# I can't edit/delete my posts
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [September 17, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255 "2001-09-17T21:09:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/1 "2001-09-17T21:09:03Z")
Whenever I click on the edit/delete icon of my posts, it brings up the logon/password screen, even though I already entered that info to make the post. When i re-enter that info, it says it is invalid. What’s the problem?
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/2 "2001-09-17T21:21:42Z")
No problem. You simply can’t edit your posts. This feature is disabled; we fear it would be abused by a small percentage of the members were it enabled.
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### Author:  [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/3 "2001-09-17T21:52:12Z")
ok, but it would be nice if you pust a message that effect instead of the incorrect password message that appears now. It frustrates and wastes time of users like me.
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/4 "2001-09-17T22:15:55Z")
Yeah, it would.
But we just buy the software.
And the techies hate hacking it (which the manufacturer allows and encourages), because it has to be redone each time one upgrades, and we don’t get a lot of tech time anyway from the Parent Corp.
Sorry for your inconvenience.
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/5 "2001-09-17T23:54:47Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by curious george \*
> \*\*ok, but it would be nice if you pust a message that effect instead of the incorrect password message that appears now. It frustrates and wastes time of users like me. \*\*
Note the listing in the “reply” window, right under the Straight Dope banner and just before the window:
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your humble TubaDiva
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/6 "2001-09-17T23:55:52Z")
And it’s at the bottom of the read window.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
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### Author:  [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/7 "2001-09-18T00:40:48Z")
I’m curious why george, who has been a member since 1999, didn’t see the information listed by **Tuba** above, before?
[sub]and congrats an your 500th post curious george[/sub]
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### Author:  [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/8 "2001-09-18T15:09:17Z")
I didn’t see it because it is small print hard to find. I doubt a lot of people have seen it.
Although I have been a member since 1999, I use this board off and on, and have not used it much lately.
Thanks for congratulating me on my 500th post. I didn’t notice that either. This message board has so much fine print, it’s hard to notice it all.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/9 "2001-09-18T15:51:21Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by curious george \*
> \*\*This message board has so much fine print, it’s hard to notice it all. \*\*
Don’t miss the clause that mentions putting your immortal soul in hock to Azazel, Belial, and Shub-Niggurath once you’ve registered to post. THAT one gave me pause for a day or two back in July of 1999, let me tell you.
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/10 "2001-09-18T16:25:17Z")
> [@](#):
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> …Don’t miss the clause that mentions putting your immortal soul in hock to Azazel, Belial, and Shub-Niggurath once you’ve registered to post. THAT one gave me pause for a day or two back in July of 1999, let me tell you. \*\*
ACK!!! Where was that?! Does that mean my Agnostic Holy Symbol (a question mark) no longer works?!
In any case, I now have a green fuzzy Cthulhu [a present from (former)Roommate] in my car. Maybe he’s trying to tell me something?
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/11 "2001-09-18T16:32:17Z")
Don’t worry, **screech** , they disabled the soul commitment in the latest update. So long as nobody hacks the board, we’re okay.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/12 "2001-09-19T04:09:01Z")
> [@](#):
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> In any case, I now have a green fuzzy Cthulhu [a present from (former)Roommate] in my car. Maybe he’s trying to tell me something?
Where can I get one of these? I need it to accompany my Nunzillas and my Crystal Skull.
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### Author:  [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/13 "2001-09-19T04:26:31Z")
Try [here](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/toyvault/cthulplussma.html), **Lynn**. Kinda cute…uh, for Cthulhu, that is.
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### Author:  [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/14 "2001-09-19T04:32:26Z")
Thanks, moderators and administrators, for doing such a fine job handling this message board. Your labors do not go unappreciated.
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/15 "2001-09-19T09:53:52Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by BooBoo316 \*
> \*\*Try [here](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/toyvault/cthulplussma.html), **Lynn**. Kinda cute…uh, for Cthulhu, that is. \*\*
Yup, that’s it!! Local sci-fi store carries them. They were out of the large ones, so he got the larger of the two pictured. Dang, now I’d like to get the itty-bitty one for the dashboard!
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### Author:  [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/16 "2001-09-20T20:09:07Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by screech-owl \*
> \*\*
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by BooBoo316 \*
> > \*\*Try [here](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/toyvault/cthulplussma.html), **Lynn**. Kinda cute…uh, for Cthulhu, that is. \*\*
>
> Yup, that’s it!! Local sci-fi store carries them. They were out of the large ones, so he got the larger of the two pictured. Dang, now I’d like to get the itty-bitty one for the dashboard! \*\*
Does it come with a “!Silence! Cthulhu Sleeping!” sign?
_Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn_
😃
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/17 "2001-09-20T20:14:57Z")
> [@](#):
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> …Does it come with a “!Silence! Cthulhu Sleeping!” sign?
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> _Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn_
Stop giving me ideas. I love it. Now I must make one.
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### Author:  [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/18 "2001-09-20T20:27:41Z")
Glad I could help! 😃
BTW, Is there anyone who can pronounce _Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn_ without dislocating their jaw? :eek:😃
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### Author:  [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/19 "2001-09-20T22:02:08Z")
Very amusing stuff here. Thanks for the chuckles.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255/20 "2001-09-21T02:00:31Z")
Per your request, I have deleted all of your posts. If there is anything else I can help you with, feel free to ask. 🙂
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