Lasereth: I don't have a clue as to the functionality of allowing users to delete their own posts. I do know it can and does cause trouble though. for example, in another board I was arguing with another member, and he threw a tempertantrum and deleted all the nasty comments he had, including the post itself. so now I look like a bitch who's yelling at someone and talking to myself, and I can't even point to an edited postand say "see? he DID say something, he was just a weenie and erased it." If it ever came to it, I'd advise Hal not to turn such a feature on. y'all should be accountable for your words. Also, as you bring up, deleting the first post in a thread deletes the whole thread.
Really guys, we voulenteer to help Hal and the place out 'cuz we like it here. we DON'T MIND helping someone delete something if there was an honest mistake. that's why we're here, and why we make ourselves available to you.
your welcome, cowudders, yes, I can see your icons. if you'd like some honest criticism, I think the lines are too thin to see at any reasonably high resolution. small icons need big, obvious symbolic contents. But that's just my opinion.