I agree with that. People would do dumb stuff like that, but so what, it is their thread I suppose. If they want to only allow opinions that side with them and have no real discussion... leave them to it
Users are already able to request deletion of their own threads through Ask A Moderator. May as well let them do it themselves and save us the hassle.
But when we say delete we're really talking about moving threads to the bin, which requires access to it. I'm not sure it would be straightforward to provide that kind of functionality since it's more than just tweaking user permissions.
But when we say delete we're really talking about moving threads to the bin, which requires access to it. I'm not sure it would be straightforward to provide that kind of functionality since it's more than just tweaking user permissions.
I'm in approval of the concept, discussion of functionality can come later
But when we say delete we're really talking about moving threads to the bin, which requires access to it. I'm not sure it would be straightforward to provide that kind of functionality since it's more than just tweaking user permissions.
I'm pretty sure that it's not, actually - or at least, doesn't have to be, depending on how it's implemented There's a simple yes/no setting that can be changed (and set on a per-forum basis if desired) in the standard vBulletin settings:
Of course, this wouldn't be the same as the "move to bin" function used by the moderation team, but any member-deleted thread would still be accessible to (and could be restored by) the moderation team if needed.
Technicalities aside, I'd not necessarily be entirely in favour of this, as deleting your own thread still entails deleting others' posts in that thread - and I can see the potential for disruption that that could result in.
Yes, but the ability to close threads is a subscriber-only subscribers.
I'm pretty sure that it's not, actually - or at least, doesn't have to be, depending on how it's implemented There's a simple yes/no setting that can be changed (and set on a per-forum basis if desired) in the standard vBulletin settings:
Of course, this wouldn't be the same as the "move to bin" function used by the moderation team, but any member-deleted thread would still be accessible to (and could be restored by) the moderation team if needed.
Technicalities aside, I'd not necessarily be entirely in favour of this, as deleting your own thread still entails deleting others' posts in that thread - and I can see the potential for disruption that that could result in.
Deleting a thread in that fashion removes it from searches iirc - which could be a problem for the moderation team.
Yes, but the ability to close threads is a subscriber-only subscribers.
I'm pretty sure that it's not, actually - or at least, doesn't have to be, depending on how it's implemented There's a simple yes/no setting that can be changed (and set on a per-forum basis if desired) in the standard vBulletin settings:
Of course, this wouldn't be the same as the "move to bin" function used by the moderation team, but any member-deleted thread would still be accessible to (and could be restored by) the moderation team if needed.
Technicalities aside, I'd not necessarily be entirely in favour of this, as deleting your own thread still entails deleting others' posts in that thread - and I can see the potential for disruption that that could result in.
When I said I wasn't sure it would be straightforward, I meant about users moving threads to the bin, since bins are essentially a TSR customisation. Deleting outright (even if it can be restored) I think could be problematic.
When I said I wasn't sure it would be straightforward, I meant about users moving threads to the bin, since bins are essentially a TSR customisation. Deleting outright (even if it can be restored) I think could be problematic.
Any vBulletin forum can have hidden forums like TSR's Bins, but yes, I agree that it's unlikely to be straightforward to allow members to move threads to those forums without also giving additional permissions that wouldn't be desirable.
Any vBulletin forum can have hidden forums like TSR's Bins, but yes, I agree that it's unlikely to be straightforward to allow members to move threads to those forums without also giving additional permissions that wouldn't be desirable.
Wouldn't be straightforward = nigh on impossible. At least not without spending a chunk of dev time implementing a feature that wouldn't be desirable in the first place.