DerpsyDoodler
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Because editing posts is an administrator task.Why can’t I edit my posts on this thread: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/a...uan-lightning-new-energy-technology-co.16857/ ?
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When did that change? I could edit my own posts not even a week ago.Because editing posts is an administrator task.
If you want to edit, hit the report button with the changes, and an admin will do it.
When did that change? I could edit my own posts not even a week ago.
When did that change? I could edit my own posts not even a week ago.
I am able to (I have the edit button). I wonder if when a thread gets moved, permissions get mucked up somehow.When the post was a couple hours old.
Edit: HRTKD, you're wrong.
(I edited this after your post appeared below)
Derpsy - try editing your recent post above.
If one edits one’s post within a very short time of posting, the edit date does not appear. Maybe a few minutes window at most.Yep, I can still edit. So it must be time based.
On other forums I'm on, I have a long time to edit posts. However, the edited post also contains a new line that says when the post was last edited. We don't get that edit date on this forum.
I like this policy personally.The idea is to give someone enough time to fix typos and stuff, but not allow revisionist history. This way the content in a thread flows more naturally.
I like this too. If there’s sensitive information that really needs removal for safety then mods can deal with that by request.Personally I'd prefer edit on for everyone all the time with the history available to everyone. That way they clean up their posts to their hearts content, and yet anyone can still see the history of changes.
Stage 1: oops i submitted but made a typo that i don’t want to live with. nobody will know my shame if i edit the typo within a minute or two
Stage 2: my post has been out there and seen by some people and they have memories of the original post. if i edit it now, they deserve to know it changed so they don’t question their own reality.
Stage 3: my post is months old and essentially part of community record. changing it at this point is kind of like rewriting history book. so i need to run edit by mods to ensure i can’t escape all my mistakes. people have to learn somehow! ?
Here's what the mod's can see by clicking the "compare" button with the history screen behind it ... very similar to any version control system. But I suspect that whole history thing isn't something that can be turned on for everyone.
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I can relate to stage 2, which is why mostly I try to disclose my edits with an “edit:” or strike-through txt (though thought I’d lost the ability to use it, at some point). I don’t always take the time to. i prefer to let the software manage it, and I can simply make my edit the way I want.I like this policy personally.
Stage 1: oops i submitted but made a typo that i don’t want to live with. nobody will know my shame if i edit the typo within a minute or two
Stage 2: my post has been out there and seen by some people and they have memories of the original post. if i edit it now, they deserve to know it changed so they don’t question their own reality.
Stage 3: my post is months old and essentially part of community record. changing it at this point is kind of like rewriting history book. so i need to run edit by mods to ensure i can’t escape all my mistakes. people have to learn somehow! ?
Actually it does, the comparison is the last rev against the first, you can see the buttons in the background.Interesting, it shows my multiple edits grouped together, doesn't indicate I made a second edit later (takes me a while to add everything I think of.)
Folks do that now, requesting their posts must all be deleted.I'm on a forum where full anytime edit was allowed. Someone got pissed off and started editing all his history to be blank. That caused us to go to a restricted time based edit capability.
Folks do that now, requesting their posts must all be deleted.