| Title: | ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE |
| Notice: | V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open. |
| Moderator: | REGENT::BROOMHEAD |
| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 30 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1105 |
| Total number of notes: | 36379 |
I hate it when people delete notes. Especially when those notes have
been the subject of replies. Why do people delete notes that they've
written? Is it because they no longer agree with their own notes (the
meaning of which we can only infer from the criticism their notes
produced before they were deleted), or is it because they have changed
their minds having read the responses? Some of us only get to read
this conference once a week, and it's very difficult to follow a
note-string that consists of multiple refutations of a note that's no
longer there. How about an explanation from the "note-and-run"ers of
our community...
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 286.1 | Reasons for deletion | HSSWS1::GREG | Malice Aforethought | Tue Nov 08 1988 08:28 | 17 |
When I delete my own notes it's usually for one of three
main reasons:
1) I see I have made an error (or multiple errors)
and wish to correct them then repost.
2) I wish to delete evidence that I am an evil or
wicked person (not because I'm afraid of people
knowing that, but because I don't want it thrown
back in my face when personnel is called in).
3) I wish to avoid copyright infringement. (Despite
inclusion of copyright notices, it is all to easy
for my rights to be infringed by careless noters).
- Greg
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| 286.2 | CIVIC::JOHNSTON | a pole in my right half-plane? pfthhhh! | Tue Nov 08 1988 09:14 | 20 | |
I have deleted my notes so rarely, but when I have it was always
as a result of off-line communication with another noter.
Once, some good-natured kidding was taken amiss and by the time
the original intent was agreed upon, two of us had torched a
note-string to ashes. We agreed to delete and both apologised to
the community.
If a noter perceives a note of mine to be a vindictive personal
attack and contacts me off-line, we discuss it. Twice I have deleted
the note with apology to the community. Once, I have deleted and
reposted a revised version.
Oh, and when notes of mine expire [i.e. after deadlines] I delete
them too to avoid clutter.
There's the why of it for me.
Ann
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