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Old 02-15-07, 03:48 PM
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There was a long thread entitled something like "Do Christians Believe the Earth Is 4,000 Years Old?" that seems to have been deleted. Can anyone confirm this?

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Old 02-15-07, 03:55 PM
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It was started by Namrufmot, and yes it is gone.
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
I believe it was started by Dalvin.
It was started by (and deleted by) namrufmot.
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Well, that sucks. I know this question has been asked many times, but why is one person still allowed to delete a 20-page thread with a lot of good discussion? Is there any way the thread could be (ahem) resurrected?
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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
It was started by Namrufmot, and yes it is gone.
Thanks, I'm going to edit that part of my post out.
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Is there any way the thread could be (ahem) resurrected?
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Prove to me that this thread existed. I deny it!
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Prove to me that this thread existed. I deny it!
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=1&gl=us

Take that, heathen!
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And they say there is no proof
Old 02-17-07, 05:25 PM
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So I guess there's no chance of getting this thread undeleted?
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Found it listed with board tracker here and it does appear to be gone.

Do Christians really think the Earth is 4,000 years
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My friend told me this is what he (and his church) beleive...
Old 02-17-07, 07:23 PM
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I'm still bummed that huge Buffy thread is gone. Was there no chance to save that and archive it? That was a great thread.
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I have said time and again I think it's lame that OP's get to do this.
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We really do need to rethink this policy. I think there needs to be some mechanism -- a time limit (2 hours?) or a length limit (1 page?) that after which the thread gets locked down and the OP loses the ability to delete it. That would take care of 90% of the legit thread deletions (OP has a typo in the title, OP quickly realizes post is moronic, etc...).
Old 02-21-07, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Bushdog
We really do need to rethink this policy. I think there needs to be some mechanism -- a time limit (2 hours?) or a length limit (1 page?) that after which the thread gets locked down and the OP loses the ability to delete it. That would take care of 90% of the legit thread deletions (OP has a typo in the title, OP quickly realizes post is moronic, etc...).
If I remember correctly, the justification for keeping this option active was that it's an all or nothing option- there's no technical way to do this.

If that's still true, perhaps we need a forum rule about this. Perhaps something like once a thread gets a certain number of posts, it's against the rules to delete it.
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I can see the n00bs doing it, but it's pretty inexcusable for a DVD Talk reviewer to pull a stunt like this. Why the hell did he delete it, anyway?
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Why the hell did he delete it, anyway?
Chinese New Year was this week, adding a year. The idea of the Earth being 4,001 years old just seemed silly, even to Christians.
Old 02-23-07, 05:54 PM
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It's a one button fix in vBulletin to stop allowing members to delete their own theads. They should need to contact a Mod to do it.
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I think that no thread should be deleted, but just closed and possibly moved to a closed thread forum.

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