I just thought it was a hide function, not locking and deleting (which is the hiding I guess).ProtoKun7 said:It's been there for a loooong time.
As long as I've been here I think.
Probably.
More than likely.
Most likely longer.
If it is at least as long as I've been here.
Which I think it is.
Man I swear I saw somewhere that the delete function only hides it from you and the forum; the mods can still read it.ProtoKun7 said:The options are to open, close or delete. It's only hiding if you can unhide it again. Delete has more of a permanence about it.
Ah, okay, I see now..ProtoKun7 said:Oh, the staff can still read the deleted items. When it's deleted it's like a Recycle Bin. Allowing standard users to permanently delete items would be irresponsible. From their point of view it's probably like nothing has changed, but users won't be able to see the thread. Only staff can delete things permanently.
Indeed, it's only set to invisible. So to normal members it may looks as if the topic has been deleted, but it is in fact still there as it were before it got "deleted". Of course, technically that doesn't really matter as a real deleted topic also is readable, just in another place.p1ngpong said:Im not 100% sure but I think the delete button just sets the thread as invisible for regular members.
Ah, I was right then. If it was designed to be restored by the OP it would probably say "hide" rather than "delete".The Pi said:We don'tp1ngpong said:Setting a thread from invisible to visible only takes two clicks by a mod, Im not sure if the OP has that power but I would doubt it.