Suggestion about topics

[pianoman53]

I've read a few topics, to see what people here are like before I become a part of it (Hi, btw), and it seems that people go of topic, a lot. Maybe if would be a good idea that the creator of the topic could delete it. It might could work like the "report" (but with "delete"), that you send a motivation about why the post should be deleted. It seems quite upsetting if you ask something quite simple, but that couple of people goes insane on something completely different.

Kind regards.

[pianoman53]

this should ofc be, if it's possible, only avalible for the author of the topic...

[sordel]

If that rule got brought in no one would contribute to anyone else's topics! You'd just get anyone who wanted to say anything starting up their own topic to say it ... and there are too many topics started up as it is.

[pianoman53]

Well, there are at least as many topics with someone asking a real question, that goes of into something about everything but that subject. And I don't think everyone would start a topic and then delete everything.. I mean, why would they start a topic?

It was something about tocatas. After 3 posts the discussion was completely somewhere else. And someone about dramatic pieces... Basically every discussion with over 50 posts has gone from the subject to personal attacks.

[sordel]

Basically every discussion with over 50 posts has gone from the subject to personal attacks.

I take your point, but I don't see how letting the thread creator delete the thread helps anything. If anyone wants to talk about the most difficult toccata or the most dramatic piece of music, at least they have a thread for that at the moment ... does anyone gain by letting someone arbitrarily deploy the nuclear option on their own thread? It would just turn every forum member into a de facto moderator of every thread that they initiate.

[pianoman53]

I take your point, but I don't see how letting the thread creator delete the thread helps anything. If anyone wants to talk about the most difficult toccata or the most dramatic piece of music, at least they have a thread for that at the moment ... does anyone gain by letting someone arbitrarily deploy the nuclear option on their own thread? It would just turn every forum member into a de facto moderator of every thread that they initiate.

yeah, what a shame if the author of the thread had some control over it =/ Lets just go ot everywhere, why would people get their questions answered?...