I think (scratches head) that we don't have a Delete button and that topic
deleting is more "magical" because there are so many click happy fools out
there that on public wikis (like fw.com) we'd end up with virtually no
topics!
My main use of FlexWiki is on on a company intranet and my own local copy,
so personally I don't have a problem with a Delete button, but then I know
the magic incantation for deleting topics, too. I'd be plenty annoyed if
some idiot went around deleting topics I'd spent hours lovingly evolving on
FlexWiki.com, though.
For what it's worth, I'd prefer to see deleting stay as it is, and for an
empty topic to be displayed as a topic, with the usual topic bar, etc. but
just no content (same as Craig's fake empty topic), rather than go to the
HomePage instead.
On 8/17/07, Craig Andera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Here's a thought, what if submitting an empty topic meant "delete this
> > topic" (as opposed to the hidden "delete" magic topic text)?
>
> I'm not sure what I think of that. On the one hand, it seems like I ought
> to
> be able to have an empty topic. On the other hand, it seems like the sort
> of
> thing that 99% of the users will try to do before they know how to do it
> the
> right way.
>
> Given that I can fake an empty topic with this [1], and the Principle of
> Least Surprise, it probably makes sense to have an empty submission imply
> "delete".
>
> Of course, if we had a "Delete" button, then I'd want empty topics to be
> legal. Is there any reason we don't?
>
> [1]
> :Placeholder: something
>
>
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