SCRAWL Boards Deletion Policy On the SCRAWL Boards, members have the ability to edit their individual posts, but are not able to delete them. Generally speaking, this isn't a problem, since old, inactive threads will eventually scroll off the active forum pages. But we also know that this could become an issue in the workshopping forums, where members often want to remove their workshopped pieces after a while, for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is having gotten the piece published elsewhere. So, if you have posted a piece in any of the workshopping forums (Short Story, Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash and Chat, Freewrite, or Portrait Prose) and you want it removed, the procedure is as follows: Go to the thread and click on the little Edit icon appearing beneath your post (the very first post in the thread, the one containing your written piece). Change the post's subject line to read, "Please delete", then click on the Submit button. The changed subject line will let us know that your thread has finished it's usefulness to you, and that we can delete it at our earliest convenience. Please save anything you want to keep from your thread BEFORE marking it for deletion, because once it's deleted, it's gone forever. Keep in mind that this thread deletion policy applies ONLY to the workshop forums mentioned above. NO posts or threads will be deleted for you in any other discussion forums, except as noted in the next paragraph. It's also worth noting that if you remove the text of your own posts after someone else has replied to them, we've learned from past experience that it can be very disturbing to other community members, so please don't do it unless absolutely necessary. Think twice before posting any personal thoughts or info that you may have regrets about sharing later. We have a family-like environment here at SCRAWL, and we encourage open discussion among all our members. However, we are not responsible for any sensitive details you choose to reveal, and will NOT honor any requests for deletion, except in the workshopping forums specified above. Please note: From time to time in the future, we will go through all forums and remove older threads (those which have been pushed far back in the forums' archives and are perhaps a few months old). This housekeeping is necessary to maintain optimum performance of our message boards, as well as to free up server space. Keep this in mind if you write anything you intend for posterity, because eventually it will be removed, perhaps without notice. Due to this periodic housekeeping, it's suggested that if a particular thread contains information that you intend to refer to again in the future, you should save or print this info for your own reference purposes. Thank you for your continued cooperation and support. Return to the Scrawl Home Page.