Cleaning of data

[Andrea Vindelev]

Hi, can you delete posts?

[Carlo Lazzaro]

Andrea:
welcome to this forum.
No, you can't.
See Help - Statalist 16.2

[Nick Cox]

Here is the text

16.2 What can you edit

Starting a thread does not convey ownership of that thread. Re-opening a thread by yourself or others is always allowed, and encouraged when any one has something relevant to add, say by reporting another solution, an update of a program, or a very similar question. Lapse of time is often not important: for example, it's fine to announce an update of a program in the same thread a few years after the original post. A new post always bumps a thread temporarily to the top of the list, so that additions can be noticed and read in context.

You cannot delete a post, but the forum allows for a one hour edit window. This allows fixes of many kinds, such as typo corrections, extra detail, or improved wording. Please don't mangle your own posts, even if you solved your problem yourself or realised that the question was silly. Explain the solution, even if it was trivial. Often someone else will have the same problem.

There is one good reason for an exception beyond what is said there. Sometimes people realise that they have accidentally posted excerpts of data that should not have been posted, because of strict guidelines on confidentiality. In such case contact the Statalist Administrator using the CONTACT US button below.