Delete Post

[talladega]

Can any of you tell me how to delete one of my post. I posted it befor I was ready.

[kteague]

Click on the "X" to the right of the "Edit" button across the top of the post you want to delete.

[SleepingUgly]

If someone posted after you, you may not be able to delete it and you may only be able to edit it. If you really want to take back all of what you said, you can just edit it and put "." or "deleted" in place of the text.

[mars]

Hi Talladega

One of the things I try to do now, after making many posts that I later regretted, or were incomplete, is to save the post. Then come back a little later, read it again, usually make some changes, look at the preview, and only when I am pretty sure I can do no more do I then post.

I still make mistakes, and have been known to edit a post half a dozen times whilst it is up on the forum. It is only when someone else has posted after me that I generally leave well alone. I also sometimes delete posts of mine which are really superfluous, and add nothing to the forum. But I do leave my mistakes where I have maligned someone and have had to apologise.

I always used to be in a hurry to post whatever it was I thought everybody should read. Now no longer; one year on this forum has given me a measure of patience and tolerance that I never thought I was capable of.

Of course - I have my days

cheers

Mars

[echo]

I always used to be in a hurry to post whatever it was I thought everybody should read. Now no longer; one year on this forum has given me a measure of patience and tolerance that I never thought I was capable of.

Of course - I have my days

sorry couldn't resist posting a reply I too used to post like MAD in the first year, like "oh-oh teacher I know the answer!".... and then sort of over-dosed on the forum and had to stop, couldn't keep up with all the replies

My patient and tolerance too has increased, whether that's CPAP or getting more mature (as IF!) I dunno

[talladega]

Thanks for the replies. I did find that after my original post, someone had added a post so the X was no longer present. I did just edit the post with an for my mistake.

[JohnBFisher]

... I did just edit the post with an for my mistake. ...

That's actually better than a "deleted" or ".", since it lets other readers know that the deletion / edit was done by you and not by someone else.

'Sides it is always best to admit when you make a mistake. Tends to make other posters much more patient with you when you in the future.

[talladega]

Thanks again for the replies and I am really trying to be a good poster...