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If so how?? Thanks...
- 06-14-2007 #1Just Joined!
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Can you delete a thread you started?
If so how?? Thanks
- 06-14-2007 #2forum.guy
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No, users can't delete threads, but you can edit your post asking that it be deleted, or report the post asking that it be deleted by using the report post button in the lower-left corner of each post.
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→ new members/users: read this first | new member faq
→ no private messages requesting computer support - post them on the forums!
→ please use the "report post" button to alert our forum admins to problematic posts rather than responding to them yourself.
- 06-14-2007 #3Linux Guru
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Not that I am aware of, but if you need a thread deleted, just use the "Report" button(looks like a triangle) found below your username and a Moderator will delete it.
How to know if you are a geek.
when you respond to "get a life!" with "what's the URL?"
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New users read The FAQ
- 06-14-2007 #4Just Joined!
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Great Thanks ..Sorry to ask in the wrong local ..
- 06-14-2007 #5Linux Guru
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similar kind of doubt...how to close my own post ...is there any option available for that?
- Lakshmipathi.G
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First they criticize you,Then they laugh at you,Then they fight with you,Then you win. - M.K.Gandhi
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- 06-14-2007 #6Super Moderator
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No. Users can't close their threads.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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- 06-14-2007 #7Linux Guru
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hmm...so we got read and write but not execute permission
#ls -l linuxforum
rwxrw-r-- linuxforum- Lakshmipathi.G
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FOSS India Award winning ext3fs Undelete tool and tutorials www.giis.co.in
First they criticize you,Then they laugh at you,Then they fight with you,Then you win. - M.K.Gandhi
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- 06-14-2007 #8Super Moderator
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Correct !!#ls -l linuxforum
rwxrw-r-- linuxforum
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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- 06-14-2007 #9Blackfooted Penguin
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I moderate on another Linux forum and we get such requests all the time (we just explain that we don't routinely close or delete threads), but I've never figured out why anyone would start a thread and then later on ask for it to be deleted. To me, the point of a forum is to share ideas and solutions. If you delete your thread then no one else benefits from the discussion. If you get a solution before someone has replied, its important that you post your solution so that others benefit from it.
- 06-14-2007 #10Super Moderator
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we rarely get thread deletion requests. a few months back, a member asked for providing solution for HomeWork assignment. i locked that thread and he/she asked for thread deletion.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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