Unable to delete PMs
Hm. Maybe. Let me see if there's anything in common with what was successful versus what didn't work. The array of PMs that I had/have available to test is limited, but from the games where I had PMs that I could test...
Game 1: Attempted to delete a PM between myself & the GM. Failed.
Game 2: Attempted to delete a PM between myself, another PC, and the GM. Successful.
Game 3: (This is the one with the PC that changed hands, GM confirms it was never directly under his control.)
Attempted to delete a PM between myself & the PC that changed hands from when it was under the original controller. Failed.
Attempted to delete a PM between myself & the PC that changed hands from after it was transferred to its new controller. Failed.
Attempted to delete a PM between myself & a PC that no longer exists in the game (this one was briefly under GM control before being deleted). Failed.
Game 4: Attempted to delete a PM between myself & one other PC that no longer exists in game. Successful.
Attempted to delete a PM between myself, the GM, 3 currently existing characters (one a GMPC), and 2 that no longer exist in game. Successful.
Game 5: Attempted to delete a PM between myself, 1 currently existing character, and 1 that no longer exists in game. Failed.
Attempted to delete a PM between myself, 2 currently existing characters, and the GM. Failed.
Game 6: Attempted to delete a PM between myself & 1 other currently existing PC. Failed.
(Edit: Dug up a Game 7 that the GM had closed, but is still undeleted: Attempted to delete a PM between myself, the GM, and two other PCs. Successful.)
Other information:
Games 1-5 have the same GM, and he's got no idea why there's any difference.
Games 1-4 are active, and I have posted in the past month in all four (within the past week in 1-3), so I don't think it's from inactivity.
Game 3 & Game 6: I was able to contact two other players who successfully deleted a PM in one of the games. Different player in each game. (So it must not be some accidental game-wide thing.)
Game 5: I feel like I have deleted at least one PM in this game in the past, but I'm old and it's been a while, so I'm not 100% on that.
Game 7: Another player attempted to delete a PM here (the exact same PM that I deleted successfully) and was also unable to do so. (If this is a bug, it isn't just me.)
Best I can tell, it doesn't seem to make a difference whether or not the PM includes the GM (or a GM PC), since I managed to successfully delete at least one PM that included either the GM or a GMPC. It also doesn't seem to matter if I'm the author of the PM or not.
This message was last edited by the user at 14:28, Fri 24 Apr 2020.