Thread editing

GAAman

Hi lads, i was just wondering why there is a time limit on editing your posts? On another forum site i post on i edited a post of mine from 2005 is there a reason boards cant have the same function?

Cheers

eVeNtInE

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seamus

^^
What he said.

It's to stop people going back and screwing with information.

If your post needs revision, that should be obvious enough within two days.

GAAman

seamus wrote: »

^^
What he said.

It's to stop people going back and screwing with information.

If your post needs revision, that should be obvious enough within two days.

Thanks for the replies, i understand and did have an idea that would be the case but honestly 9 times out of 10 the change wouldnt be for malicious reasons maybe circumstances have changed and the poster feels the information should now not be available there should be some way to change it

An example of this would be to look at how many threads have been started in help desk asking for stuff to be edited or deleted, i have lost track tbh but if there was an option to edit it these problems wouldnt be there anymore

Maybe even make the "reason for editing" box mandatory and the person can give the reason, if seen to be acting the maggot fair enough ban/whatever but if it is genuine then let it pass?

A related question:

How long is the time limit on post editing that doesn't leave "Last edited by..." underneath the post? Around 90 seconds?

eVeNtInE

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GAAman

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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I dont wanna appear cheeky or anything eVeNtInE but if you were to look at help desk threads over a good while you would see loads of threads asking for name changes etc for this very reason, i could understand it not being needed in say after hours or tcn/thunderdome but for the likes of personal issues, humanities, and other serious forums.

I know of one person at this moment (its not me btw ) who is in the situation that their boards persona could easily be linked to them and i know it is easier to just say be more vigilant if you wish to stay anonymous but that is just a cop out, if you were to ask every mod to edit posts for all the thread starters alone thats a ton of work on top of the ton of work they already do

TLDR: For the non serious forums (fora?) leave it off so as not to have the problems outlined in the above posts, but for the serious ones have the option to edit

seamus

GAAman wrote: »

I dont wanna appear cheeky or anything eVeNtInE but if you were to look at help desk threads over a good while you would see loads of threads asking for name changes etc for this very reason, i could understand it not being needed in say after hours or tcn/thunderdome but for the likes of personal issues, humanities, and other serious forums.

This is the very reason we don't allow it. Because so many people *would* go back and change their posts. We very rarely change posts for people, and even then we limit it to 4 or 5 key ones.

The damage that would be done by opening this up is inestimable.

What people post online is their own responsibility, they need to think *before* they post, not afterwards. That's the way it has to stay.

vixenbees

Thanks anyway GAAMan This is still annoying me lol.

In your privacy settings, is it possible to remove the option for visitors to "view all threads started by" or "view all posts by" ?? This wouldn't be deleting any information, it would just be introducing a measure to make it harder for randomers to search for you! Surely we should be entitled to that?

See seamus I dont have a problem with anything I've posted, dont want it deleted or anything. I just dont like how easy it is for people who don't even have to be registered, to search for this information.

vixenbees

Still no reposnse on this one......

the_syco

GAAman wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, i understand and did have an idea that would be the case but honestly 9 times out of 10 the change wouldnt be for malicious reasons maybe circumstances have changed and the poster feels the information should now not be available there should be some way to change it

There has been times in politics where people have tried to change what they've said to prove a point that they did not make. Imagine I changed what a poll asked? Suddenly you could get 300 people suddenly agreeing to the death of Santa!

Nevyn

In the case of PI/RI and ocassionaly parenting I do get resquests from posters asking for posts to be edited or deleted and we do for the post part honour those requests, but I think there is a big difference in that and someone wanting to edit or delete thier posts wholesale.

vixenbees

Yeah I totally agree. As I said, I dont want to edit or delete anything!

I just think some measure to make it a bit harder for unregistered people to search for you by username would be really good.