MaximilianKohler
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On a lot of forums I see admins editing user's posts. I find it unnerving that my content gets changed by someone else and I have no record of what was removed or changed. It feels like my intellectual property has been violated. I wrote something "as me", and now someone changed it significantly and it's still being presented "as me" when it's not anymore.
Or posts I put a lot of effort in to get deleted and I lose all access. That makes me not want to contribute at all anymore.
Having a historical record of things is important to me.
I think an option to allow users to view and edit their content after it's deleted would be essential. Mods can then temporarily delete the content and notify the user what needs to be changed in order to approve it again. A highlight feature would be great to go along with this.
I found this previous suggestion:
Allow Author to View Posts Deleted by a Moderator https://xenforo.com/community/threads/allow-author-to-view-posts-deleted-by-a-moderator.188876/
And "Use the warning system and they get a quote of the post" was the only suggestion. I don't think that's ideal.
1. On forums I use the mod didn't bother using that to give me a copy of the posts.
2. It can be difficult/impossible if an entire thread gets deleted, or multiple posts, especially across many threads.
3. It may make threads not make sense since it would make the newer re-post out of order.
4. I think this method is easier and preferable to using the warning system.
EDIT: 5. You want to delete a thread with many participants. It would be difficult/impossible to give them all copies of their content.
BTW, that link above automatically embedded. I don't like that. I thought things only automatically embedded if you have them on a new line, but that wasn't the case for this.
Or posts I put a lot of effort in to get deleted and I lose all access. That makes me not want to contribute at all anymore.
Having a historical record of things is important to me.
I think an option to allow users to view and edit their content after it's deleted would be essential. Mods can then temporarily delete the content and notify the user what needs to be changed in order to approve it again. A highlight feature would be great to go along with this.
I found this previous suggestion:
Allow Author to View Posts Deleted by a Moderator https://xenforo.com/community/threads/allow-author-to-view-posts-deleted-by-a-moderator.188876/
And "Use the warning system and they get a quote of the post" was the only suggestion. I don't think that's ideal.
1. On forums I use the mod didn't bother using that to give me a copy of the posts.
2. It can be difficult/impossible if an entire thread gets deleted, or multiple posts, especially across many threads.
3. It may make threads not make sense since it would make the newer re-post out of order.
4. I think this method is easier and preferable to using the warning system.
EDIT: 5. You want to delete a thread with many participants. It would be difficult/impossible to give them all copies of their content.
BTW, that link above automatically embedded. I don't like that. I thought things only automatically embedded if you have them on a new line, but that wasn't the case for this.
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