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User should be able to delete own post.

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bullseye

New member
I posted on a topic that I discovered was already discussed earlier. So I decided to delete my post and not waste everybody's time reading it. Unfortunately, all I got was "only forum leaders can delete posts". I can delete my own post at AR15.com, why not here?
 
You can edit your post, bullseye, all the way down to nothing. All that will show up is a message saying the date you edited it.
You could also replace your original post with something like: "Posted by mistake, please disregard." or something like that.
A third option would be to e-mail a staff member and ask them to delete your post.
Hope this helps.
-Dave

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"The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security"
Ohio Constitution, Article I, Section 4
Concealed Carry is illegal in Ohio.
Ohioans for Concealed Carry Website
 
bullseye has a good point -- what harm would it do to be able to delete your own post? not the entire trend, but your own post -- it would be 'cleaner' and save on space better than editting it down to zero bytes and having that "editted" message on the bottom.

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