User Control over Submitted Data

I was just curious, in many areas of MP the user does not have the ability to delete submitted photos or routes. Is there a compelling reason for this? I would guess because it is seen as a user contribution to the product, in exchange for free usage.

Unless something has changed, it usually is because someone has posted something like a comment inside the OP page. Otherwise, If you could delete a route page without having an Admin move stuff out, you would wipe out other people's comments and photos. If you speak with the area Admin, they can usually come up with a solution.

Yeah I noticed I could not delete photos with no comments, which I submitted.

I've deleted my own photos a few times, because I wanted to update them.
(Because there does not seem to be an option to update/replace a photo).
Were they photos that you submitted recently, or older ones?

Very recent

There was a bug about deleting content that I think affected comments and photos.  It should be fixed now, though it's still true you can't delete some things unless it's "empty" of comments, etc.