Thread removal request

[pb87]

Hello

 

This is my first time posting here. My apologies if I am putting this thread in the wrong place. I am unfamiliar with the site.

 

Some 12 years ago I sent a friend of mine the draft of a novel I was working on. Without my knowledge, he posted that draft on the dune2k fan fiction forum, claiming he was the "co-author." I do not care about the theft or deception, but I would very much like this draft to be removed. I am now on the verge of publication, and if the atrocious work I produced as a 14-year-old idiot were discovered here it would cause me considerable embarrassment.

 

I tried to send a message to a moderator some time ago but received no reply. If anybody could give me the name of the right person to contact about this I would be grateful.

 

Thanks.

[MrFlibble]

Hello. I'm sorry, we have issues with the PM system ATM (or maybe it is not allowed for newly registered users to send PMs).

Anyway, if you could just point to the thread where your work was published, we'll promptly remove it (as well as this conversation).

[X3M]

I tried to contact you about some posts as well.

But your in box seems to be full.

Might as well clean that up.

[MrFlibble]

I haven't touched the PM box since we had the forum engine upgrade. For some reason the engine change brought back all messages that I had deleted from my inbox (and very likey, outbox too) since I registered here, resulting in that I currently have nearly twice the allotted number of messages in my PM box. I don't want to purge them all at once, since some are still important, but even sorting them is a problem because the new engine attempted to re-organize the messages into "conversations" (a la GMail), so there's no inbox or outbox anymore.

I guess you can just post - for now - the threads or posts of yours you want removed right here (unless this is something super private).

[X3M]

There are 9 posts that I would like to see removed. It starts with this one: Posted 22 July 2014 - 04:30 PM

In my RTS thread, here:

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/page-11

The last one is the post that also requests the deletion.

Posted 09 August 2014 - 02:09 AM

All in between may be deleted because they are either unwanted or a double post that I did some years ago.

Thank you.

[MrFlibble]

There are 9 posts that I would like to see removed. It starts with this one: Posted 22 July 2014 - 04:30 PM

I have different time stamps on posts because of another time zone. Could you please post individual links to each of your posts you want removed?

In the top-right corner of each post, there is its number (e.g. #5). If you click on it, you should get a link to that individual post in the thread. A JavaScript windo should pop up saying "Share post #...".

Otherwise I'm afraid I might remove something you did not intend me to.

[pb87]

Thank you Shai Hulud for your quick reply.

 

The url for the thread to be deleted is as follows:

[link removed]

 

No problem about the PM issues. All's well that ends well.

 

Thanks again.

[MrFlibble]

The url for the thread to be deleted is as follows:

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/726-krishnamort-pt1the-rise-of-ice-in-summer-and-fall/

Since this topic is very old, I do not have the permissions to delete or hide it. I will forward your request to the administrators and they will deal with it.

Thank you for your patience.

[pb87]

Okay, that will be fine. Just realised I should have called you "MrFlibble" earlier, rather than "Shai Hulud." Sorry about that.

Thanks for forwarding the request.

[X3M]

I understand. I hope the numbering doesn't change when posts are deleted in between?

 

#207 - #215

 

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387623

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387625

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387626

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387636

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387637

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387638

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387639

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387643

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387938

 

Thank you.

 

In the past I also deleted some posts by editing and placing a dot.

Back then I did this for several reasons.

 

Now it just looks silly. ;)

Unless you know of a way to restore them, I see no other option that to let them completely be removed.

At least the dot posts. Unfortunately there are a lot. So I edited some as thank you reactions to the encouraging posts.

And I guessed what they might have contained.

21 posts for deletion remain. There where 28 :(

 

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19, 21, 24, 25, 26,

27, 28, 29, 31, 32,

33, 37, 39, 41, 42,

56, 60, 64, 66, 67,

68

 

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=372338

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373411

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373492

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373645

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373678

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373700

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373719

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373739

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373827

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=373913

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=374092

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=375508

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=375521

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=375527

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=375545

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=375821

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=375887

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=376254

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=376300

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=376317

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=376658

 

 

We should be thanking you, for your patience, with me :D.

[MrFlibble]

I understand. I hope the numbering doesn't change when posts are deleted in between?

 

#207 - #215

 

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387623

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387625

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387626

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387636

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387637

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387638

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387639

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387643

http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/21598-creating-a-board-game-based-on-rts-games/?p=387938

This is a conversation with another user. Even though he got banned (as far as I know), there's no way I'm removing one user's posts at another user's request, unless these posts either a) explicitly break the forum rules and/or contain spam, or b) contain the requesting user's materials (such as in case of pb87). The conversation you have linked to does not seem to violate any rules. If you want, I can delete your posts from that conversation.

As for the empty posts of yours, I actually thought that regular users are allowed to delete their own posts - at least, this was the case prior to the forum engine change.

Anyway, I've cleaned up the empty posts you've linked to. If there are more, just tell me.

[X3M]

Ok, I understand.

 

Thanks. It looks more cleaned up now.

 

No need to delete the remaining then. Even though they are sort of double. They still do contain the most recent information.

 

And deleting ones own posts. Is, not possible for all I know. Or I would have done that myself ages ago.

 

I do know about deleting personal conversations. Which I did.

 

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So I guess we need to keep this thread around.

[MrFlibble]

Sounds reasonable, I moved this into the General section where it's more appropriate.

[MrFlibble]

pb87, regarding your request: Gobalopper (the forum administrator) has just confirmed that the fanfiction thread has been removed from public view.

It will probably still linger on for a while in Google searches though.

On a related note, Gobalopper has also informed me that the PM box size for moderators has been increased, which hopefully fill provide a solution for the PM situation.

[pb87]

Thank you for all your help in this matter, MrFlibble. Thanks to Gobalopper, also. I am pleased that the thread has gone from view. Out of interest, do you know how long it will remain in Google searches? Will it linger forever? If so I guess it can't be helped. The most important thing is now taken care of, so thanks again. Good news about the PM boxes, too. 

[MrFlibble]

Sorry for a belated reply. I think Google cache gets purged every once in a while. At any rate, it will probably not be possible to come across any publicly available copies of that thread by chance, without searching for it specifically (and knowing that it was posted here).