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Sean Ewington does know the answer. I pushed a button that is rarely ever used to remove this user's messages. I probably shouldn't have done that.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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No problem Sean, it just caused us a bit of confusion.
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Was it labelled in black on a black background, and when you press it a little black light lights up black to let you know you've done it? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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No, it was the big red button labeled with "Do NOT touch" 
M.D.V. 
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But for a node the 'delete' is disabled as soon it contains at least one reply 
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But not the edit button. And the OP has been known to completely erase the content of a message, which seems like an abuse too. It would be interesting to know how often old forum threads get accessed, presumably by others dealing with similar issues. Maybe its often enough that a way to recover or review old versions of a post might be useful. I suspect that it happens infrequently, and the effort to do provide that feature is not worth the payoff.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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See Sean's reply to me above.
Edited 18/05 to see the time stamp:
modified 18-May-23 3:32am.
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I was thinking in a more general case. For example I make a post asking a question, and get some replies to it. At this point, short of the Magic Button that Sean used, I can't delete my original post (or at least I don't think I can). However I can edit the content to something like "Sorry, stupid question", thus removing any direct evidence of my foolishness 
I'm not even sure that discussion posts get tagged with v1 v2 etc like QA does. I don't recall if you get a chance to say what was changed, or why.
So, given that the moderators have not done anything to the post, but the text has been altered, is there any way to see what changed? Some sort of revision log, so that others could look and see what changed. Maybe that's already there and available? If not, would that be a useful change? Or would the effort required be greater than the 1 time a year it might be used?
Keep Calm and Carry On
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k5054 wrote: So, given that the moderators have not done anything to the post, but the text has been altered, is there any way to see what changed?
AFAIK no
k5054 wrote: Some sort of revision log, so that others could look and see what changed. Maybe that's already there and available?
In the QA yes, but in the message boards I think not. The QA came way later than the boards. I suppose it would be a not so pleasant job to add them
k5054 wrote: I don't recall if you get a chance to say what was changed, or why.
The user can do a strike and correct, or another user can quote the text and then there is proof in the other message (have been done several times, specially in the Soapbox)
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If the update is later than a few minutes after the original then a short message appears at the bottom:
modified 1 sec ago.
However if it is important to preserve the original I will follow it with:
[edit]
new information here
[/edit]
And maybe use the strike tags around any original text that is no longer valid.
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Well, to most of us theye are quite easy to find at the top of the Discussions tab in the menus. However far too many users of the package seem incapable of navigating the site. Would it be possible to add a prominent item on the menu bar for just this system?
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There is a big button on the "AI home page": 
But I guess they can't see it there either ... 
Perhaps add it to the link image?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I just noticed it's on the main home page also:
Ho hum.
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 Like that?
M.D.V.
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Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Yes, I am well aware of that, and use it almost daily to redirect people who seem lacking in natural intelligence.
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Good call. I'll add this.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Changing image and the three buttons are new?
If they are... I like it. 
If they aren't... I didn't see them before  
M.D.V.
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Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Buttons, old, images new.
But I'll give you a hug for noticing.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The email feature was really useful as it allowed people to safely make contact with other members out of band, without polluting the forum or initiating a private conversation on a thread. That way you could go from there to share things like professional or personal contact information and other sensitive material.
I understand why it was removed, but it seems like a simple captcha would solve this.
And yeah, I understand AI might be able to solve a captcha, but I think it would be worthwhile in this case to cross that bridge when it's burning.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Additionally... if it is kept as before, the user can still deactivate it if it bugs him.
Another possibility could be to allow a white / black list, probably ALL or only white list woulbe the most effective. But I guess it can be a bit costy to implement
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
modified 7-May-23 14:03pm.
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And maybe some minimum rep (by category?) and/or length of membership. That should help eliminate most of the spam merchants.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It wasn't spam. It was stalking.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Yikes! 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Message Removed
modified 7-May-23 10:53am.
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Message Removed
modified 7-May-23 10:53am.
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