Editing a post??

[Uptown603]

I've noticed over the past few months that some posts I can edit a grammar error , but some I can't. Has anyone else noticed this?

 

[hoser]

You can edit for a short period of time. As long as the edit is at the bottom of your post you are able to do your corrections There are times, I wish it would last longer, but it is what it is..

 

[Xxray]

Edit time limits are the norm for most forums, they do it because in the past people have destroyed the continuity of threads by editing/deleting posts days, months and even years after the original post. I personally think there should be 24 hours but hey, its up to them, best to proof read before posting then read back after posting, which will catch most errors.

 

[CountyWorker]

Been a member of multiple classic car forums, multiple firearm forums and multiple outdoor forums for decades and this the only forum that I’ve been a member of that doesn’t allow post editing until the thread is archived. The OP updating the OP is a frequent occurrence.

 

[Surf Master]

I vote for a 24-hr. clause for sure !

 

[Uptown603]

Been a member of multiple classic car forums, multiple firearm forums and multiple outdoor forums for decades and this the only forum that I’ve been a member of that doesn’t allow post editing until the thread is archived. The OP updating the OP is a frequent occurrence.

Yeah, I have a habit of reading the post over and realizing the sentence structure sucks and my grammar was that of a 6th grade equivalence at best. I can assure you it's not to back peddle on an opinion if I originally took the time to type it out.

 

[CountyWorker]

Yeah, I have a habit of reading the post over and realizing the sentence structure sucks and my grammar was that of a 6th grade equivalence at best. I can assure you it's not to back peddle on an opinion if I originally took the time to type it out.

There’s a typo in my post that you quoted. Here you have to live with looking like you’re dumb.

Also, when you edit a post a note is created in your post that the post has been edited. It’s not like you can ghost edit and claim you didn’t.

 

[Uptown603]

There’s a typo in my post that you quoted. Here you have to live with looking like you’re dumb.

Also, when you edit a post a note is created in your post that the post has been edited. It’s not like you can ghost edit and claim you didn’t.

I'm aware of note in the corner that says "edited X date, time , etc". Maybe I can forward you my posts and you can correct them for me prior to hitting "post reply"?

 

[CountyWorker]

I'm aware of note in the corner that says "edited X date, time , etc". Maybe I can forward you my posts and you can correct them for me prior to hitting "post reply"?

I reread my posts, sometimes more than once, because you’re stuck with your mistakes on this forum. And I still end up with typos sometimes.

I’ve never even seen this topic come up in another forum. Nobody tries to edit their OP, in an effort to try to lie about what they posted, because everyone can see that they edited their post. They would just get laughed at. It’s the very reason that the edit note exists. Plus, imagine how bad you’d look if someone screenshot your OP, before you edited it and then posted the screenshot after you tried to lie. You’d permanently lose your credibility and forum members have long memories.

We are a small forum, in relative terms, so we don’t have a lot of long threads that require updates by the OP. In other forums, as I previously stated, updates to the OP are encouraged by the other members. Those interested in your thread often don’t want to read through all the other posts for the updates. Members who update their OPs are actually considered the best thread starters on forums. They’ll even edit their threads titles with “New update in OP 02/28.”

 

[Xxray]

Any updating should be done by adding on to the thread, not editing the OP. Then, replies to the original OP may not make sense, and need editing themselves.
Some years back on Tnet, they had a massive revision by a butthurt poster that caused them to stop their endless editing policy. This guy changed/deleted/edited 100's of posts, maybe 1,000's, he was a prolific poster, felt he was wronged, and decided to take revenge and go out with a bang.. He must have spent an entire night doing this, and it wrecked alot of threads, and they started an editing time limit shortly thereafter. That may be an extreme example unlikely to happen here, but nonetheless shows the can of worms that can open up with unlimited editing, whether on a small scale or large.

We can't edit what we have just said, though you can clarify ,, I don't see why it should be any different for what we write.

 

[CountyWorker]

Any updating should be done by adding on to the thread, not editing the OP. Then, replies to the original OP may not make sense, and need editing themselves.
Some years back on Tnet, they had a massive revision by a butthurt poster that caused them to stop their endless editing policy. This guy changed/deleted/edited 100's of posts, maybe 1,000's, he was a prolific poster, felt he was wronged, and decided to take revenge and go out with a bang.. He must have spent an entire night doing this, and it wrecked alot of threads, and they started an editing time limit shortly thereafter. That may be an extreme example unlikely to happen here, but nonetheless shows the can of worms that can open up with unlimited editing, whether on a small scale or large.

We can't edit what we have just said, though you can clarify ,, I don't see why it should be any different for what we write.

I’m a nearly 20 year member of which could be the largest internet forum in the US. Certainly one of the largest. Posts being made literally every second. Until the thread is archived, you can edit the OP, as well as the thread title. How do you reconcile that with how disruptive you claim it to be?

 

[Xxray]

I’m a nearly 20 year member of which could be the largest internet forum in the US. Certainly one of the largest. Posts being made literally every second. Until the thread is archived, you can edit the OP, as well as the thread title. How do you reconcile that with how disruptive you claim it to be?

I don't have anything to add to what I already said, I said it could be disruptive I didn't say it was, by default. I also already said that if people were worried about spelling errors ect, then simply proof read before posting, and read it right after posting while you can still edit. I just re-read what I typed, I see no errors, so I will hit "post reply" and that is it. Down the road, if I see something that could use clarifying, then I just simply reply to this post, and add my revisions.

 

[Cfmct]

I vote for a 24-hr. clause for sure !

Not gonna happen.. a couple times members that tweaked would start deleteing dozens of posts making threads incoherent.

 

[Cfmct]

There’s a typo in my post that you quoted. Here you have to live with looking like you’re dumb.

Also, when you edit a post a note is created in your post that the post has been edited. It’s not like you can ghost edit and claim you didn’t.

If a member needs an edit or a title fixed we can do it and no one would know its called editing silently. I have been asked to fix the titles of a few threads.

 

[Surf Master]

If a member needs an edit or a title fixed we can do it and no one would know its called editing silently. I have been asked to fix the titles of a few threads.

I asked for deletion of the Museum thread on me , it's fake , you refuse , still continues , enough please , delete the thread ! Don't care if you think it's funny or not , there is a difference from right & wrong

 

[Uptown603]

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[Uptown603]

I asked for deletion of the Museum thread on me , it's fake , you refuse , still continues , enough please , delete the thread ! Don't care if you think it's funny or not , there is a difference from right & wrong

And you were ignored?

 

[CountyWorker]

If a member needs an edit or a title fixed we can do it and no one would know its called editing silently. I have been asked to fix the titles of a few threads.

I asked to have my trail camera title changed.

I don’t care about having my typos become permanent. Our demographic is going to make more than our fair share of those. Autocorrect is also far from a perfect science.

I simply have too much experience on large forums to know that editing until archived doesn’t create a problem on forums. Especially, with the edit note. Logic mandates that if it created a problem you wouldn’t have huge forums, with tens of thousands of posts a day, allowing it.

It’s not necessarily a big deal here, because if you come back to a thread that you haven’t read in a few days, and use the function that takes you to your last post read, you may only have to read through a few posts to get to an update from the OP. In large forums, on a hot topic thread, once you go back to your last read post, you may have to read through 10+ pages of posts before you get to an OP update. It’s the primary reason why members like it when the OP changes the title to notify that there’s an update in the OP or that there’s an update on a specific page. Depending on the type of thread, one may be more preferable. As an example, a thread that is photo heavy of comparison photos it is nice to have all the photos in sequential order in the OP. Day 1, Day 5, Day 25, etc. Restoring a vintage detector, going through the process of cleaning a relic find, etc., are examples of where it would be preferable to have all the photos in the OP instead of having to search through the entire thread to look at progression photos. Simply scrolling down the OP to see the progression of the project photos is such a better way of enjoying the OP’s project thread.

 

[Cfmct]

I asked to have my trail camera title changed.

I don’t care about having my typos become permanent. Our demographic is going to make more than our fair share of those. Autocorrect is also far from a perfect science.

I simply have too much experience on large forums to know that editing until archived doesn’t create a problem on forums. Especially, with the edit note. Logic mandates that if it created a problem you wouldn’t have huge forums, with tens of thousands of posts a day, allowing it.

It’s not necessarily a big deal here, because if you come back to a thread that you haven’t read in a few days, and use the function that takes you to your last post read, you may only have to read through a few posts to get to an update from the OP. In large forums, on a hot topic thread, once you go back to your last read post, you may have to read through 10+ pages of posts before you get to an OP update. It’s the primary reason why members like it when the OP changes the title to notify that there’s an update in the OP or that there’s an update on a specific page. Depending on the type of thread, one may be more preferable. As an example, a thread that is photo heavy of comparison photos it is nice to have all the photos in sequential order in the OP. Day 1, Day 5, Day 25, etc. Restoring a vintage detector, going through the process of cleaning a relic find, etc., are examples of where it would be preferable to have all the photos in the OP instead of having to search through the entire thread to look at progression photos. Simply scrolling down the OP to see the progression of the project photos is such a better way of enjoying the OP’s project thread.

Was it changed? Let me know to what if its not and we can change it, if you prefer send a direct message. We didn't set up the time allowed, that is above our pay grade.

 

[CountyWorker]

Was it changed? Let me know to what if its not and we can change it, if you prefer send a direct message. We didn't set up the time allowed, that is above our pay grade.

Yes, I think Rudy changed it for me.