Deleting vs Parenting

I was under the impression that the best course of action if you find a better version of something previously uploaded would be to delete the lower-quality version; However, upon reading up on some things, it seems that parenting is, in some cases, preferred. Does this only apply to flagging other people's posts?

If I was to upload something and eventually find a better version of the same image, would it be best to delete the lesser version, or simply parent it? To my understanding, too many deleted posts doesn't exactly make you look good, so there seems to be little incentive to delete something, even if it is clearly inferior. Despite that though, I would think deleting would be the best way to go.

So my question: Assuming the posts are our own--where others are saved the trouble of looking through flagged images--would it be better to delete the lower quality image in favor of a higher quality one (again, assuming that the new image is exactly the same save for higher quality) as opposed to parenting? Does deleting benefit the site enough to warrant the addition to the Deleted Posts count?

Escobar said: If I was to upload something and eventually find a better version of the same image, would it be best to delete the lesser version, or simply parent it?

Just parent it. Deleting has no real benefit to the site.

Also, nobody should be flagging duplicates. Duplication is not a legitimate grounds for flagging. I think I'll go bump no *no deleting dupes* thread. Maybe even sticky it, if Albert doesn't mind.

jxh2154 said:
Just parent it. Deleting has no real benefit to the site.

Also, nobody should be flagging duplicates. Duplication is not a legitimate grounds for flagging. I think I'll go bump no *no deleting dupes* thread. Maybe even sticky it, if Albert doesn't mind.

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I did see that "stop flagging dupes" thread, which is why I was wondering if that applied to our own posts that we can delete ourselves. I suppose for next time I'll just parent it.

Though an even better alternative might be getting higher resolution version up first, whenever possible XD

Escobar said: Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I did see that "stop flagging dupes" thread, which is why I was wondering if that applied to our own posts that we can delete ourselves. I suppose for next time I'll just parent it.

Well, I mean, you CAN delete your own if you're immediately upping a better one, I've done it before, but if it's been awhile (say, a few days later they upload a high res wallpaper version), then just parent it. Parenting will never be wrong.

Yeah, seems it's mostly situational. Though my main intent was just to clarify whether either option was considered "wrong", and apparently neither is, so thanks :P