Self-moderating ability in classifieds?

[Hillbilly77]

In the announcements page, it says classified thread starters can moderate their own ads.

NYGF - Classified thread starters now have full moderator control over their threads

In an effort to keep thread jacking and nonsense out of the classifieds, I have given thread creators the option to be able to moderate their own thread. In other words, they can delete off-topic posts that they don't want in their thread. In order to enable this feature, when creating a thread...

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This option does not come up for me. Am I doing something wrong or did I miss it?

Please advise.
Thanks.

 

[Darth]

 

[HEX]

Unless I'm mistaken, the explanation there is outdated (thanks for pointing that out). I believe it's on by default without having to use the checkbox now. At least I hope so, because the alternative is that we haven't known since the major software update that it was completely off.
I'll run some tests later just to make sure.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Unless I'm mistaken, the explanation there is outdated (thanks for pointing that out). I believe it's on by default without having to use the checkbox now. At least I hope so, because the alternative is that we haven't known since the major software update that it was completely off.

@HEX
Thanks for the quick reply.
I had an ad posted a while back that I couldn’t find any options to delete extraneous posts.
Would you mind posting a test post in my sale ad to see if I can delete it?
(I’ll delete this post if you want. I’m not trying to create traffic to my sale ad.)

DONE - Nikon P-223 6-9x40 scope & mounts.

For sale is my Nikon P-223 6-9x40 scope & mounts. It was mounted on my featureless carbine and I decided to install a red dot instead. I fired maybe a couple hundred rounds with this scope mounted at most. Comes with the original box and allen wrenches & factory paperwork. I’m asking $140...

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[HEX]

@HEX
Thanks for the quick reply.
I had an ad posted a while back that I couldn’t find any options to delete extraneous posts.
Would you mind posting a test post in my sale ad to see if I can delete it?
(I’ll delete this post if you want. I’m not trying to create traffic to my sale ad.)

DONE - Nikon P-223 6-9x40 scope & mounts.

For sale is my Nikon P-223 6-9x40 scope & mounts. It was mounted on my featureless carbine and I decided to install a red dot instead. I fired maybe a couple hundred rounds with this scope mounted at most. Comes with the original box and allen wrenches & factory paperwork. I’m asking $140...

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I just looked at the permissions and it does seem it SHOULD be on for everyone as far as I can tell at a glance (without having to use the checkbox anymore)... buuuut should doesn't always mean it absolutely is, because there can potentially be conflicts in different levels of permissions and sometimes some finagling is needed.

The way to do it is how @Darth pointed out. If you see the checkbox at the bottom left of someone else's post, then you have moderation options for it. I'd post a test post for you but I'm fairly certain that you wouldn't be able to delete/moderate an admin's post anyway. Perhaps someone else can post in that thread to check for sure.

 

[Darth]

I just looked at the permissions and it does seem it SHOULD be on for everyone as far as I can tell at a glance (without having to use the checkbox anymore)... buuuut should doesn't always mean it absolutely is, because there can potentially be conflicts in different levels of permissions and sometimes some finagling is needed.

The way to do it is how @Darth pointed out. If you see the checkbox at the bottom left of someone else's post, then you have moderation options for it. I'd post a test post for you but I'm fairly certain that you wouldn't be able to delete/moderate an admin's post anyway. Perhaps someone else can post in that thread to check for sure.

I got this.

 

[HEX]

I got this.

Thanks man.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Thanks man.

I don't see an option to delete posts. It just says "Deselct All".
I took a screenshot.

 

[Darth]

Yeah, mine only gives me that option now too.

@HEX might be working behind the scenes?

 

[HEX]

Ok, good that this got pointed out in any case. I'll get it worked out, just need some time.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Ok, good that this got pointed out in any case. I'll get it worked out, just need some time.

Thanks. It's at least good to hear that it's not just me. Sometimes I'm not too proficient at computers.

 

[HEX]

Ohhhhhh.. well, this is not the best outcome. So, I figured out the problem, but it's not going to be quite as easy to fix as I expected.

When I saw that permissions were set up to allow you to see those checkboxes, I assumed it was just a matter of finding the right permissions to switch.
After becoming slightly frustrated in not finding the issue it then occurred to me, "Wait.. what if it was an add-on , and the permissions were just set like that to allow the add-on to work."... Bingo

Unfortunately, the add-on that allowed it to work is now a disabled (legacy) add-on in our current software version. So, I can't make it work again unless there exists and we acquire a new add-on to make it work. I'm actually amazed it took this long for this to come up, but we'll have to do without self-moderation for the time being anyway.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Ohhhhhh.. well, this is not the best outcome. So, I figured out the problem, but it's not going to be quite as easy to fix as I expected.

When I saw that permissions were set up to allow you to see those checkboxes, I assumed it was just a matter of finding the right permissions to switch.
After becoming slightly frustrated in not finding it, it then occurred to me, "Wait.. what if it was an add-on , and the permissions were just set like that to allow the add-on to work."... Bingo

Unfortunately, the add-on that allowed it to work is now a disabled (legacy) add-on in our current software version. So, I can't make it work again unless there exists and we acquire a new add-on to make it work. I'm actually amazed it took this long for this to come up, but we'll have to do without self-moderation for the time being anyway.

Well, thanks for looking into it as fast as you did.

 

[HEX]

Anyway @Hillbilly77 , I pulled those extra posts made during this process from your sale thread. Also I suppose I'll have to make the self moderation thread you initially referenced invisible for now; at least until such time as we can reinstate the ability.

 

[Darth]

Ohhhhhh.. well, this is not the best outcome. So, I figured out the problem, but it's not going to be quite as easy to fix as I expected.

When I saw that permissions were set up to allow you to see those checkboxes, I assumed it was just a matter of finding the right permissions to switch.
After becoming slightly frustrated in not finding the issue it then occurred to me, "Wait.. what if it was an add-on , and the permissions were just set like that to allow the add-on to work."... Bingo

Unfortunately, the add-on that allowed it to work is now a disabled (legacy) add-on in our current software version. So, I can't make it work again unless there exists and we acquire a new add-on to make it work. I'm actually amazed it took this long for this to come up, but we'll have to do without self-moderation for the time being anyway.

You could have a classifieds mod that just goes through the classifieds and cleans up the junk every day.