$(function() { // document ready

    // Uses the new live method in jQuery 1.3+
    $('a.delete').live('click', function(event) {
      var element = $(this);
      if ( confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this item?") )
          $.ajax({
              url: this.href.replace('/delete', ''),
              type: 'post',
              dataType: 'script',
              data: { '_method': 'delete' },
              success: function() {
                element.closest('.map_container, .editable-object, form, .editable-object-replace, li.media, li.image, li.partner, div.photo, li.user').remove();
              }
          });

      return false;

    });
});