How may original poster delete posts?

Hi guys, how may an original poster delete some of their original posts if they are unable to flag nor unapprove posts due to "Error: Access denied" coming up?

Ask in the comments, or flag it, or PM a janitor/mod/admin.

Thanks FeKa, I sent you a PM, would it be possible for you to review my PM and PM me back? Thx!

I haven't deleted them because I need a reason to do so.
Most of them aren't the best thing ever, but neither are that bad.
Just give me a good reason to delete them and I'll do it.

I'm somewhat curious as to the underlying reason for wanting post #426942 removed. Uploader's request for the reason doesn't say much.

I don't mean to second guess your judgment, it's just that I'd prefer a much more clear reason for flagging the image for removal. Lack of a well spelled out reason for deletion has always bothered me with the flagging of images.

testman91174 PM said:
(...) please use the reason (...) "duplicate" of another post.

Forgot to add that.

Neither one is a duplicate and we do not delete duplicates. Uploaders are not allowed to delete their own images and I'm of the opinion that unless its *really* bad, a rule violation, or pixiv medium they shouldn't be able to make someone else unapprove them either.

Neither of these posts would have ever been flagged barring a letter from the artists and just because the uploader regrets uploading them or whatever cockamamie story he came up with there was no reason to flag them. This is exactly why we disabled self-deletion.

I told him that via PM but... if you're okay with them just approve them.
I don't really mind, in fact I've seen much more shitty pics getting approved after a flag *cough*.

Sometimes I question why Danbooru took away the ability for posters to delete one's own post. How much abuse did it create before it was taken away?

One guy with 200ish uploads attempted to delete everything he ever uploaded because someone insulted him in a comment or something.

Mr_GT said:
Sometimes I question why Danbooru took away the ability for posters to delete one's own post. How much abuse did it create before it was taken away?

I don't see why posters should be able to delete their own posts. It's not like they own them or anything.

Question: What does ownership has to do with anything?

Well maybe the poster made a mistake and uploaded something he/she didn't want to upload, or the file they uploaded is corrupted in some way. It could also be used to delete dupes from this server.

Normal users can't delete any pictures, regardless of who uploaded them. So, not the ones they uploaded themselves, either.

You're providing a service in uploading them to danbooru, but that doesn't give you the right to delete that image. After all, we only allow one copy of each image, so this gives you the power to effectively remove ("ban", sorta) images from the site.

Mr_GT said:
Well maybe the poster made a mistake and uploaded something he/she didn't want to upload, or the file they uploaded is corrupted in some way.

In such cases I don't think any of the mods would have a problem with deleting or even double-deleting your post so it won't affect your deleted post count.

There's really no reason to make users able to delete their own posts. If there's a valid reason for one's post to be deleted, then the mods will do it, it's their job.

It takes me 5 seconds to full purge a pixiv medium or corrupt upload, really it doesn't matter. It's not like I have to fill out a questionnaire when deleting something.

Mr_GT said:
Question: What does ownership has to do with anything?

Don't get pedantic. I'm talking about the right to delete something. It's not their decision to delete something. When you upload something, it becomes a part of Danbooru and you no longer have a say in what happens to it.