Diary deletion

Sometimes users may feel strongly offended by a discussion on ET, or have second thoughts about posting a diary after a controversy developed in its comment threads. It has happened that in the heat of anger, a user has deleted his/her own diary/ies.

However, deletion in the Scoop software ET uses, is irrevocable. Neither the diary nor its comments thread can be retrieved. By deleting a diary, the diarist doesn't just delete her/his own content: the contributions of other users to the diary will be lost, too. To prevent the deletion of more diaries along with the respective comment threads, any editor at hand can intervene to withdraw that diarist's right to delete own diaries. This measure only intends to protect others' comments, no negative repercussions follow for the diary-deleting user (apart from general disapproval, because diary deletion is not cool).

shergald:

You may wish to show everyone where in the use guide

It's up to you to read the guidelines, not to challenge editors to justify their decisions.

This discussion is over. Any further comments from you that do not concern the topic of your diary will be purely and simply deleted.

Once more:

The rules and conventions for using this site are set out in the New User Guide and the ET Editorial Guidelines. The menu containing these is just above the box containing your personal menu.

We, the editorial team (listed on the lower right of the front page) ask that users read and abide by these rules and conventions - just like every other community blog.

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