Deleting, alternatives to deleting, and caching by search engines

[trixieleitz]

First: I know it's been discussed before and and marked resolved, but I would really like to see the title of FAQ16 changed to "How do I delete/undelete my account, journal or community?" The word account is in the body of the FAQ, but adding it to the title might make it easier to spot, from a quick skim of the FAQ listing, that this is the link

Comments

[bwinter]

The first seems to suggest that unsubscribing is something different from cancelling. How about:

"If you wish to cancel your account (unsubscribe from LiveJournal), you must delete your journal."

[trixieleitz]

I think the two wordings are more-or-less equivalent in meaning, but I have no objection to this form being used.

[danceinacircle]

I don't like the idea of adding account to the title, as the way it;s worded seems to imply that your account is different from your journal.

[intrepia]

What if instead we change it to something like, "How do I cancel my LiveJournal account? How do I delete my journal or community?"

[jai_dit]

Much better. That was my objection to the phrasing as well, and I think that works.

Although maybe we should keep the "how do I delete" question first?

Actually, I just realized another problem: currently FAQ 16 is "how do I delete/undelete ..." - the new title should also include both processes.

[intrepia]

Oh duh! I can't believe I forgot that!

How about, "How do I delete or undelete my journal or community? How do I cancel my LiveJournal account?"

[jai_dit]

With regard to the caching stuff, I think we should explicitly say that in order to get that content removed the journal owner will need to contact the search engine directly.

[trixieleitz]

I was relying on the user to follow the link to 50 to get the full story, but if you think it's valuable to state that up front, that's fine with me.

[jai_dit]

Oh, right, I forgot that was there. No, that should be fine.

[trixieleitz]

I've just made all these changes.