# Thread Testing. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 17, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-testing/29691 "2000-08-17T05:28:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-testing/29691/1 "2000-08-17T05:28:13Z")
I’ma justa tryin’ out treadin’. No responces needed. Delete as nessesary… ---
**Author:** ![SIA\_Sorry\_I\_Asked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@SIA\_Sorry\_I\_Asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SIA_Sorry_I_Asked)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-testing/29691/2 "2000-08-17T06:28:29Z")
Delete doesn’t work. Suppose I just ignore this? Trying out the sig. You can ignore that, I guess. Fair’s fair. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-testing/29691/3 "2000-08-17T18:40:20Z")
Edit/delete does work, but only for moderators and administrators… Even the OP can’t delete his or her own posts. This is mainly because it would cause, or at least allow, unmanageable chaos if we allowed this: Folks would delete threads they don’t like, or posts by users they don’t like, or they would make inflammatory comments and later change or remove them so it looks like everyone else is getting upset over nothing, etc. If there’s a legitimate need for editing or deleting, you can ask the moderator to do it for you, but they probably won’t even bother with this thread. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-testing/29691/4 "2000-08-17T21:06:31Z")
Well said, Chronos. But, of course we’ve come to expect that from you. We appreciate your help.