Chris in VA Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 So does Negin have to delete all the images of her birthday cakes on the birthday threads? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 1,000 posts later... I will stick with links from now on ;) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 So grateful I am not a picture poster....my avatar is my own feet taken by my own self. Not much of a link poster, either. In fact, I contribute nothing but raucous humor. :D Carry on. I believe I speak for the entire Hive when I thank you for your generous contribution. :cheers2: My avi is my dd9 when she was little and sweet. It's staying! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It is an archived post so I could not flag it: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/30632-as-a-teenager-which-celebrity-did-you-have-a-crush-on/?p=257304 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Oh Susan :crying: , let this be a reminder to us all! For once I am glad that I ran out of room 1.5 years ago after posting all our science fair photos. Have found a silver fern in public domain. Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It seems a bit goofy to scramble around trying to delete so much. If it's so dire, why not just scrub it all and start fresh?No!!!!Please no. I have been searching old threads today looking for the Hive's thoughts on cursive. I rarely post a new thread when looking for something; I usually try to hunt up an old thread. Only when really desperate, e.g. an ironing board (not found) and globe (found!). And a washing machine! But see, I didn't even need my own thread for that. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 No!!!! Please no. I have been searching old threads today looking for the Hive's thoughts on cursive. I rarely post a new thread when looking for something; I usually try to hunt up an old thread. Only when really desperate, e.g. an ironing board (not found) and globe (found!). And a washing machine! A thousand times yes! (Not hyperbole, either.) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It seems a bit goofy to scramble around trying to delete so much. If it's so dire, why not just scrub it all and start fresh? Especially the way things get rehashed over and over here. From math curricula to current events. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Worse case scenario, just erase ALL photos and keep the text-based material. Those of us (like me) who have truly important photos here can just upload them again. I would be willing. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It seems a bit goofy to scramble around trying to delete so much. If it's so dire, why not just scrub it all and start fresh? Especially the way things get rehashed over and over here. From math curricula to current events. It would be an incredible shame to see all of the interesting discussions and wonderful information get deleted. People get upset when a few of their posts get deleted. I can only imagine how everyone would feel if the entire forum was erased. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I am changing my avatar as a statement of solidarity, not because I'm afraid Evariste Galois would call this a hill to die on. Er, then again, maybe he would?! I made it myself and my kids are unanimous that it's "neat" looking. Ahem. Original, not so much. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Yup. Delete all the photos if necessary. I don't think that would be a big deal at all. But I search through the archives for info when I need it. And so many of the older folks don't answer anymore. The answers now won't necessarily be what they were if the question is asked again. New programs vs old, the experience of using them vs first impressions... 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Could you simply delete any .jpgs from the server? Chances are they are stored in logical place(s). The links in the HTML code would remain, so you'd get those broken link picture boxes, but that's a minor irritation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Yup. Delete all the photos if necessaey. I don't think that would be a big deal at all. But I search through the archives for info when I need it. And so many of the older folks don't answer anymore. The answers now won't necessarily be what they were if the question is asked again. New programs vs old, the experience of using them vs first impressions... Not only don't answer, but can't. I can't tell you how many threads I've pulled up with lovely book suggestions from Moira, and words of wisdom from Kalanamak and Myrtle, and so on. 35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It would be an incredible shame to see all of the interesting discussions and wonderful information get deleted. People get upset when a few of their posts get deleted. I can only imagine how everyone would feel if the entire forum was erased. Oh, I know. Kinda like when a few posts in a group gets deleted with a vague reason of "rules", and then the entire group has to go because no one really knows what the rules are. :( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I removed my picture of Sanjay Gupta, my picture of Weird Al, and the t-rexes eating watermelon. I am a strange person. (And I talk a lot about poverty.) I'm so sad the watermelon-eating T-rex pictures are going! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Oh, I know. Kinda like when a few posts in a group gets deleted with a vague reason of "rules", and then the entire group has to go because no one really knows what the rules are. :( What does the social group issue have to do with this situation? :confused: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 What does the social group issue have to do with this situation? :confused: Nothing, except that I was agreeing what a shame it would be. I think you must have read between lines that weren't there, my dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Nothing, except that I was agreeing what a shame it would be. I think you must have read between lines that weren't there, my dear. Sarcastic much? :glare: I have no idea what you seem to be upset about. You are the one who brought up the situation with your group. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Found a lovely local artist that doesn't mind me using their work as my avatar :D (DDs painting from 2 years ago) 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Found a lovely local artist that doesn't mind me using their work as my avatar :D (DDs painting from 2 years ago) I think it's perfect! :001_wub: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Sarcastic much? :glare: I have no idea what you seem to be upset about. Not at all. I was being kind. Seriously. I'm not upset, either. I was honestly just saying that I understood and was referring to a recent issue to illustrate the point. Good gods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Not at all. I was being kind. Seriously. I'm not upset, either. I was honestly just saying that I understood and was referring to a recent issue to illustrate the point. Good gods. OK -- usually when you say stuff like "my dear," you don't mean it in a nice way. Sorry to have misunderstood! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Went through my 40 pages of posts and deleted a Seinfeld video and a tupperware photo. Those were my most celebrity-ish pics. And I'll get to keep my avatar since it's a picture ds took of his desk. Unless he sees this and decides to take it back. :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 OK -- usually when you say stuff like "my dear," you don't mean it in a nice way. Sorry to have misunderstood! :) Well now. :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'm going through all the BAW posts and deleting as many pictures as I can. Please, please, please give me time to get through them. A couple posts have been deleted entirely before I could even get to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Well now. :( Ok, now I'm completely confused. Maybe we should just let this drop and get back to the original topic. This must be serious, and I feel very badly for Susan. I hope everything works out OK for her -- and for the forum. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It seems a bit goofy to scramble around trying to delete so much. If it's so dire, why not just scrub it all and start fresh? Noooooo!!!!!! Okay, over my heart attack now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Ok, now I'm completely confused. Maybe we should just let this drop and get back to the original topic. This must be serious, and I feel very badly for Susan. I hope everything works out OK for her -- and for the forum. I just meant that it was sad I was taken sarcastically. *sigh* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'm so sad the watermelon-eating T-rex pictures are going! I uh . . . may have been responsible for posting one of those. But when I click the link in my content, it says the page can't be found, so I'm guessing the thread was already removed? It was the thread where the salvation of aliens was discussed <---- I can't believe I just wrote that sentence. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I uh . . . may have been responsible for posting one of those. But when I click the link in my content, it says the page can't be found, so I'm guessing the thread was already removed? It was the thread where the salvation of aliens was discussed <---- I can't believe I just wrote that sentence. That was a good thread. :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I am changing my avatar as a statement of solidarity, not because I'm afraid Evariste Galois would call this a hill to die on. Er, then again, maybe he would?! I made it myself and my kids are unanimous that it's "neat" looking. Ahem. Original, not so much. Hmmm, a photo of the front of your jumpsuit perhaps? :D couldn't resist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Oh Susan :crying: , let this be a reminder to us all! For once I am glad that I ran out of room 1.5 years ago after posting all our science fair photos. Have found a silver fern in public domain. Ruth in NZ Yay! You're still recognizable! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Hmmm, a photo of the front of your jumpsuit perhaps? :D couldn't resist What? What jumpsuit? You mean...prison jumpsuit? Oh no you didn't. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'm so sad the watermelon-eating T-rex pictures are going! I have a ds who likes drawing dinosaurs; perhaps I can convince him to draw us a picture of a t-rex eating watermelon. Though it might be difficult to explain why I need it... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I've pretty much always used Photobucket. Now if you did as well, just go to your photobucket account and delete the photo. (and click save..lol) That breaks the html url language and it comes off the post without too much hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I am changing my avatar as a statement of solidarity, not because I'm afraid Evariste Galois would call this a hill to die on. Er, then again, maybe he would?! I made it myself and my kids are unanimous that it's "neat" looking. Ahem. Original, not so much. This avatar makes me dizzy. (ducks the tomatoes thrown...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 What? What jumpsuit? You mean...prison jumpsuit? Oh no you didn't. Did I just send the thread downhill? However will we salvage things without posting pictures of kilts and cupcakes?!? (and actually I quite like your new avatar, I will at least know who you are when I see it. I don't know how I will keep track of who is who with all these changes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Under My Settings, Manage My Attachments pulls up photos I've uploaded, but I don't think that included things that are based on a link using the little tree picture when posting.Ooh, thanks, I found the girls in the dresses that barely cover the rear from old books; I think the threads are long gone but I never knew how to get rid of these! What's left is some photos I took with a digital microscope! Re the avatar, I went for obvious, maize. I think we match, conceptually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I think I'm okay since I'm not into celebrity pictures and slow dial-up makes anything like this almost impossible anyway, but if anyone notices anything I should remove, would you please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Re the avatar, I went for obvious, maize. I think we match, conceptually. Indeed :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 WAIT! you mean MG kitty might have to go? EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY! Now to scour the web and see if it is one I can keep or not. And to search posts to see what I have that may also need to go. I don't care about things I may have posted, but I don't know how I am expected to say goodbye to MG kitty. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 SWB, very sorry you are having to deal with this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abba12 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 As a techie person, I'm not exactly sure what the point is here. The people who care enough to read this thread are spending ages going through their old posts cleaning them up. But even if they all do, you'll still have a huge portion of offending posts remaining. Lots of those posts will belong to people who have left, or people who can't be bothered, or people who didn't read the thread. I appreciate the idea and on a smaller forum it might work, but here, you have a small group of people spending ages going through their threads for what seems like nothing since you'll still have plenty of content left on the board from people who did not. I can understand a 'from now on' or a wipe of previous posts by the mods But to ask people to spend their time going through and deleting things from a huge history of posts, when there will still be a LOT left when they're done, seems ridiculous and unfair to me. Just my 2c 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Probably more of an issue: on a thread with my list of short story/essay recommendations, I posted a few of the harder to find stories. I intended them just to be up for a day or two, but I didn't make it back in time and the editing window of opportunity was much shorter then. [since they're hard to find I had wanted those interested to be able to glance over them before trying to track them down.] I tried to PM a moderator, but I'm sure it was a very low priority issue. One of the stories (The Eclipse) is in the public domain, but one was by Daphne du Maurier and would definitely be under copyright restrictions. I think there were two or three others, but my forum searching skills are near non-existent. These threads are from the archive, and I'm unable to open them. They do contain the word 'Eclipse,' so perhaps one of them contains what you're looking for, Eliana. Need some short story ideas I've updated the links for my short story/essay list World Literature Help! What is the name of the secular literature program,... Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 No!!!! Please no. I have been searching old threads today looking for the Hive's thoughts on cursive. I rarely post a new thread when looking for something; I usually try to hunt up an old thread. Only when really desperate, e.g. an ironing board (not found) and globe (found!). And a washing machine! But see, I didn't even need my own thread for that. Agreed! I always go back to old threads looking for the Hive's thoughts when I'm planning the new school year (or having trouble). Plus, some of the less *reverent* threads can still make me laugh years later. And, the voices of those no longer with us. I'd hate to lose their presence here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I can see the few images I've attached to posts in My Media, but how do I delete them? Never mind. My Settings, Manage Attachments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Maybe this is a stupid idea and someone can tell me why it is a stupid idea. But people would presumably like pointers to possibly problematic posts*, without the inefficiency of having them be first reported to Susan. What if we "like" posts that we notice might have problems? Then the poster can go immediately to her post and decide if she needs to edit something. People can avoid having entire posts deleted, and we get the efficiency of crowdsourcing problem detection. Plus lots of people get bonus "likes." *sorry, it's getting alliterative in here 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 What is it with you guys and Benedict Cumberbatch????? I just deleted another one I posted. :blushing: ETA: And another. ETA: And another. ETA: It hurts to have to delete that giant photo of Kili. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 As a techie person, I'm not exactly sure what the point is here. The people who care enough to read this thread are spending ages going through their old posts cleaning them up. But even if they all do, you'll still have a huge portion of offending posts remaining. Lots of those posts will belong to people who have left, or people who can't be bothered, or people who didn't read the thread.I have had periods when I didn't visit the forum for weeks or even months; I am sure I'm not the only one. I am relying on my memory and my habit of getting graphics from wikipedia and not posting kilt photos or whatever, but the initial request not to post any text that's not mine and remove it if I did, for example, is overwhelming. I've posted tons of short excerpts, including just phrases, that weren't mine, but were clearly attributed to their source, and I go out of my way to include URLs. But if it's huge swathes of texts, or copies from other sites, or photos of celebrities, or scans of book pages, or whatever, maybe it could be located if we knew what was problematic, but if SWB can't say, then it's really hard to know if we can remove the offending items. I have been posting on here for a while and I have just lost track. But I am concerned because this site is such a valuable reference, that I want to do something useful. Is it just celebrity photos from recently? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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