[UCIMC-Tech] request to remove a "peace" archived posting [was Re: Inquiry about removal]

Joe Futrelle futrelle at shout.net
Mon Sep 28 12:45:22 CDT 2009


I have years-old request to delete a post from the newspoetry list that I
believe still needs to be taken care of; I've sent Josh the info about which
post it is.

--
Joe Futrelle
Person


On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net>wrote:

> The only way to delete or edit old postings requires database access
> permissions. Josh is most likely the only person able to do this. He will
> need links to the specific posts which are a problem.
>
> In general, the list archives are set-up to be permanent records that are
> public. Some lists have non-public archives, but these are relatively few.
> It's a good idea to let all users know as much as possible that editing
> and/or deletion of posts in a major PITA.
> Mike Lehman
>
> Jay Schubert wrote:
>
>> I would also like to know how to do this.  I occasionally get requests
>> from people who post to the BTP public listserv and later request that their
>> post be removed from the public archive.  The little I've read about didn't
>> sound simple at all...
>>
>> - Jay
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu<mailto:
>> slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>    This seems reasonable to me, but I don't know how to do it.
>>    Can one of the IMC tech people remove the posting mentioned below
>>    from the peace archive?
>>
>>    (Yes, it'll still be archived on google and maybe elsewhere, but
>>    we can try.)
>>
>>    On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 03:07:10PM +0200, Jordi Honey-Roses wrote:
>>    > Dear List Serve Owner,
>>    > I am a student who helped organize an online petition to support
>>    a Professor
>>    > at the University of Illinois. The professor has asked that we
>>    removed the
>>    > petition and all online references to the petition.  Currently
>>    there is a
>>    > reference to the petition at the following link:
>>    >
>>    >
>>    > >
>>    > >
>>    http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/peace/2009-May/022270.html
>>    > >
>>    > >
>>    > Would it be possible to remove this from your website?
>>    >
>>    > Your help is greatly appreciated.
>>    >
>>    > Best wishes,
>>    > Jordi Honey-Roses
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