Replies to post #1020 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[marty_lewis]

francois, so just make it as simple to do as possible, cut and paste the deleted post, & put it back in as the latest post with a link in the post to back to where it was supposed to be. bashers love to cut and paste old posts anyway, so maybe they could create a special job at ihub for the best "cut and paste" man in the basher business just for that function. (only joshing, but I do think my idea is a workable solution)

[Was (Bob)]

That would present a bit of a technical challenge, and would involve other potential hurdles I haven't really given a lot of thought yet, but strike me at first blush as "bad things". Like the notion of the system itself posting a message (with its date/time stamp, IP info, etc) that isn't a direct result of the author pressing the Submit button from that IP address, at that date/time, etc.

And, as you pointed out, deletions and reinstatements do happen fairly rapidly. Not always, but usually.

I feel certain that all of the potential readers of a post will not have gone past that post by the time it gets restored, as I don't think that of 100 readers of a thread, more than about 10 read new posts every minute, but I'm kind of curious what those stats really are. Perhaps a project for wayyyyy down the road.

We're resourceful people. Perhaps we can come up with something that'll easily ensure that reinstated posts get a chance to be read by people who did already get past them.

How about this one: When I restore a post, that process automatically posts to the thread from an administrative account giving the link or message number. Something like: "Deleted message [number here] has been restored by site administration."