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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by

      Yeah that makes more sense - since the thread I am talking about, the poster just deleted their posts not the thread. But then ivor put their posts back.

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by johnpoz

        Yeah it seems users can delete whole threads, and anything you post in that thread gets deleted..

        I wouldn't spend much time on responses with such a model.. Since OP can just delete all of your information.

        User
        https://forum.netgate.com/user/ng87

        Just posted a thread in virt section asking about span ports in workstation. Told them not related to pfsense and better luck asking on workstation forums. Or google and then sent them to a link to how to work around the lack of span ports in workstation with netcat.

        Now the whole thread is gone because this user got his info, or didn't like the answer? What about the next guy... While I agree users should be able to delete their own content.. Users shouldn't have the right to delete my content - he is not a mod..

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          This should be fixed now. They could delete them but not purge, I switched that so it can't be deleted now. If someone wants to remove a thread they can flag the post and ask a mod.

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            divsys
            last edited by

            Any chance that has something to do with not being able to edit a posted reply?

            Just posted a response in the "Messages from..." forum and noticed a small typo.
            I can't seem to find the "edit message" button, used to be under the triple dots beside the upvote icon.

            Is it just me or did something change?

            -jfp

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by johnpoz

              The edit is still there..

              Here this is a TYPO!!

              Pretend I fixed that typo

              0_1530869438865_edit.png

              Edit still there.

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                divsys
                last edited by divsys

                Yup, today it's back.
                When I posted yesterday only "Bookmark" showed up, no "Edit".

                Addendum:

                AHAH! - the issue (for me) seems to be in the "Messages from the pfSense team" forum.
                I posted :A message Reply
                and noticed there was no option for edit allowed.

                I made the addendum via an after post edit, so yes it works - sometimes.

                -jfp

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Its quite possible different sections might have different permissions set. This was the case with upload of files.. While you could upload images, the attach file link was not showing. I believe it was a thread with jimp that got that permission setting corrected.

                  Could be the same sort of thing, or its possible they don't want users to be able to edit in that section? Maybe @jimp or @ivor could shed some light to that being an on purpose thing or just one of those things that got overlooked in the conversion.

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    The privileges are per-category so it's possible there are restrictions in some places and not others. I haven't touched anything in there since I disabled deleting threads though, so it would have to be a category-specific permission that prevents editing.

                    And yep, the "messages from the pfSense team" board does have a bunch of permissions disabled since only admins/mods can create new posts in it.

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                      divsys
                      last edited by

                      Makes sense, although if I'm allowed to post in a section, I would expect to be able to edit my posts?

                      NBD, just my $.02

                      -jfp

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Yeah prob - I took it from jimp answer that prob just some tweaking that needs to be done because that sections permissions are different.

                        I would think being able to edit your reply should be allowed yes.

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