How come topics are constantly deleted on this forum, would it not be a better idea to just lock them and give a reason why at the bottom instead of just deleting them?

Probably because most of them have been posted far too many times before. I just can't see why people can't just use the search button. The other reason is prob because it was in the wrong place.

there has been a couple ive seen where people questions arn't answered. i believe 'muttleys' topic was deleted but that was sorted after speeking to Al.

its just kind of annoying spending time writing something for someone to hopefuly answer, and to then find that its been deleted.

i understand that some boneidle people cant seem to use the search button but there are some of us who use it and find that we cant find the exact thing were looking for....hence the reason we post what we post.

another thing is. some topics get deleted once a problem is sorted. perhaps it would make sense to make a storage section on here to look up something that has been sorted in the past, that way others then find what they need to know...

sorry for kinda nicking your thread btw...


thanks
Sam

yes this happend to me. but i think that i may have put it in the wrong place but i still needed the info but it got deleted   

yeah cookie monster deleted my post and i pm'd him but no reply which is just dam rude!!

my post was doing no one any harm these forums are for sharing infomation and opinions and as long as they are not rude or rasist  or get out of hand like the porc one did!! then i thinlk you should let them be??

J-P

sorry slightly OT but i cant remember making a topic in the last few days...what was it?

Maybe it was both of mine, although the second one was pretty much asking for it, I'd concede that much.

As someone who doesn't use this site often, I think it's both rude and obtuse as to why you take such a hardline with people that are less familiar with the site. Fair enough if it's outright offensive or perverse; but asking if there are any decent spots in Dorking constitues neither in my book. And if the main forum is the wrong place to post such a thing, outright deletion seems excessive. FWIW I even scanned the forum list and it's not racing and I'm f**ked if I want anything to do with a "tribal gathering." So?

Answers on a postcard please fellas.

I had a thread in "non bike related sales and wants" advertising legitimate copies of windows xp and all of a sudden it's disappeared without so much as an explanation.

If you want people to learn from what they have done / stop them from doing it again then it would help if you tell them what they actually have done to warrant the deletion in the first place.

IMO it would make more sense to write a reason then lock the thread. That way the thread would soon dissapear and i'd have some idea as to where my threads gone.

If i'm honest with you - and i don't mean this in an insulting way, just a frank one, this forum has the rudest moderation of any forum i've visited. I have always tried my best to stick to the rules of the forum, i dont use text speak, i dont call other members names, i dont start threads about random crap, i try to offer advice (whether its any help or not is a different matter ) however occasionally i make mistakes, From previous experience i can either expect a moderator to come down on me like a ton of bricks practically calling me stupid or to point blank delete my thread with no explanation.

It seems to me as though you all see this as a chore as opposed to a hobby. If you dont enjoy doing it then surely it isnt worth doing.