How to remove outdated info from my profile

Page 1 of 1 [ 2 posts ] 

Abstract_Logic
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 3 Dec 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 580
Location: Here

13 Jan 2020, 10:22 am

There is outdated information on my profile, and I'd like to remove and/or update it, but the user interface doesn't seem to have the option to remove it.

For example, when I go to the 'My Account' page, it shows an outdated/broken link to an old website domain that I had years ago, and there is nowhere in the profile settings to remove this. The weird thing is that I can only see this when I click on the WrongPlanet logo at the top of the page first and then going to the My Account link. If I am on the forum page, clicking on My Account goes to the user control panel.

When I go to https://wrongplanet.net, and then the My Account link, the link goes https://wrongplanet.net/author/Abstract_Logic, which is where it shows my outdated website, along with Message Wall, etc. But if I am in https://wrongplanet.net/forums, and I go to My Account, the link goes to ucp.php (user control panel). This doesn't seem like consistent website behavior to me.

And when I click on my username in any forum thread, it shows a link to my old (now defunct) AIM account, but nowhere in the profile settings is the option to change or remove this.


_________________
Autistic (self-identified)
Open source, free software, and open knowledge geek
GoLang, Python, & SysAdmin aspirant
RPG enthusiast
Has OCD, social anxiety, CPTSD


EzraS
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Sep 2013
Gender: Male
Posts: 27,828
Location: Twin Peaks

13 Jan 2020, 6:18 pm

I've found that I have to replace info rather than being able to remove it by leaving the field blank. Like when I try leaving my location blank it defaults to an old lotion I entered years ago.