Midgard topics missing from this forum.

[mytreo]

I noticed that Midgard recently deleted all his posts from this forum which is cool for whatever reason this was done but it's kind of inconvenient for the rest of us. Entire topics where he was the topic starter have been deleted and this means a lot of my own posts and conversations I was having with other members are also deleted. I was following several threads that are now just gone

Is there a good reason these topics were all deleted? IMO it's not good form and not helpful to other members, perhaps you should prevent topics from being deleted?

Chris

[[Unknown]]

I believe Midgard felt he was being treated unfairly, or something, and so he deleted a great number of things made by him.

-[Unknown]

[mytreo]

Thanks Unknown, that's a real shame.

I think it would be very helpful if you could alter the permissions to prevent this from happening again. Many of us use this forum daily and it's not good to visit and find that conversations you were having have simply disappeared. Also a lot of helpful posts and answers to people's questions have been removed by this action and this is a loss to the forum. I hope you agree that it should be prevented from happening again.

Chris

[Trekkie101]

I can still see his posts and isnt he back now?

[mytreo]

I can still see his posts and isnt he back now?

Yes he is back but you can only see the posts he made since he came back. Literally dozens of entire topics and hundreds of posts have been wiped out.

[mytreo]

Inconveneient... Really inconvenient...

It's nothing personal to you Midgard, I don't even know what happened, I just wanted to ask if the forum staff could please prevent people from removing entire topics in future.

I like to know that when I revisit a forum I won't find that conversations which I was participating in or following have been deleted. Perhaps I am alone in thinking like this....

Glad to see you back anyway Midgard

Chris

[andrea]

I think it would be very helpful if you could alter the permissions to prevent this from happening again. Many of us use this forum daily and it's not good to visit and find that conversations you were having have simply disappeared. Also a lot of helpful posts and answers to people's questions have been removed by this action and this is a loss to the forum. I hope you agree that it should be prevented from happening again.

Agreed. As far as I know permissions have been changed this way.

[mytreo]

Thanks Andrea that is good news

This actually prompted me to change the permissions on my own forum, I had never really considered before whether members should be able to delete topics they have started, but now I know they shouldn't

[Trekkie101]

I can still see his posts and isnt he back now?

Yes he is back but you can only see the posts he made since he came back. Literally dozens of entire topics and hundreds of posts have been wiped out.

I could, i couldnt click his name but I could see them. I cant find them now though but I could.

[helenbpd]

This actually prompted me to change the permissions on my own forum, I had never really considered before whether members should be able to delete topics they have started, but now I know they shouldn't

On my forum we not only had to disable the "delete topics I've started" but also "delete own posts" AND "edit my posts" functions, for the same reasons.  (Actually, I put in an edit cap at 60 minutes after posting.)  At some point, if it's misused, it just becomes rude to other users & a headache for the moderators.

[mytreo]

That is wise thinking Helen, I may well do the same. Perhaps the ultimate solution would be to prevent people from editing OR deleting posts after 60 minutes... sometimes people post a flame and then they delete it when they see what they have written and I don't want to stop them from doing that

Do you have the snippet handy that you used to cap the editing at 60 minutes? I guess I could easily figure it myself actually from similar functions around SMF

Chris

[helenbpd]

Sure thing - I just grabbed it from here:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=16996.0

Some folks have complained a bit (we have a huge forum with a number of, erm, contentious types ), but overall it's been a very handy change.

[Midgard]

I had worked about smf for a long time. Peoples has loved that I maked mods. I have made very good works but I hadn't found same regards. I had very said why is put on 'spare themes' my last theme. I have believe that I haven't on the deserved location for same peoples personal belief.
Thanks to everybody. I'm so sorry for [Unknown] and Grudge to disappoint.

I'm very said for everything.

Regards, Midgard

[Trekkie101]

Yeah i dont get why your theme was added to "Spare Themes" it seems complete to me, its own buttons, its been edited quite a bit, it should be in Full Themes IMO. But the team is mysterious some times.

[bloc]

I had worked about smf for a long time. Peoples has loved that I maked mods. I have made very good works but I hadn't found same regards. I had very said why is put on 'spare themes' my last theme. I have believe that I haven't on the deserved location for same peoples personal belief.
Thanks to everybody. I'm so sorry for [Unknown] and Grudge to disappoint.

I'm very said for everything.

Regards, Midgard

When it comes  to the copyright comments, its just a fact. If you dont agreed that copying anything wihout permission is wrong, then it doesn't matter - because its an international law.

[Midgard]

Do you like it bloc? I'm sure... You like it.

[Midgard]

Don't struggle with me. Free me. Everything be yours.

[Trekkie101]

Don't struggle with me. Free me. Everything be yours.

I dont understand?

[Midgard]

Don't struggle with me. Free me. Everything be yours.

I dont understand?

Nevermind men

[andrea]

Midgard it is not a matter if people "like it". You have to respect the work of others. Of course people "like" a theme where the artwork is collected from other themes which people "like" or a minor modification of other artwork which people "like" ...

Copyright law and netiquette are simple facts. As Bloc already wrote this is even international law. Try to learn this - this has nothing to do with people treating you unfair.