Why we need a reason?

[Alex"Drake Iron Heart"CS]

Ok this question is for the Strats team.... @Nexus @Captn Norrington @Merlin @Giggles
Why is it that when we delete a comment, you have to put a reason???
I do know we can leave blank....

If its our own written comment, we dont have to give explanations to anyone.... unless we deem necessary

Can the team not delete a comment if they dont like the answer to why delete?

Its a random stupid question but I am curious and no evil intended with it, just curiosity!!!

and it didnt kill the cat...... Was the dog who bite it to death!!

 

[Nexus]

Ok this question is for the Strats team.... @Nexus @Captn Norrington @Merlin @Giggles
Why is it that when we delete a comment, you have to put a reason???
I do know we can leave blank....

If its our own written comment, we dont have to give explanations to anyone.... unless we deem necessary

Can the team not delete a comment if they dont like the answer to why delete?

Its a random stupid question but I am curious and no evil intended with it, just curiosity!!!

and it didnt kill the cat...... Was the dog who bite it to death!!

The ability to delete comments etc. is tied into the permissions system. There are varying the degrees of some permissions, the ability to delete your own content is one of these, the reasoning behind the "Reason for Deletion" box is so if a moderator sees something was deleted (It doesn't really delete it just removes the content from sight from regular users) they have a context as to why. To tell the truth Mods can see the history of any and all edits to a post as well, so if something is reported and then say someone deletes or edits it after the report, but before a moderator gets to it, they can see exactly what went on in the post.

For Mods, when removing a post we ask them to always fill something out, for everyone else, yea it's optional, but it helps provide that essential context when a mod sees a post has been removed as to why if anything is wrong with the hidden content.

 

[Victim of Siege]

Just have fun with it, say things like "the devil made me do it" " i was just listening to the voices in my head" "none of your waffling bizness" make it a game and carry on

 

[Alex"Drake Iron Heart"CS]

Cheers for the reply, was just curious thats all, when I change or edit, gonna have some fun then!!

 

[Alex"Drake Iron Heart"CS]

Delete if you find appropiate now. I got the answer