Ocean West Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I can't remember are the hide / delete options for a group (members) governed by the "edit time restriction" - looking at the settings they are in different sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyF Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 No. "edit time restriction" not "hide / delete time restriction" 😉 👍 Note: I've not actually tried it however if it *did* restrict these its kind of a problem in that its doing something it (probably) should not be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean West Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 So a user at any time can log in and systematically start hiding/deleting all their content - even decades old?! With no regard do a time limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyF Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 21 hours ago, Ocean West said: So a user at any time can log in and systematically start hiding/deleting all their content - even decades old?! With no regard do a time limit. I'm sorry I somehow missed your reply / notification of reply yesterday, despite having the notification! Back onto the matter in hand: Yes that is correct. Edit time restriction is just that, an 'edit' restriction. 🙂 It has been this way since at least the IPB 2.0.x days, its not new. :) In that if you allow a member to perform 'other actions' as such then they can. What you are probably seeking is something like a "hide time restriction" and/or a "delete time restriction" , I'm not actually aware of anything suitable for this. As I mention, its always been this way.,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean West Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Wow hadn't realized it was always was that way. One would figure editing an existing post changes the context or intent of a post - hence they have an edit time restriction. ( why Twitter doesn't have edit feature - yet ) Alteration to the contents is just as destructive to the continuity of conversation as deleting or hiding. I would argue that hiding / deleting is inherently an EDIT. Editing should have a time limit as it has - and or remain open at least until someone replies, then locks. Hiding / Deleting should have the same settings a grace period to allow edits / deletions once a reply is made then it's locked. This is would be a general setting for a member - a moderator would be able to of course edit / hide / delete individual posts. Usually when I have to step in and remove a post I also have to edit the subsequent post by another user (to remove quoted material) or other followup comments that become irrelevant once the post was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyF Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I did check it by setting the member group to be allowed to hide and delete anything they posted (their own content) then set the edit time restriction to 2 minutes. I then posted a topic and a few replies to it, then came back and watched the 'edit' disappear from each post as the time expired. The options to hide/delete remained. :) As I say this is quite normal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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