Oh no I cocked that one up. I wanted to copy-paste this under “Meta”, as audio-books aren’t listed yet. I thought to retract this post meant to delete it entirely. Captain?
...is there a time limit before that happens? Because my button is gone now yet it wasn’t replaced by another button, it just says “Retracted” where the button was beforehand and the word is not clickable either.
I think you just need to reload the page for the ‘delete’ option to become available to your retracted comment, but that it’s only possible if it hasn’t yet been responded to. So the very fact you asked about how to delete it under your original post, meant that you no longer could.
Someone with moderator/admin rights should be able to delete it entirely—if anyone with those rights passes by here then please do so. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I wanted to copy-paste this under “Meta”, as audio-books aren’t listed yet.
Btw, that’s what the “Other Media” thread is for, not the Meta thread. I’ve inherited the ‘rules’ from my predecessors, but I’ll edit the post to try and make them a bit more clear, short and to the point, for this and all future monthly media threads...
Oh no I cocked that one up. I wanted to copy-paste this under “Meta”, as audio-books aren’t listed yet. I thought to retract this post meant to delete it entirely. Captain?
When you retract a comment, then a deletion button appears in the retraction button’s place. So deletion is a two-step process.
...is there a time limit before that happens? Because my button is gone now yet it wasn’t replaced by another button, it just says “Retracted” where the button was beforehand and the word is not clickable either.
I think you just need to reload the page for the ‘delete’ option to become available to your retracted comment, but that it’s only possible if it hasn’t yet been responded to. So the very fact you asked about how to delete it under your original post, meant that you no longer could.
Someone with moderator/admin rights should be able to delete it entirely—if anyone with those rights passes by here then please do so. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Not sure. There may be an interaction with whether it’s been replied to.
Btw, that’s what the “Other Media” thread is for, not the Meta thread. I’ve inherited the ‘rules’ from my predecessors, but I’ll edit the post to try and make them a bit more clear, short and to the point, for this and all future monthly media threads...