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How long should a thread be left up after we are informed it is going to be deleted?

191 replies

LeB0F · 30/07/2012 21:41

Because I don't think that four minutes is enough of a warning, I really don't Sad

You know it will just mean threads about threads, because people who don't press F5 every minute see what looks like a totally valid question getting wiped out.

If we are going to invoke the Olympic Spirit, may I politely suggest one that leans towards London rather than Beijing?

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Alibabaandthe40nappies · 30/07/2012 21:54

This is where locking the thread would be a good idea. Everyone can see what has gone on and it avoids all the 'why was that deleted' threads.

usualsuspect · 30/07/2012 21:53

Am I the poor lone soul?

BonkeySaysTeamGBAreTheMollocks · 30/07/2012 21:53

Is Tramadol available over the counter?

< curious >

ObiWan · 30/07/2012 21:53

Oh crap, I sound like Gabby.

I am so not his sock puppet! Eurgh.

ObiWan · 30/07/2012 21:51

Someone was being disingenuous.

But some lone soul thought there was bullying afoot.

Stranded is not Stealth. Tramadol and whiskey are good.

Northern rocks, and is a cool dude. Not in a banking kind of way.

ScarletSmellyFeet · 30/07/2012 21:51

Tramadol is fantastic as long as you don't mind not remembering half the threads you have posted on the night before.

You could become a sock puppet and not even realise it...........

Mamamaiasaura · 30/07/2012 21:51

I learnt about boiled piss

24HourPARDyPerson · 30/07/2012 21:49

one thing I did learn on the last thread is that Tramadol is good stuff.
hitherto unfamiliar with the product

Mamamaiasaura · 30/07/2012 21:47

Btw I'm in browser setting with tit by proxy writing on the sodding iPad so will soon need more whiskey and tramadol to sooth my headache

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 30/07/2012 21:47

Four minutes was the warning we'd get of nuclear attack in the Cold War. If it was good enough for that...

Mamamaiasaura · 30/07/2012 21:46

I've got to delete my app now and reload as its crashed it. Rather fucking annoying...

Olympia2012 · 30/07/2012 21:45

What happened?

ElephantsCanRemember · 30/07/2012 21:44

They aren't normally deleted that quickly, are they? I thought they were left up for a while to ensure posters have a chance to read it and therefore don't need to start a "what happened to..." thread.

BonkeySaysTeamGBAreTheMollocks · 30/07/2012 21:44

I lost the end.

ScarletSmellyFeet · 30/07/2012 21:43

In answer to your title, it should be left long enough for me to read the whole bloody thing without having to remember to open in a second tab, find my glasses and revisiting the spread sheet.

cocolepew · 30/07/2012 21:42

I wasnt even half way through that last one Hmm