[Maru]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Ohhh you meant the member whos post had been removed would get a message? I read this as everytime a message was deleted or a thread moved or whatever everyone would get a message

I always try to leave an edit note if I edit posts. And I tend to favour editing over deletions too. But when faced with a thread with 50 posts that are just bollocks arguments and sniping..much easier to delete in one go, which includes any posts quoting the argument. Which tends to then lead to 'why was my post deleted, I only said X' which starts it all up again thus making the deletions a bit pointless, which is why we delete posts of that nature too.

Having said this, a fair few members prefer their posts to be deleted rather than edited. I have had hell on in PM many times for editing peoples posts :S

A lot of places do it mainly for deletions, though some do it for threads moved (it depends on the volume). We escalated to infractions using the preexisting forum tools when we couldn't correct the behavior and just followed that system accordingly to bans which often incremented if we felt justified... so the worst offender... 2 day ban... became a 2 week ban... to a one month ban... to permaban... multis = instaban, and extend the original ban if the user went back to abusing other users... we tended to leave it alone though if they were just trying to PM a mod.

I much prefer editing and notations too, as it leaves the pertinent information and allows the thread to continue, but it depends on the forum... these days some people take it very sensitively. (see Rob's post)

I think some people feel like it's a black mark that makes them feel "punished"... but really, if it's done courteously and across the board (edits for everyone ).. then it can go very well and makes the moderation team appear active and engaged... but I would poll users before changing.... maybe test this in S&D first since they seem to want to be so involved in moderation innovation.