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Non moderators post deletions showing in moderator log

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Why is it when a non administrator or moderator deletes a post it still shows up in the moderator log? Is there any way I can stop this?
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Deleting posts is seen as a moderator action in phpBB, so even when a non-moderator deletes (presumably his own) posts, it's in the Moderator Logs. I'm not sure there is an easy way to prevent this from being logged. You'd probably need a code change or extension.
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Administrators cannot delete posts, BTW, other than as an ordinary user.
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stevemaury wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:36 pm Administrators cannot delete posts, BTW, other than as an ordinary user.
Unless they also have Moderator permissions
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which, of course, the installer/founder of the board has because they are in the global moderator group by default.


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Nonetheless, administrators qua administrators, cannot delete posts. A small point but sometimes it is good to keep the two permissions sets distinguished in your mind.
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Deleting/soft deleting and editing a post are Forum based permissions which can be assigned to every user/group. Defaulted to Yes on a fresh install. Without an extension isn't possible to stop the logs related AFAIK, you can remove those permissions on a per forum/user/group basis though.
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sugarycherrypie wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 2:03 pmIs there any way I can stop this?
If you stop it how will you know who deleted what? Wars have been started by less. Regular users can’t see those logs anyway so what harm is it doing?
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3Di wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:02 pm Deleting/soft deleting and editing a post are Forum based permissions which can be assigned to every user/group.
Yes, but they are Moderator permissions.
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stevemaury wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 5:30 pm
3Di wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:02 pm Deleting/soft deleting and editing a post are Forum based permissions which can be assigned to every user/group.
Yes, but they are Moderator permissions.
Ern...
those are Forum permissions and as I above said are set to yes per default on a fresh install to the Registered Users group.
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Code: Select all

"f_delete",
"f_edit",
"f_softdelete",
To add, there are the same permissions for moderators

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"m_delete",
"m_edit",
"m_softdelete",
So I am assuming the OP gave to some regged user those perms instead of using the forum ones? Who knows.
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OWN posts. Deleting others' posts is a Moderator permission.
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