Post editing

[mendonsy]

Yes, that worked fine.
Thanks!!!

[Rafaelo]

Originally Posted by Graphite Dave

I would vote to keep the 24 hour limit. It makes it obvious when a change or clarification is made to the original message. You have to send a new post that highlights the change. Without the 24 hour limit the original message could be changed and no one would know. It is just as easy to send a new message as it is to change the original message.

I vote AGAINST the 24 hour limit (sorry GraphiteDave). We should be allowed to edit at will, provided there is a notice saying "this was edited on x date for y reason". In the For Sale forum for instance I just sold one of three Sprinter seats I had for sale, and would like to say one is gone and drop the price on the two remaining--but I can't. I could post a new thread but then I am cluttering up the forum with confusingly redundant and inconsistent posts. Likewise in a very active forum on auxiliary battery chargers (33 pages and counting) I posted information on one battery charger which--now that I have talked directly to the manufacturer--needs to be changed and updated. But I can't. People reading my first post won't realize they have to scroll down twenty pages to read a second post qualifying it. The inability to edit means information that is wrong to start with or has been superceded remains posted forever to fool people: it makes this forum untrustworthy.

[Aqua Puttana]

Originally Posted by Rafaelo

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it makes this forum untrustworthy.

That's not the result of the 24 hour edit window, that's because of the membership base.

I prefer it stay to as is, but you do make some reasonable points. I think the reason that the limit was imposed is there were problems caused back when it was open season.


As for the misinformation early on situation you described I've found that Seek will edit for you on a request basis. Just send the thread link and what you want to change. That works, but keeps someone from making major changes unnoticed in older threads. My opinion and worth everything nobody paid for it. vic

[aljimenez]

My vote is to keep the current strategy. Limited edit time to fix mistakes that are caught quickly. Future changes should require Sikwan's intervention. When I visit forums that have no limits, I find that threads often have many replies that make no sense because the earlier post has changed. IMHO, it is best to make changes after replies are made, by a new reply post... Al