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| Wrong Stefan | Jan 10, 2005 |
Stefan Keller wrote: Claudia Iglesias wrote:
All those who want to discuss another topic are free to start a thread.
Would you agree? Otherwise it looks like hijacking or sabotage.
Claudia The topic was "Deleted Forum Postings". I can't see that my posting didn't relate to this. ??? Hijacking or sabotage was by no means my intention. Regards, Stefan
The topic was "Deleted Forum Postings - or - Is the "Edit" function being abused?"
My wording and reaction might have been clumsy, but the fact is that the initial poster was talking about people who edit their own posts, not other situations.
Two members brought other topics that requested an investigation to understand what their problem was about and also clarification.
I'm glad that these two people received the answer that explained what had happened, but I felt sorry for the initial poster who got just one comment to her concern.
I had the feeling that something should be done to bring back the initial topic.
Maybe a blunder from my side, sorry.
Claudia
[Edited at 2005-01-10 22:52]
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I see, Claudia!
Mea culpa, indeed. Apologies...
Regards,
Stefan
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| Revenons a nos moutons? | Jan 10, 2005 |
Claudia Iglesias wrote:
Two members brought other topics that requested an investigation to understand what their problem was about and also clarification.
I'm glad that these two people received the answer that explained what had happened, but I felt sorry for the initial poster who got just one comment to her concern.
I had the feeling that something should be done to bring back the initial topic.
Maybe a blunder from my side, sorry.
Claudia
I do not think it was a blunder on your side! My thoughts were exactly the same as yours. I am always amazed at how postings and threads just "wander away" from the original topic, and in some cases there never seems to be a clarification or closing on the issues posted. I am glad you tried to get back to the subject!
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about my delay in getting back at you all; as soon as I posted the thread I had an extremely urgent assignment that kept me busy all day ("busy" being an understatement for "frantic"; working in-house has its downsides too - you just can't say no!).
First of all, yes, my thoughts were about posters that edited their own threads, as Claudia stated. However, I'm not sorry the thread went astray because it was useful for at least two members to find out what happened to their mi... See more about my delay in getting back at you all; as soon as I posted the thread I had an extremely urgent assignment that kept me busy all day ("busy" being an understatement for "frantic"; working in-house has its downsides too - you just can't say no!).
First of all, yes, my thoughts were about posters that edited their own threads, as Claudia stated. However, I'm not sorry the thread went astray because it was useful for at least two members to find out what happened to their missing posts. I think it proves that you should always ask when something of the sort happens (moderators are really helpful!).
To return to the original thread, GoodWords was right to point to the latest example of post editing. That was the thread that prompted me to ask if noone else found it annoying. However, this discussion was not aimed at that thread in particular, but to the practice in general (that thread was just the last straw for me). It just happens that lately I've been down to the forum archives and found many irritating examples as well.
I have been contacted privately by several people (whom I'll address as soon as I get the time, I promise!), explaining their personal reasons for deleting their posts. I can say as a whole that I understand their reasons (even relate on some cases) but I still cannot concur with their decision of completely removing their posts.
I think Ralf hit the spot when he said he wouldn't delete some of the posts on this thread because they contained valuable information; I feel the same way with almost all posts, because even if they are not informative in themselves they tell a lot about the person who wrote them (for good or bad). ▲ Collapse
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