rhyang wrote:SoCalHiker wrote:NewDayRising wrote:Looks like SP is losing another long time member (from her profile page)
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I have deleted all of my mountain and route pages. Now I'm working on deleting my climber's log entries and my photos. I'm just not interested in contributing to Summitpost anymore. Most of the information I'm deleting can be viewed at my Smugmug site.
yeah, someone, who seemingly selfishly deleted all contributions without even asking others whether they might be interested in adopting them...
Just so you guys know -- KathyW has been bagging peaks for a long time. The info she contributed was hers, and hers to delete.
I for one am sorry to see her go, but it's equally sad to see people here who think their "achievements" in this virtual world are somehow more important than the real one.
Point one- it wasn't all hers, at least some of it was straight from DPS Road and Peak Guide, including multiple errors. That isn't the main point though so I'm not going to get into it unless you need evidence.
More importantly, no one said she should be able to delete her content from the pages if she didn't want to allow others to build on it. I doubt too many folks would care. What she should have done though, and what would have been less selfish, would be to edit the page blank and leave it blank if that was what she really wanted. If she had done that, then the empty page could still be adopted, and the new owner could rebuild it. There would be the bonus that other members' contributions (including summit logs, routes, photos, trip reports, and corrections) would remain attached without being lost or orphaned. That way she keeps her content but the rest remains together as the page is rebuilt.
It really isn't complicated. It's just about leaving gracefully and with the slightest bit of thought towards others.