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P#82254 2020-09-25 08:54 ( Edited 2022-04-04 15:55)

i can't figure this out either, is this a missing feature?

P#109652 2022-04-04 01:30

@helado
Just clicking on "New Post" seems to cause drafts to pile up without having to save the draft. This seems like a vulnerability. (A malicious user could eat up server storage space and post IDs.)

P#109685 2022-04-04 16:04

It is happening with me, too, @shiftalow. Many many drafts. No way to delete them

Suggest, @zep, that drafts are deleted according to how old they are. Any drafts that exceed one month from the time they are written are automatically deleted.

P#109688 2022-04-04 16:51
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i'd prefer at least an explicit delete button

P#109691 2022-04-04 16:59
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Please no automatic deletion.

I think we can delete a published post, right? So you could try to publish your draft (replace the text with anything if you don’t want it to be ever seen) then delete it immediately after.

P#109699 2022-04-04 19:16

This is an example of reusing a previous draft.

When NEW POST is selected, if there is already an "untitled" and "no body" draft, it will be displayed; if not, a new draft will be created.

P#109709 2022-04-04 23:40
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HERE IS HOW TO DELETE DRAFTS:

You will have to publish the draft. After that, go to its page and click on "DELETE" and "CLICK TO CONFIRM!"

P#109736 2022-04-05 13:10 ( Edited 2022-04-12 08:27)

I have about two dozen of these. All of them are completely blank with default titles.

None of those should have been saved—they were still in the state you get to by clicking [New Post].

Seems like the BBS is being a little too cautious about saving drafts in the first place, even aside from the fact that we can't delete them.

P#109739 2022-04-05 13:52 ( Edited 2022-04-05 13:52)

I agree, @merwok. There could be an option to delete them, preferably en masse. I don't know if this is possible but certainly desired.

P#109742 2022-04-05 15:12

i worked out experimentally how to delete a draft. go to the page where you edit it to find its tid, then request https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=[the tid of the post]&action=delete. ostensibly this is a bug as GET requests are not supposed to mutate resources; it should require a POST (or DELETE).

P#114002 2022-07-06 06:20

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