# A minor question about deleting posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-question-about-deleting-posts/345889>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 24, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-question-about-deleting-posts/345889 "2006-02-24T04:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-question-about-deleting-posts/345889/1 "2006-02-24T04:42:22Z")

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In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360230), a post was deleted by Lynn Bodoni, with the reason given “Someone else posted the same thing first.”

Is this a new policy, to delete posts that (unintentionally or no) repeat stuff mentioned earlier in a thread?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-question-about-deleting-posts/345889/2 "2006-02-24T05:12:57Z")

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Lynn deleted her own post. It’s not unusual for a mod or Admin to delete one of their own posts.

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**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-question-about-deleting-posts/345889/3 "2006-02-24T05:25:04Z")

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Hmmm… you appear to be right (as usual) [/shamelessflattery].

Never mind.