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Tod59 · 03-16-2016, 12:59 PM

Hey guys,

Can anyone explain how I can remove an old post?

63 & 64 Bowties · 03-16-2016, 01:24 PM

Basically you can't. What are you wanting to do?

OrrieG · 03-16-2016, 01:35 PM

Probably need to ask and admin to do it, I know they can kill them when they get out of hand. I know I have asked them to a couple of times when I did not think the topic thru.

_Ogre · 03-16-2016, 02:19 PM

you can delete a post if nobody has posted after it
go to edit and look around

if it's something that needs deleting ask any forum staff, like 63&64 bowties above

Tod59 · 03-16-2016, 02:33 PM

Thanks guys. Yes, someone did post a response. I emailed Joshua last night. Thanks.

**mr48chev** · 03-16-2016, 03:05 PM

Unless you just don't want the thread bright back up for personal reasons there isn't much reason to delete it.

On the same note I wish threads (on any forum that had sat dormant for X amount of time could only be opened back up by the original poster after that time period. I don't see it here as much but on another board I quite often see threads that have liked quiet and forgotten brought out of hibernation by someone who found them on a google search who throws in an off the wall comment on something that was a topic as much as seven years previous.

63 & 64 Bowties · 03-16-2016, 03:24 PM

I had to search to see if maybe I could figure out what you needed. I deleted your hot chocolate if that's what you were asking about.
I thought maybe you needed a whole thread deleted, which we usually don't do unless as OrrieG mentioned, they just get completely out of hand. Next time just ask one of the staff.

Tod59 · 03-16-2016, 03:25 PM

Thank you.

Softpatch · 03-17-2016, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tod59

Hey guys,

Can anyone explain how I can remove an old post?

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If you really want your post gone
I know how
But can't post how on the Open Forum
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........(P##N)
it will be gone fast then a Running AD Truck on craiglist for $1500

1project2many · 03-17-2016, 07:17 AM

The threads can be locked then unlocked by request but there's nothing built in that I know of to tie permissions for a thread to the original poster.

One way to handle it on a low traffic forum is for a mod or admin to break out the new posts into their own thread. There's a lot of traffic on this site so I don't think it would work here.

03-16-2016, 12:59 PM	#1
Tod59 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michign Posts: 175	how to remove an old post? Hey guys, Can anyone explain how I can remove an old post?

03-16-2016, 01:24 PM	#2
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	Re: how to remove an old post? Basically you can't. What are you wanting to do? __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi

03-16-2016, 01:35 PM	#3
OrrieG Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 8,800	Re: how to remove an old post? Probably need to ask and admin to do it, I know they can kill them when they get out of hand. I know I have asked them to a couple of times when I did not think the topic thru. __________________ 1959 Chevy Short Fleetside w/ 74 4WD drive train (current project) OrrieG Build Thread 1964 Chevelle Malibu w/ 355-350TH (daily driver) Helpful AD and TF Manual Site Old Car Manual Project

03-16-2016, 02:19 PM	#4
_Ogre Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Motown Posts: 7,680	Re: how to remove an old post? you can delete a post if nobody has posted after it go to edit and look around if it's something that needs deleting ask any forum staff, like 63&64 bowties above __________________ cool, an ogre smiley Ogre's 58 Truk build how to put your truck year and build thread into your signature shop air compressor timer

03-16-2016, 02:33 PM	#5
Tod59 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michign Posts: 175	Re: how to remove an old post? Thanks guys. Yes, someone did post a response. I emailed Joshua last night. Thanks.

03-16-2016, 03:05 PM	#6
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,721	Re: how to remove an old post? Unless you just don't want the thread bright back up for personal reasons there isn't much reason to delete it. On the same note I wish threads (on any forum that had sat dormant for X amount of time could only be opened back up by the original poster after that time period. I don't see it here as much but on another board I quite often see threads that have liked quiet and forgotten brought out of hibernation by someone who found them on a google search who throws in an off the wall comment on something that was a topic as much as seven years previous. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

03-16-2016, 03:24 PM	#7
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	Re: how to remove an old post? I had to search to see if maybe I could figure out what you needed. I deleted your hot chocolate if that's what you were asking about. I thought maybe you needed a whole thread deleted, which we usually don't do unless as OrrieG mentioned, they just get completely out of hand. Next time just ask one of the staff. __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi

03-16-2016, 03:25 PM	#8
Tod59 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michign Posts: 175	Re: how to remove an old post? Thank you.

03-17-2016, 07:17 AM	#10
1project2many Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Lakes Region NH Posts: 3,204	Re: how to remove an old post? The threads can be locked then unlocked by request but there's nothing built in that I know of to tie permissions for a thread to the original poster. One way to handle it on a low traffic forum is for a mod or admin to break out the new posts into their own thread. There's a lot of traffic on this site so I don't think it would work here.

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