NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: how do you delete?!

Subject to editing. Suggestions welcome.



NOTING the extensive amount of trees in various nations,

ACKNOWLEDGING that these trees are a healthy source of oxygen for all peoples in all nations,

STATES that businesses may be discouraged from developing, and a nation's economy may fall into depression because of this,

This act seeks to repeal Resolution #23, which states that any enterprise cutting down more than five acres of trees shall be required to replace all the trees. It is understood that the environment benefits from the planting of trees.

HOWEVER, it is noted that any environmentalist program or a nature-lover who wishes to see that these trees are not cut down may independently buy a forest so that NO public or private enterprise may cut it down.

It is not the responsibility of any nation's government to watch over the planting or cutting down of numerous trees. It is the job of a private company or individual to take up an environmental protection stance, if they wish to do so.

I support a repeal of #23, but I think some small revisions to your proposal text are in order. Here's my suggested re-write.


NOTING that many member nations contain trees which are of great significance to their ecological and economic systems;

ACKNOWLEDGING that these trees are a healthy and vital source of oxygen for many peoples;

CONSIDERS that as a consequence of resolution #23, businesses which are necessary to the prosperity and comfort of their citizens may be discouraged from developing, and that the economy of many member nations may fall into depression due to the restrictions put into effect by Resolution #23;

REMINDS member nations that they can protect their forests through the efforts of their own national government, and that in many nations private citizens can purchase land to protect it from deforestation;

REPEALS United Nations Resolution #23 "Replanting of Trees", which states that any enterprise cutting down more than five acres of trees shall be required to replace all the trees.

Thank you for your suggested revisions. They will be considered, along with the problem of deleting this thread.

(No, seriously.)

OOC: how do you delete?!

OOC: You can delete it by clicking on the edit/delete link at the bottom right corner of your post. When it goes into edit mode, look carefully at the options and you'll find what you're looking for.

OOC: You can delete it by clicking on the edit/delete link at the bottom right corner of your post. When it goes into edit mode, look carefully at the options and you'll find what you're looking for.
I don't see the delete button anywhere... and I looked really hard.

I don't see the delete button anywhere... and I looked really hard.

There is no "delete" button.

After you click on the edit/delete button at the bottom of your post, you should see at the top of the screen a gray bar running across that has the words "Delete this Message" in it on the laft side of the screen.

Below it you should find instructions that read:

To delete this message, check the appropriate option below and then click the 'Delete this Message' button.

The options should read:


Do Not Delete Message
Delete Message


To the left of each of these options a button should be visible that looks like the buttons you might see in a poll.

Below that you should see a field asking you to provide a reason for deleting the message, and below that is a centered button with "Delete this Message" on it.

If you don't see any of this after clicking the edit/delete link, I would venture to say that there's something wrong with your forum account.

If you don't see any of this after clicking the edit/delete link, I would venture to say that there's something wrong with your forum account.

Oh, I can do it... just not on the first post, which is strange and unhelpful.

Oh, I can do it... just not on the first post, which is strange and unhelpful.

Interesting. I've never noticed that before. Maybe something in the forum code is such that you can't delete the first post without being a Mod.