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I did not find any script like this, but basically, I'm looking for a script that can automate mass editing and deletion from the perspective of a regular user (not mod or admin).

Let's just assume it is a default, or close to default layout.

Basically, for editing (not deleting), it would be like this:

1) Search for all *your* posts in post view mode (not thread view mode).
2) click on the link for the specific post
3) click edit
4) automatically delete all text and replace with a predetermined sequence, maybe just a repeating sequence of numbers of punctuation or something
5) save
6) return to results and do the same on the next result
7) continue until there are no posts left to do this to
)) Eventually, all posts that are editable should have been effectively edited to no real content

Obviously, this will only work on forums that allow users to edit posts long after originally writing it. And I am referring to editing one's own posts.

Some forums also allow users to delete posts long after originally writing them.

So basically, it would do #1 and #2 above, then see if there is a "delete" button. If delete, then it'll delete, then go to #6 above. If no delete, only edit, it'll do the steps above.

It doesn't have to automatically advance to the next page of results, although that would be great, too.

Is this possible? Would this be too difficult for someone to figure out? thanks.

One idea could be that since each post has a unique post number, go through the search result looking for numbers attached to "p=" in all links on the page. The edit post link is usually fairly standard, with the difference being the specific post number. So just capture all the post numbers, then go through each post number using the standard edit URL and do editing that way. That way, the manual approach of actually clicking through should be unnecessary. that's just one idea, though.

However, that would still be a lot of work, given you want to edit hundreds of posts. I would totally appreciate, if someone could please do a small script to manage this, as my coding skills are quite limited…

Thanks in advance