Add an "are you sure?" feature when deleting hubs or capsules

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  1. bravewarrior profile image83
    bravewarriorposted 8 years ago

    Yesterday I was editing one of my hubs when a message flashed up that the hub was deleted. I have no idea how I accidentally deleted the entire hub. I was simply fixing a URL.

    It would be very helpful if, before any portion of our hubs are deleted (whether intentionally or not), we were given the option to answer an "are you sure you want to delete this?" question. I'm not going to go through the trouble of putting it back up, finding the photos I used, etc. At the very least, leave it in our account and give us a restore option before it's gone for good.

    1. wilderness profile image95
      wildernessposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      If you delete a hub you will have 24 hours to change your mind.  Only then will it quietly disappear forever.

      1. bravewarrior profile image83
        bravewarriorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Where can I retrieve it? The title is no longer in My Account.

        1. relache profile image67
          relacheposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          If it's been 24 hours or more since you hit delete, the Hub will be gone.

          If not, it will still be listed on your account page with your other Hubs.

          And just so you know, URLs can't be changed once a Hub is created.  They can only be edited prior to the actual Hub creation.  Once a blank Hub exists, the URL is permanent.

          1. bravewarrior profile image83
            bravewarriorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            I just checked and it's still there - in tact. The weird thing is, yesterday it was gone from My Account. Maybe it was a glitch. I wasn't changing the hub's URL. I was correcting a photo URL.

            Anyway, I'd still like to see an "are you sure" option when it comes to deleting.

            1. Health Reports profile image89
              Health Reportsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              I agree - I accidentally deleted a hub while making significant updates to it. All changes were lost; I wanted to hang myself.

              1. bravewarrior profile image83
                bravewarriorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                Major bummer. All the more reason to give us the opportunity to verify whether or not we truly want to delete.

  2. paradigmsearch profile image60
    paradigmsearchposted 8 years ago

    No guarantees, but you might be able to find it here, https://archive.org

    1. paradigmsearch profile image60
      paradigmsearchposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I just looked. The site has changed. Not sure if it is useful anymore or not.

      1. bravewarrior profile image83
        bravewarriorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Thanks for your help, paradigmsearch.

  3. Venkatachari M profile image85
    Venkatachari Mposted 8 years ago

    A reasonable suggestion. This feature can be of much help to most of us writers here.

  4. Lionrhod profile image75
    Lionrhodposted 8 years ago

    I agree that this would be especially good to add to edits/deletions of modules themselves.

    1. bravewarrior profile image83
      bravewarriorposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you all for your responses. Hopefully Admin will see this and give the suggestion serious consideration.

 
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