How to delete a member
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Topic: How to delete a member
Posted By: Fedupand50
Subject: How to delete a member
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 12:57pm
| I know that this is a really simple question but please could someone tell me exactly how to delete a member from the forum? I go to the right area (where it says you can do it) and click on the member name .. but for the life of me cannot see how to do it. Thanks for any help given! |
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Posted By: pjb007
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 8:45pm
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I can answer that one,
If you view the profile of the member in question and then click the edit button on the profile page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and there is a check box for deleting the user, check the box and then update the profile.
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 18 November 2006 at 3:53pm
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I think deleting a user will also delete their posts which may make some threads difficult to follow. Better off to disable/ban a user and leave their posts intact.
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Lead me not into temptation... I know the short cut, follow me. |
Posted By: Fedupand50
Date Posted: 18 November 2006 at 7:58pm
| thank you for the replies - I found the elusive check box just after posting the question.. but thanks again! |
Posted By: wwcn
Date Posted: 19 November 2006 at 11:00am
| now if one user post many malicious topics,how can we delete him and all his posts? |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 19 November 2006 at 1:33pm
Right at the bottom just before the 'Update Profile' submit button there is a checkbox labeled 'Check this box to delete this member, this cannot be undone.' place a tick in that box and submit the form, accept the warning and continue. That will delete the member plus all their posts. 
------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: pjb007
Date Posted: 19 November 2006 at 3:27pm
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I thought that the posts were left in place but the poster username displayed as Guest? |
Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 2:31am
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I thought so too, did that change recntly? ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: djlurch
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 4:52am
| I asked the same question previously. Deleting a member is WAY too hard to find. See Borg? I'm not the only one :) |
Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 4:28pm
| I was under the impression that posts will be under Guest as soon as you deleted someone. Has anyone deleted a member recently to verify? |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 9:33pm
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I just tried it out on one of my forums and i can confirm that it does indeed leave all there posts as 'Guest' posts Maybe an option next to the 'delete member' checkbox that adds the option to remove their posts as well would be nice??? ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 11:10pm
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I wouldn't recommend it. If you delete a member with all his/her posts it will make the forum look bad when someone reads through posts to find that some people are talking to themselves...! I'd rather create a new group called Suspended members or check the "Suspend member" through their profile which will disable their account. ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 12:19am
| That's a good point. New users will be reading through the threads and will be confused with nothing making sense due to missing posts. |