# How to get your own post removed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 1999, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451 "1999-08-08T23:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrewG27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DrewG27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrewG27)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/21 "2001-02-23T14:21:13Z")
Not to be rude, but why was the edit/delete feature deactivated in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/22 "2001-02-23T15:21:56Z")
Moderators: Please delete the above post. (testing…testing…WILL **Coldfire** and **UncleBeer** allow **Ukulele Ike** to completely humiliate himself in ATMB, or will they do the RIGHT THING…stay tuned, Moderator Fans!) ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/23 "2001-02-23T15:58:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*I’m in love with **pldennison**. \*\* Too late, Uke (on the delete request), it’s already been quoted. 🙂 (Mods: Please **don’t** delete this post.) ---
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/24 "2001-02-23T16:07:43Z")
Hmmm… now all we need to do is send a link to **pldennison** ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/25 "2001-02-23T17:35:53Z")
Uke, you have no idea how tempted I am to **add** something to your post, rather than delete it. How 'bout this? > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ukulele Ike:_ > I’m in love with **pldennison**. **And** the horse he rode in on. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/26 "2001-02-23T17:53:09Z")
**Pldenninson,** riding wild and free over the pampas on his muscular black stallion, **Pinky** …perspiration glinting on his bare chest, silken hair blowing in the wind, steely blue eyes fixed on the horizon… (C’mon, SOMEBODY’S gonna delete these, right?) **Lynn?** **Tuba?** **AW?** ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/27 "2001-02-23T20:19:30Z")
Too late, Ike. They’re going to let you suffer. But I do have some options for you: First, as a member in good standing, you can adopt St. Paul’s technique and **Appeal to Cecil**. Surely the Admins. and Mods. would hasten to do his bidding! Or you could explain that “any person with the suave sophistication expected of a SDMB member would surely realize that you were paying tribute to the immense intellectual capacity which PLD’s posts exude.” Or “in view of Bush’s election, you were doing your part to combat the rise in homophobia by acknowledging the Platonic affection in which you hold PLD for…” Hey, you’re good at BS! **You** write the lame excuse! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/28 "2001-02-23T22:40:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Incidentally, moderators can only moderate in their own forums. Administrators can moderate the whole MB. This was true when I wrote it. Now that we’ve switched systems, any moderator can moderate in any SDMB forum. This has turned out to be very handy, particularly when a moderator notices spam, a porn link, or copyright infringement. So don’t be too surprised if a mod issues a warning or otherwise acts outside “his” or “her” assigned forum. Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/29 "2001-02-23T22:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\ ***Pldenninson,** riding wild and free over the pampas on his muscular black stallion, **Pinky** …perspiration glinting on his bare chest, silken hair blowing in the wind, steely blue eyes fixed on the horizon… > > (C’mon, SOMEBODY’S gonna delete these, right?) > > **Lynn?** > > **Tuba?** > > **AW?** \*\* Hmmmmm, I didn’t hear ANY offer of chocolate… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/30 "2001-02-24T07:15:56Z")
Ike just doesn’t like you, Lynn. Let 'im suffer! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/31 "2001-02-24T07:17:16Z")
Oops… I should put a 😃 up there… ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/32 "2001-02-24T07:51:42Z")
These threads are more fun than a box full of greased rats. Hoo-boy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/33 "2001-02-24T16:44:10Z")
Ukulele Ike, there is nothing I would like better than to delete your post, but we should at least wait until pldennison sees it. I love to see romance flourish at the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![DrewG27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DrewG27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrewG27)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/34 "2001-02-25T04:24:31Z")
So really, why was edit/delete removed? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/35 "2001-02-25T04:54:53Z")
It could be misused by jerks. And was. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/36 "2001-02-25T22:07:07Z")
Quoth **Ukulele Ike** : > [@](#): > > (testing…testing…WILL **Coldfire** and **UncleBeer** allow **Ukulele Ike** to completely humiliate himself in ATMB, or will they do the RIGHT THING…stay tuned, Moderator Fans!) Remind me again, Uke, what’s the difference? I thought that letting you humiliate yourself _was_ the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/37 "2001-02-25T22:17:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrewG27 \* > \*\*Not to be rude, but why was the edit/delete feature deactivated in the first place? \*\* We have enough fights as it is without people using the edit or delete functions to to say something inflammatory. . . then go back and edit or delete the offensive material. your humble TubaDiva Administrator Hey Ike, glad to see those new drugs are working out for you. And by the way, I’m SO jealous. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/38 "2001-02-26T00:33:05Z")
Does the pit need to be moderated? How come? Do people ever ask for their Pit posts to be taken off? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/39 "2001-02-26T02:33:58Z")
Hey hey hey! handy’s right. Why do we need moderators in the Pit? Are Lynn Bodoni, Alphagene and John Corrado just living off the fat of the land and getting paid for nothing?!? Methinks some manager needs to look closely at their list of task items and accomplishments. Lazy bums. (grumble grumble) ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451/40 "2001-02-26T03:00:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*Does the pit need to be moderated? How come? Do people ever ask for their Pit posts to be taken off? \*\* I once asked a moderator to close and delete a thread I started in the Pit. No, it wasn’t the one about you. Why do you ask? I thought you don’t go into the Pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-your-own-post-removed/451.md?page=3)