Removing posts and account

[chapman93]

Hi,

for business purposes I need to remove my previous posts and deactivate my account.
Can an admin do this.
Or show me how to do so?

 

[paulears]

It depends I think if the moderators consider your request reasonable - if you start topics which people contribute to, then it's rather bad form to make all their effort vanish? I think they consider it if what you posted was litigious or dangerous - that kind of thing, but you set your profile to not allow us to even find most of your posts, and the ones that are there seem quite safe and not likely to come back and bite you. Normally with forums, when you join you just accept it's there for ever, and of course with wayback machine and others, people could still find the posts if they knew your old username, but that's pretty unlikely. If you want to leave just leave, personally, I'd rather forums don't remove people - some do it by removing the username and leaving the content, but I think the rules don't allow removal of posts unless there's a good reason, so you might have to make a decent case, because I don't believe it's an on-request thing!

 

[UKSBD]

Contact @Ray Newman and ask him about changing usernames and deleting posts.

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

Hi,

for business purposes I need to remove my previous posts and deactivate my account.
Can an admin do this.
Or show me how to do so?

No you dont !

I say what I like on here and for business purposes it could be damaging but its not

I would say I am in the top 3 of members on this site that takes the most business off UKBF

With only 3 posts how much damage can you do FFS

 

[AllUpHere]

I would say I am in the top 3 of members on this site that takes the most business off UKBF

Really? I wouldn't think you were even close. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, just can't see that many members needing your services.

How much work did you do for forum members last month?

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

HA HA Moved some racing bikes to tilbury docks for export ! for a member on here he knows who he is
moved some metal plates of some description from Surrey to Merthyr Tydfil

Fortunately the target market for us happens to be companies that require high end dedicated services .
People lurk this forum and mention that they found us on here as well

I think some of you people are very confused There is more to trade and commerce than just writing something on line or promoting something online .
@AllUpHere I notice you are not a full member I can only assume that you doubt the potential of this site

 

[Bob Morgan]

I think some of you people are very confused There is more to trade and commerce than just writing something on line or promoting something online .

Probably a Teacher attempting to become an entrepreneur as part of preparing a Lesson Plan on 'Industry!'

 

[AllUpHere]

Probably a Teacher attempting to become an entrepreneur as part of preparing a Lesson Plan on 'Industry!'

I can assure you I am not (and never have been) a teacher. The very idea makes me shudder.

 

[apricot]

Why would you not contact to admins before creating another post that you would want it to be deleted? ‍

 

[Newchodge]

No you dont !

I say what I like on here and for business purposes it could be damaging but its not

I would say I am in the top 3 of members on this site that takes the most business off UKBF

With only 3 posts how much damage can you do FFS

It is possible that someone has created a separate account to make this enquiry, wanting to cancel their original account.

 

[Alison Moore]

This is from the terms and conditions for this site:
User data removal

You have the right to request the deletion of your user account and personal data by contacting us at [email protected] and please state the website it is in reference to.

Please note that the deletion of your account and/or personal data shall not affect any of your Content published on our site, which may continue to be stored by us and accessible by and other users of the site. Our right to store and use such Content in accordance with these terms of use shall be unaffected.

 

[paulears]

The best way to get forgotten is to stop posting and the posts die of boredom, and unless you said anything you shouldn't - which doesn't seem to be the case, with none of your personal info filled in - how does it impact on you?