Replies to post #2185 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[Was (Bob)]

Yes, when a post is deleted, and it's the most recent post, the timestamp for the latest post will be the one for the deleted post.

A "deleted" post isn't really deleted. It's not moved to another table or anything like that. All that happens is a field is toggled and the ASP's that read posts skip the ones where that field is toggled.

I agree with someone else's earlier comment, too, that "This message was removed by the Chairman" is not good enough. It needs to substitute the alias of the person doing the deletion for the word "Chairman". That's supposed to be getting worked on.