Taxi Driver Online

Does the facilty to edit your posts not allow you to remove the content, in part or whole.

Maybe the owners of this site should consider the possible implications of having such a facility, particularly when you understand that the posts were removed by the member using the "edit post" facility yet were re-entered into the forum by the administrators.

The database, members should know, cannot be used to re-instate a post deleted using this facility. The only way it can be done is re-booting the forum IN WHOLE from a point in time on the database when the posts were live. Thus removing all site activity between the time the database was saved and the time that database was re-instated.

In short, the admin of this site can, without leaving a visible trace or record, add content or remove content from any post made on this forum.

B. warned

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

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IDFIMH

I think the whole world understands that the admin can EDIT OR DELETE POSTS but no-where in that quote from the agreement does it state that the admin reserve the right to re-instate material deleted by the poster.

The right is reserved for information to be stored on a database ............. but you know, that I know that uploading a database reinstates the content of the whole site at the time the database was saved.

My point is, that the only way "taxis" posts could have re-appeared is if a member with admin access was able to check the database and then re-type the content into the original post text box, under the same username as the original poster ............ without leaving a visible trace that the post had been edited, as we all know that when a post is edited by the original poster a note is added to the post advising other members that the post has been edited since orginally posted.

B. Lucky

as you can see below.

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

It should also be pointed out that the facility to edit posts is actually to edit/remove posts.

If you do not wish members to remove posts then that option should be removed from the software by checking the appropriate box.

While the facilty remains enabled, and the option to remove a post is available, any member taking such action should have that action respected by the admin of the site.

B. Lucky

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

If the stuff is still there, then it's still there.

Maybe someone did edit a few quotes from a post where someone had quoted what the big baby said.

But the words are the words of the big baby, and if either he or you don't like it, then don't read it.

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IDFIMH

But if they are the words of a member .............. and you have the facility for that member to remove posts ............. surely you should respect that members right to remove the post.

If by doing so the thread becomes impossible to follow then your terms and conditions allow you to either lock or remove the entire thread ................. meaning no-one has to read it.

B. Lucky

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

Well the facitlity has been disabled for mr taxis.

It should be obvious that the facilty is there to allow people to make reasonable amendments, not to undertake wholescale deletions when people take the huff - why would the facility be left in place if it was for the latter?

Mr taxis abused the facitlity, thus it has been removed.

By the way, no recourse was made to the database for post reinstatement - I understand that was done via other people's quotes.

But it's a good idea GA, we might make use of that yet

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Taxi Driver Online
www.taxi-driver.co.uk

Can I just ask .......... where it states within your terms and conditions, that a member is restricted in the use of the facilities afforded to them by the administration of the forum.

I think its strange that you'd consider using a facility NAMED add/remove post to constitute abuse when a post is removed. Surely it would only be abuse if the facility was altered from original specification to allow other peoples posts to be removed.

Should this not identify a shortcoming in your application of the software .............. which allows you to set the board so that only people with admin log-ins to alter or delete posts.

B. Lucky

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

Yawn!

What would be the point of a facility that allows people to destroy the threads by deleting them when they throw a tantrum?

The purpose of the facility should be obvious - to make reasonable amendments.

Actually, if it was up to me the facility wouldn't exist, but that's another debate.

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Taxi Driver Online
www.taxi-driver.co.uk

Seems like someones trying a bit sabotage to this site

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Exactly Mr badger.

And cos he failed so badly he has rung up his mate to ask him to do the dirty work for him.

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IDFIMH

Sorry ............. post removed.

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

So your suggesting that the words REMOVE POST obviously mean remove part of a post or make ammendments

I don't understand why you'd suggest that removing the facility or option is another debate when it is the very point that is under discussion.

B. Lucky

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

Are we taking about "taxis" or deleting posts in general?

If it's "taxis" then I'm sorry, he has behaved like a complete tit.

1. He acted dishonestly by "borrowing" site content and passing it off as his own.
2. He further acted dishonestly by denying he had done it and refusing to acknowledge the source.
3. He then made himself look childish by his "I'm not playing anymore" attitude and trying to delete all of his posts.

I support TDO's actions on this. If you really are his friend GA, you should phone him and tell him to grow up. Attempting to defend his behavior just makes you look silly as well.

As for deleting posts in general, I think that's a subject for another thread as it detracts from this one.

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Whilst I understand a bigger picture for the admin to consider ............... they are not telling us what he did other than to use the same websites to link to as TDO does .................... and then they close the door to the bloke and stop him from having the opportunity to respond.

All I want to know is .................... what else other than the links is TDO suggesting "taxis" "stole"?

B. Lucky

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.