This has happened on several occasions now, and I hasten to add that I am not referring to topics I've started.
This morning I was responding to a topic on the Wireless Networking forum that I had previously responded to. There was nothing obvious, at least to me, in any of the topic content that violated forum rules in any way. When I went to make another response I got a message to the effect that the topic did not exist, and it didn't, as it appears it had been deleted while I was composing.
Is there some reason that topics are not locked rather than deleted? I realize there are some topics, probably very few and those that could have legal ramifications, that must be deleted. Other topics, though, could very simply be locked.
When they are locked, it would be useful to have a note from the moderator as the last message as to the reason they are locked.
The whole "deleted without warning or explanation" pattern is disconcerting, to say the least, particularly when there is no obvious reason why something would be deleted.
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Addendum: And now the kicker is that it's back: Laptop keeps knocking out the whole apartment wifi connection every few minutes?
While I was giving this feedback it reappeared. Even more peculiar.
This morning I was responding to a topic on the Wireless Networking forum that I had previously responded to. There was nothing obvious, at least to me, in any of the topic content that violated forum rules in any way. When I went to make another response I got a message to the effect that the topic did not exist, and it didn't, as it appears it had been deleted while I was composing.
Is there some reason that topics are not locked rather than deleted? I realize there are some topics, probably very few and those that could have legal ramifications, that must be deleted. Other topics, though, could very simply be locked.
When they are locked, it would be useful to have a note from the moderator as the last message as to the reason they are locked.
The whole "deleted without warning or explanation" pattern is disconcerting, to say the least, particularly when there is no obvious reason why something would be deleted.
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Addendum: And now the kicker is that it's back: Laptop keeps knocking out the whole apartment wifi connection every few minutes?
While I was giving this feedback it reappeared. Even more peculiar.