So did uncrustable delete his whole thread?

It sometimes sucks when threads are pulled.  There are also good reasons to do so. The original poster has the right to withdraw his/her topic. I find this perfectly reasonable for many reasons.

I am not specifically citing Uncrustable’s topic but I think all of us who have been here a while have done that for perfectly good reasons.

I didn’t follow the “cost flaw” thread that closely. My commentary is based soley on observation and experience. With that said, I have pulled a thread or two when either the topic has become derailed or when commentary has gone completely away from it’s original intent or topic.

I think we can all try to use our best judgement and manners when posting and I think most forum members do. I however fully support the right of any forum member in good standing to exercise thier discretion as the author of thier original post.

@Imperious:

I am sorry you feel that way about Uncrustable. I hope that you might not blame him, it is possible the truth about this was not his doing. My understanding is a person cannot just remove his threads after a few hours, instead all he can do is EDIT it to a period. Some moderator can remove the thread entirely. Perhaps just wait and not jump to conclusions just yet. Reserve an open mind. I will try to find out what actually happened.

As a moderator, are you able to do something to save the posts on the thread if Uncrustable ask you to?

@Red:

@toblerone77:

With that said, I have pulled a thread or two when either the topic has become derailed or when commentary has gone completely away from it’s original intent or topic.

Sounds like a really questionable way to react. � If you think it is derailed wouldn’t the proper course to be to contact a moderator rather than purge the input of others? � And who is to say that you are actually correct in your assessment of other’s input?

You seem to be high on the idea that the topic host should have the power to delete others’ content athe their basest whim, but with that power should come responsibility: � abuse the power and the thread creator should have their ability to create new topics disabled permanently. � That way the forum won’t waste any further efforts in topics created by people who abuse such priviliges.

Probably that a moderator can also expurge the “derailing posts” in another threads without vaporizing the threads and all efforts of all benevolent people who post on it earlier and have nothing to do with was going on which “defiled” the threads.

It is a kind of “no one on my playground” and “you don’t play with my toys or I will break it”, instead of a win-win, it becomes a loose-loose for both sides.

The question is asked, does Moderator have the access to remove individual posts and put them in another threads he could create to put them on?

The creator of the Threads will be happy of the sanitization, but the others “derailers” won’t loose what they put on the post.

I really don’t like the idea of vaporizing thread on a mood swing.
As Young Grasshopper said: even the Opening Poster can regret it later.

@Red:

@toblerone77:

With that said, I have pulled a thread or two when either the topic has become derailed or when commentary has gone completely away from it’s original intent or topic.

Sounds like a really questionable way to react. � If you think it is derailed wouldn’t the proper course to be to contact a moderator rather than purge the input of others? � And who is to say that you are actually correct in your assessment of other’s input?

You seem to be high on the idea that the topic host should have the power to delete others’ content athe their basest whim, but with that power should come responsibility: abuse the power and the thread creator should have their ability to create new topics disabled permanently. That way the forum won’t waste any further efforts in topics created by people who abuse such priviliges.

No point in lecturing someone because he admitted to deleting one of his own topics in the past, if you’ve been here long enough… chances are you’ve done it too. The fact is, the option is there, and if the option exists… than people are going to use it. It may be a stupid feature that needs to be removed, but I’m not gonna stop contributing on other people’s threads just because they have the power to sink my posts at anytime.

Well Baron and Red I’m not the one who deleted the thread. It wasn’t mine to delete. I have deleted threads I created before and for good reason. You’ll also find I’ve left many useless threads up I wish I did delete because they’re dead or they lacked in interest.

All I was trying to say is that at some point you may want to delete a thread. You guys are angry because somone deleted a thread which you guys worked on and the original poster didn’t see things the same way you did. That is not areason for the rest of us to not have the option of  erasing a thread.

This has nothing to do with me other than trying to explain why someone may delete a thread. No moderator or admin is going to change the site over a scuffle in a topic and repost selective threads based upon an arguement between a few forum members.

If anything they will ask those members of the forum in a serious dissagreement to get along or leave if the arguement is that serious.

Furthermore all I offered was insight. You want to get angry you should get angry with the person you were arguing with not me.

Lastly,  I have said nothing an admin or moderator wouldn’t say or tell you. This is a free forum I personally try to offer help, guidance,  experience, and civil discussion with anyone who shares my love of the game. I try my best to be sportsman like a good member of the forum and the Axis & Allies community. If this is such a issue contact DJensen.

Good Day Sirs.

@toblerone77:

Well Baron and Red I’m not the one who deleted the thread. It wasn’t mine to delete. I have deleted threads I created before and for good reason. You’ll also find I’ve left many useless threads up I wish I did delete because they’re dead or they lacked in interest.
All I was trying to say is that at some point you may want to delete a thread. You guys are angry because somone deleted a thread which you guys worked on and the original poster didn’t see things the same way you did. That is not a reason for the rest of us to not have the option of�  erasing a thread.

This has nothing to do with me other than trying to explain why someone may delete a thread. No moderator or admin is going to change the site over a scuffle in a topic and repost selective threads based upon an arguement between a few forum members.

If anything they will ask those members of the forum in a serious dissagreement to get along or leave if the arguement is that serious.

Furthermore all I offered was insight. You want to get angry you should get angry with the person you were arguing with not me.

Lastly,�  I have said nothing an admin or moderator wouldn’t say or tell you. This is a free forum I personally try to offer help, guidance,�  experience, and civil discussion with anyone who shares my love of the game. I try my best to be sportsman like a good member of the forum and the Axis & Allies community. If this is such a issue contact DJensen.

Good Day Sirs.

Is there someone angry about you?
Not for my part, be sure of it.
As you said, you help understand the other POV by explaining things.
Their is two perspectives and developing both as we write these posts.
Thanks for it.

For my part, don’t take anything too personal about this topics.
(In addition, Uncrustable apologies and I made peace with it.)

Some thread can be old or frozen in time, but when I discover this forum I read a lot of interesting ones, no matter they were active or not. It could be really a lost to delete inactive thread.

As I was discussing with Red Harvest working on the topic of this deleted thread somehow. I used to the GOOGLE search to read other discussion about the same historical issue, I didn’t want reinvent the wheel.
Guess what? at least I found something interesting written by Imperious Leader. It was an old post, maybe around 2009.
But I was glad to read it, and curious to find more.
I wasn’t able. Maybe the were deleted, I don’t know. In last resort, I turned directly toward IL if he can help me finding further information. he provides me some help. And I put a quote from the old thread. Then a few hour later, the thread which started my research was erased.

All this to say that, some olds post help me understand many topics before I add my two cents. It is a useful resource all those threads and post, at various degree of course but nevertheless still helpful or entertaining.

See you soon,

Don’t much see this Kion or mr Roboto complaining to much, and like Baron Munchhausen said… he and Uncrustable are good. So I guess it’s a dead issue No?

@Young:

Don’t much see this Kion or mr Roboto complaining to much, and like Baron Munchhausen said… he and Uncrustable are good. So I guess it’s a dead issue No?

I still hope posts can be retrieve somehow.
It was the second time some of my post being erase.
First I was annoyed but didn’t invest a lot of time in it.
The second time was more than annoying.
I don’t wish this to anyone.
I think if there some little improvement to preserve free speech  and "the intellectual ownership"within reach why not do them?

MrRoboto never even posted in the thread we are talking about.

Was pretty much just Kion, Baron and I. Untill it got hijacked … At which point it was just Baron and I with the thread pretty much at a close regarding the OP…

I have much respect for MrRobot, KionAA and Baron, and their opinions. All 3 have provided much insight with regards to adjustments in G40.

This should be a dead issue…

I really don’t care anymore… you guys can argue about it till your blue in the face, but just because I regret removing an entire thread in the past, doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the privilege to be able to do so again. Therefore, I don’t agree with taking the power from our hands and giving it to the moderators. My suggestion to you Red Harvest is if you don’t want your posts deleted by the creator of the thread, then don’t post in peoples threads. The more you post in this discussion, the more I believe that this is about your spat with Uncrustable and not about site policies. Besides, the owner of axisandallies.com is to busy to deal with such peaty online fights between members.

The thread was unilaterally my creation.
And you are unilaterally crying like a baby at this point, get over it.

It’s called enter thread at your own risk Red Harvest. It will come to the point of the Mods will tell you to knock it off or ban you from site or ( its probably already started now ) people will not respond to your posts anymore. His said he was sorry, come on lets move on.

Wow!  :-o 3 pages over someone deleting a thread because they can. Reminds me of the serenity prayer.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

We cannot control other people and their thoughts.
We can respect other people and their thoughts, even if we do not agree.
Getting upset over others peoples thoughts and opinions on a game web site is wasted energy.
Smile and giggle at ourselves for getting caught up in a silly debate and move one.
Ammends were made already so accept that and game on! That’s what it’s all about here on this site anyway.

Regards,  SMS

Hey Harvest see if you can remove this post.