My apologies, as I know this might have been discussed at length previously, but I am still trying to understand. On a reply by @codinghorror , a while back, he wrote: https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-topics-where-are-they/22312/8 Will that mean that, if I want to completely delete a post, I sh…

So, based on the silent acceptance this topic got, am I to assume hidden posts do not get deleted after 30 days, and thus the delete removed posts after setting is a placebo?

Okay, I must have missed this topic earlier, but here is my understanding of how that setting works. A Hidden post is still a post that can be seen by other users, it has the message of “this content is hidden due to community flagging”, or something like that, and therefore it is still “visible” A…

Not trying to be nitpicky, but if delete doesn’t delete, then maybe that word shouldn’t be used. Flagged should replace the current Hidden, and Hidden should be made the new deleted. I searched meta a lot, and found three years old developer discussions about implementing a real purge. There has be…

[صورة] David_Collantes: There has been no advances on that idea, correct? I am unaware of any plans for a real purge. The only way I know to do that is via the Rails console and calling post.destroy() on the post in question. So it technically exists, but isn’t automated in any form.

I tried the Rails console approach (found an old post referring to it), and it vomited errors at me, so I decided to hold that off. The reply I referred about: https://meta.discourse.org/t/tools-to-permanently-remove-or-delete-spam/5289/10?u=david_collantes

FYI, in Discourse, we “soft-delete” topics/posts. Meaning the content is still stored in the database but it flagged as being deleted and is thus not shown to standard users (admins can always seem them if they want to). This help tremendously in dealing with spammers and/or misbehaving users. @Da…

[صورة] zogstrip: would you mind explaining why you wanted to completely erase the content of a post? Imagine a user posts something really sensitive like someone’s credit card information, someone’s social security number, something that we really don’t want visible at all to anyone, or even …

[صورة] icaria36: If there is a command-line instruction to delete such posts in exceptional circumstances, that would work too. Yes there are … ./launcher enter app rails c Post.find(THE_POST_ID).destroy Note this is 100% non recoverable short of grabbing a backup, so be careful.

[صورة] sam: ./launcher enter app rails c Post.find(THE_POST_ID).destroy Note this is 100% non recoverable short of grabbing a backup, so be careful. Hi, Since Discourse “soft-deletes” posts, can we consider this rails command the recommended way to completely delete a post containing highly…

[صورة] Canapin: Is there a case that comes to your mind where completely deleting a post like this would break something in Discourse? Hard deleting a post using .destroy is the recommended way. I will not break stuff in Discourse, there are jobs that ensure consistency. There may be some in…

If I want to completely delete a post, I should just hide them?

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sam (Sam Saffron) 1 أغسطس 2019، 1:57ص 11

نعم، هناك…

./launcher enter app
rails c
Post.find(THE_POST_ID).destroy

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If I want to completely delete a post, I should just hide them?

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