regulation seems to be working (apart from the occasional inane comment and profanity) so the moderators have decided to let it be. We will not be editing the forums, or deleting comment, but you can be assured that we do take notice of who is doing what and will do something if it is needed.

Hey guys! This is news to me.

Are posts actually moving, or just getting put earlier than they should? If it's the latter, then it's probably the whole server-out-of-sync issue that caused (-es?) the onliner times to go into negatives.

If it's the former, it must be solar flares or goblins.

Either way, not much I can do

Huzzah! Atom's alive!
I blame the goblins: they seem to be doing both!

I just experienced a black hole in the gen. mapping forum ... strange,
the post just vanished!

must be some new bacteria living in the wires feeding off electrical impulses :

Umm ofcouuurse it is...
(weirdo)

no the post has disappeared through a time portal. YOU kol must travel back in time to ...whenever ned kelly was about this planet...take control of him and find the post. this is your role, that is, mission. i NeEd ScIsSoRs! 61!

ah crap look what i've started....

whatv we started? time travel, taking control of ned kelly or crazy colonel from metal gear solid 2?

LOL. Sorry about all of my past spamming, I'll keep it to a minimum now.

omg! i just spammed on a post about how bad spamming is!

why don't you delete all irrelavent spam posts?, in other wordss the ones which no good comes of.