Ownership of information and the rights of users

[Ralph Barker]

I'll repeat - in most cases, we use the "soft delete" feature, meaning that moderators still have access to the content. That is definitely true if you see the thread title with the comment, "deleted at OP's request". Thus, if you have made an information-rich post in a thread that got deleted due to the bad behavior of others, you can ask the moderators (via the "Contact Us" link) to retrieve your post for you so you can start your own thread with that info.

Edit: Looks like Rick and I were composing at the same time.

[Kodachrome25]

And for Kodachrome25: If a post of yours that reflects considerable effort gets deleted in a way you think is unwarranted, please let us know. We might agree! We can almost always, at the very least, send you the text of the post so that you can repost it without having to rewrite it.

Thanks but it was years ago on another forum.