Originally Posted by
wipekitty
test -
attempting to delete.
Originally Posted by
FBOATSB
Actually, any OP can delete their own thread in entirety by clicking the edit button and clicking the delete thread button.
Originally Posted by
wipekitty
I have been unable to find the 'delete thread' button, and
started a new thread on the topic in User Assistance:
How to delete a thread that I started
Originally Posted by
wipekitty
…I was under the impression that it was possible to delete one's own thread - and indeed, recall a heated discussion a couple of years ago after some posters were unhappy that the OP deleted the entire thread…
I have previously posted about such a heated discussion on this Living Car Free Forum, maybe the same one:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Originally Posted by
Machka
You're right, I did start a thread like that.
You're also right that you could not find it.
I deleted it. .
Originally Posted by
Roody
I contributed to that thread, my thoughts and ideas that I took some time to type out. How dare you delete the thread without permission of those who contributed?
I think this is outrageous. You have no right! How were you able to even do that?
Originally Posted by
winston63
I've got to admit I find it very surprising that a thread starter can delete a thread…
To be honest I'm not all that comfortable with the thought that a thread starter can just delete someone's contribution at will.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
So if may pose this question, What is the value or utility to you of looking up old posts/threads? I would assume that any useful information would be utilized soon after reading.
Early on after joining Bike Forums I copied and filed a few posts for their content and style, but not for years.
Originally Posted by
Machka
...
you do realise that everything you post here is temporary, right? I've been here long enough for there to be several server changes during which time posts were lost.
And it won't be long before this forum disappears entirely ... say, maybe, 5 years or 10 years.
If you think what you typed had some "Voice of God" like value, you should have saved a copy of it.
Originally Posted by
Machka
…
Comments on a forum, like life, are merely temporary. Like Rowan says...
discussions here are like those which might occur in a pub. They aren't doctoral theses.
However, if there are comments I make which I think I might use again, I save them in a file. Then I copy and paste them into threads as desired….
Originally Posted by
cooker
I too am shocked that an OP can delete a thread.
Sometimes I consult past threads for research I or others have previously done on some topic under discussion; and sometimes I see posts that are very well written and thought out and I would go as far as saying they are literary contributions that deserve to be archived for posterity…
Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
Whenold posts/threads are looked up and commented on by one poster, it gives another poster on LCF an opportunity to bellyache about referencing so-called zombie threads.
Such earnest complaints are always entertaining. 
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 07-05-19 at 02:33 PM.