User post deletion time limit?

[Cate_Soule]

Does anybody know how to set a time limit for when users can delete their own posts?

[Rubi]

All users? Or only certain TL levels?

post edit time limit is what you need to check.

One reference here:

Post edit time limit for Trust level 0 and 1 users

Currently the time limit for editing posts has these defaults: [Screenshot 2023-02-01 at 17.21.23] That’s 24h and 30 days respectively. In our community we set the second one to 0, and wanted to set the first one to 30 days, but we found there is a hardcoded limit of 7 days: [Screenshot 2023-02-01 at 17.22.42] Any reason why this limit is hardcoded to be so far from the tl2_post_edit_time_limit default? I’m aware it’s possible to set it to 0, but there’s a wide range of options between 7 …

[Cate_Soule]

Does the ‘post edit limit’ also affect how long users can delete their posts?

[Moin]

I think it does affect how long it’s possible to delete a topic (the first post). That becomes impossible after someone replies or after the edit time limit passes. But if I remember correctly, the edit time limit does not influence the deletion of replies.

According to the Trust Level Permissions Reference there is only a limit per minute and per day, no time based limit

[NateDhaliwal]

@Moin

But if I remember correctly, the edit time limit does not influence the deletion of replies

Hmm… perhaps it should? Since deleting the post essentially edits the post …