Hi there
I'm new and haven't figured out how to delete a duplicate post. Is it possible for me to do? If so, how, and if not - how should I handle? I don't want to mess up threads....
You are given a limited time to edit a post, so if you see it is a duplicate post or otherwise decide you didn't want to make the post, just edit the post, and save it with a line of dots (because I think you need at least 15 characters to save a post or edit to a post. So some do this:
You are given a limited time to edit a post, so if you see it is a duplicate post or otherwise decide you didn't want to make the post, just edit the post, and save it with a line of dots (because I think you need at least 15 characters to save a post or edit to a post. So some do this:
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Others might do this,
Wrong thread. Post deleted. There are other possibilities.
I don't think that I have seen much span that would have a problem with a 15 character rule. What it does prevent entirely is a pithy answer when that is all that is needed.
And note that there is a window of opportunity on editing. I think it is 24 hours, or so. (That should be adequate for seeing a duplicate. You will often see that some replaces the second one with "duplicate," or something of that sort, sometimes with a few asterisks to meet the 15 chr requirement)
Pretty sure the editing window is 12 hours. I edit more of my posts than I care to admit because I'm sometimes too lazy to proofread them before I submit, and when I revisit the thread my grammar OCD gets the best of me or there’s something trivial that I want to add and feel like I have to.
I am pretty sure that the errors were not present when I typed and submitted the entry, and that they somehow form while it sits there. Fortunately, this nefarious process seems to be less active once I have made a number of corrections. (I am, of course, being intentionally a bit silly in making this absurd defense. My brain and my fingers are apparently not always on a common wavelength.)
The worst is losing a big post you've typed. You try to hit enter and you get the banner Do You Want To Leave This Page? or such. It won't let you press enter.
If you select yes, you'll come back and your post is gone. Pressing "Back" in the browser sometimes brings it back..
A solution is to type those out in a word processor and then copy/paste into the thread post.
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