I have found the post, so it was posted, But I was unable to find it afterwards to update it, so thought it had been deleted for some reason, But today i found the post and linked to it, Unfortunately the 1st attempt had not copied the link to the clipboard, And a previous link was posted instead This happens randomly for reasons unknown, I suspect maybe security s/w

In reply to a post by tommy45:

It had disappeared but today i could find it,
Very odd, that I couldn't see it later that day when I was going to update it,

Just remembered I've had a similar experience, I did wonder at the time if it was being vetted.

In reply to a post by burble:

In reply to a post by tommy45:

It had disappeared but today i could find it,
Very odd, that I couldn't see it later that day when I was going to update it,

Just remembered I've had a similar experience, I did wonder at the time if it was being vetted.

Good question

In reply to a post by pluralist:

IIRC if a mod deletes the Opening Post of a thread the whole thread is removed. "Not in database".
Similarly a spam post can simply vanish. Which is how some years-old threads suddenly surface but with no new post. (And we often fail to notice the date).

So we can delete a post leaving it there or we can remove it (and potentially replies completely). If there's a spam chain we may remove it and replies, but if it's just a post which has content and useful replies we would delete the post leaving the thread intact. This was intended for transparency when we delete posts but we decided for spam it made no sense to leave things. In the end it depends on the circumstances.

In reply to a post by burble:

In reply to a post by tommy45:

It had disappeared but today i could find it,
Very odd, that I couldn't see it later that day when I was going to update it,

Just remembered I've had a similar experience, I did wonder at the time if it was being vetted.

We do have an anti-spam system which may remove posts after they are posted and appear; it will then disappear after a while. It's unlikely to be the case here as it mostly affects users with no reputation on the forums.


Sebastien.