I was thinking the other day, wouldn't it be cool to have an option to delete your post for a duration of approximately 5 minutes after you have posted it? Why, you ask? You know when you make a post and decide 30 seconds later, "I shouldn't have posted that..", or, "what a silly post!", etc.
What d'ya think?
Should I seek a source of law other than God, when it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (Qur'an) fully explained? And those whom We have given them the Book know that it has been sent down from the Lord with truth, so be not of those in doubt.
Sort of like how we can delete reps for a couple minutes after we post them?
I think that would be cool, yeah.
Plus, it could be good with double posting.
But if this doesn't work, you could always write something, and leave it unposted for 5+ minutes. If you still want to post it when the 5 minutes are up, you could.
Can't you just press the edit button and delete your post.
But this is a more efficient idea. I'd personally rather the whole post gone, rather than a one minute later: "edit...............".
Should I seek a source of law other than God, when it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (Qur'an) fully explained? And those whom We have given them the Book know that it has been sent down from the Lord with truth, so be not of those in doubt.
good Idea , but what if people quote it within that 5 minutes ?
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
The delete option is available on other forums. This was brought up a long time ago when Kadafi was around but the idea didn't really fly with the admin team at that time.
"I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge."
good Idea , but what if people quote it within that 5 minutes ?
Maybe that option could only be given to the thread starters? In which case, if the first post is deleted, the whole thread is deleted in effect... You know?
good Idea , but what if people quote it within that 5 minutes ?
Well, quite unlikely if the post you're deleting is silly/bad/unconstructive, as no one would want to expand on that. Lol, you get me?
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Yup, there is. About a month, I think. 40 days maximum.
Ah.. that clears up some confusion for me then.
Should I seek a source of law other than God, when it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (Qur'an) fully explained? And those whom We have given them the Book know that it has been sent down from the Lord with truth, so be not of those in doubt.
It is a very good suggestion. It probably would have been implimented if there were not some drawbacks involved. I know that the vast majority of members would never abuse such a privilage, but periodically we do get members that join for the wrong reasons. Some things that would make us vulnerable to:
1. somebody could post an obscenity or a blsphemous post and delete it before any mod sees it.
2. We have more then a few highly intelligent young members that would soon discover it could be a nice way to carry on idle inter-gender conversations without us ever catching them.
If anybody can show that the advantages would out weigh possible abuse, I would be willing to discuss it with the other admins.
Like all great ideas, does have it's pros and cons but the mods could implement it and give a testing period of say 10 days and see if it does comply to the rules of the forum as well as have a poll to see if the feature does meet the users requirements as well.
It is a very good suggestion. It probably would have been implimented if there were not some drawbacks involved. I know that the vast majority of members would never abuse such a privilage, but periodically we do get members that join for the wrong reasons. Some things that would make us vulnerable to:
1. somebody could post an obscenity or a blsphemous post and delete it before any mod sees it.
2. We have more then a few highly intelligent young members that would soon discover it could be a nice way to carry on idle inter-gender conversations without us ever catching them.
Hmm.. that's true.
If anybody can show that the advantages would out weigh possible abuse, I would be willing to discuss it with the other admins.
Alright, here we go.
Advantages:
Availability to delete silly-sounding posts
Gives moderators a break from having to tiresomely delete posts with "[/i]editttt[/i]"
Cleans up the forum a bit so no 'empty' posts?
Gives a bit more choice and 'free-will' in a way to members
It's a nice feature
It's a useful feature
Disadvantages:
somebody could post an obscenity or a blsphemous post and delete it before any mod sees it.
Idle-chat without being realised by mod's
But, with the first disadvantage, the post could be reported, the report and the comment about the post would stay there for the mod's to see and take action against the member.. it would rely on trusting members, though, or a copy of the post could be copied into the 'report a post' section that you mod's have? Or how about you limit this to full members only?
This post has probably sounded a little desperate, lol, but I'm just outweighing reasons, not whining/begging, lol.
Should I seek a source of law other than God, when it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (Qur'an) fully explained? And those whom We have given them the Book know that it has been sent down from the Lord with truth, so be not of those in doubt.
Should I seek a source of law other than God, when it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (Qur'an) fully explained? And those whom We have given them the Book know that it has been sent down from the Lord with truth, so be not of those in doubt.
2. We have more then a few highly intelligent young members that would soon discover it could be a nice way to carry on idle inter-gender conversations without us ever catching them.
But the 'EDIT' feature can be used in a similar way. Besides, if anyone was to use something like a deletion feature to carry out idle inter-gender conversations, it'd be more stupid than intelligent. Other members can read/print screen. (It most certainly is amusing to print screen funny moments)...
Using the 'EDIT' button, one can remain 'on topic' (or rather, under the pretence of remaining on topic) and post a silly comment... Then 'EDIT' the post when necessary, no?
Gives moderators a break from having to tiresomely delete posts with "[/i]editttt[/i]"
Cleans up the forum a bit so no 'empty' posts?
Gives a bit more choice and 'free-will' in a way to members
It's a nice feature
It's a useful feature
Disadvantages:
somebody could post an obscenity or a blsphemous post and delete it before any mod sees it.
Idle-chat without being realised by mod's
But, with the first disadvantage, the post could be reported, the report and the comment about the post would stay there for the mod's to see and take action against the member.. it would rely on trusting members, though, or a copy of the post could be copied into the 'report a post' section that you mod's have? Or how about you limit this to full members only?
This post has probably sounded a little desperate, lol, but I'm just outweighing reasons, not whining/begging, lol.
Good points. You presented a feasible reason. I will bring it up with the other admins.
I did just think of something tho. I am not to certain if that feature is even available with vBulletin, that also will have to be looked into.
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