Removing Posts

[brandon]

Is there a way to remove new topic posts once they have been created if there are no responses (to save clutter on the forum in the event that the OP has managed to resolve the issue)?

[57Gregy]

Only a moderator can remove posts. But, leaving the post here and the solution may help others solve their similar problem in the future.

[bitflipper]

If it's in the Coffee House, just wait an hour. It'll slip off the first page and be forgotten.

J/K. If it's your own post, just shoot me a PM (or scook, John, Wookie, chuckebaby) and I'll gladly remove it.

I'd also suggest that if you've posted a question or issue and then subsequently resolved it on your own, everybody will appreciate it if you post a follow-up detailing what your solution was. Don't be embarrassed if it's just an "oops, it was user error" - those lessons are valuable, too.

[slartabartfast]

2 minutes ago, bitflipper said:

I'd also suggest that if you've posted a question or issue and then subsequently resolved it on your own, everybody will appreciate it if you post a follow-up detailing what your solution was. Don't be embarrassed if it's just an "oops, it was user error" - those lessons are valuable, too.

+1

Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to search this forum to look for solutions to a problem, and many of us do that instead of asking questions that have already been answered dozens of times. Finding SOLVED in an update original post heading (if you are the OP you can do that) and even better a statement describing the solution either in the OP or a link to the solution there, can make that task much less onerous and much more rewarding. You can create a link to a particular post by right clicking the posting time/date text at the top of the post, saving the link address and pasting it into your post.

Voila:

 

[InstrEd]

11 minutes ago, bitflipper said:

If it's in the Coffee House, just wait an hour. It'll slip off the first page and be forgotten.

I do my part down in the Coffee House