Test: Can I delete a thread (the whole thread) if I am the OP?

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#1

sebby

Aug 28, 2009 21:48:42

I was able to delete a thread that I started, but my post was the only one in it. I wonder if I can do it once others have posted.


Could anyone post something here so we can verify this?


Thanks.

#2

AlterFrom

Aug 28, 2009 21:59:49

Go Go Go!

#3

sebby

Aug 28, 2009 22:13:57

And I can't.


Good thing too, this would have been bad. Thanks for lending a hand in this experiment.

#4

Duskweaver

Aug 29, 2009 2:51:32

Hey, Sebby, can you tell me if this thread looks like this


wordwrap error


for you? I'm trying to determine what might be causing this wordwrapping error. It seems to afflict some threads and not others and only seems to appear with Firefox, not IE, but I'm having trouble isolating what's actually causing it. It's particularly bad/obvious in this thread for some reason.


I'm wondering if it's something triggered by the first post in a thread somehow, since the problem always seems to be either present or not from the very first post. I've not seen it appear later on in any thread, no matter what later posters do.

#5

Nifft

Aug 29, 2009 7:49:10


Hey, Sebby, can you tell me if this thread looks like this



for you? I'm trying to determine what might be causing this wordwrapping error. It seems to afflict some threads and not others and only seems to appear with Firefox, not IE, but I'm having trouble isolating what's actually causing it. It's particularly bad/obvious in this thread for some reason.




The problem is the 675 pixel wide signature in the SECOND post. It pushes the whole thread's width.


Now, I'll demonstrate by posting an even longer string which will make the whole thread even worse:





Sorry, -- N

#6

sebby

Aug 29, 2009 8:49:31


Hey, Sebby, can you tell me if this thread looks like this



for you? I'm trying to determine what might be causing this wordwrapping error. It seems to afflict some threads and not others and only seems to appear with Firefox, not IE, but I'm having trouble isolating what's actually causing it. It's particularly bad/obvious in this thread for some reason.


I'm wondering if it's something triggered by the first post in a thread somehow, since the problem always seems to be either present or not from the very first post. I've not seen it appear later on in any thread, no matter what later posters do.





Yes, it does look like that.

Wide lines, or wide pics, break the layout.

#7

AlterFrom

Aug 29, 2009 10:03:57

Ouch...I'll fix that. Hopefully sigs can get sliders and/or sblocks soon; it's so much easier showing where to edit your sig that explaining but I don't want to ruin the forums for everyone.

#8

Nifft

Aug 29, 2009 10:24:41


Ouch...I'll fix that. Hopefully sigs can get sliders and/or sblocks soon; it's so much easier showing where to edit your sig that explaining but I don't want to ruin the forums for everyone.




You could just chop off the right 100 pixels or so...

Cheers, -- N

#9

Duskweaver

Aug 29, 2009 13:55:49

OK, one last thing: Nifft, could you edit out that line of XXXXXs to see if the thread goes back to 'normal'?

#10

Nifft

Aug 29, 2009 14:35:00


OK, one last thing: Nifft, could you edit out that line of XXXXXs to see if the thread goes back to 'normal'?




Done.


Cheers, -- N

#11

Duskweaver

Aug 30, 2009 1:13:19

Thanks. Looks like you were right after all. My apologies for doubting. Wink