RE: Editing / Deleting Posts
August 5, 2011 at 7:27 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2011 at 7:30 pm by edk.)
(August 5, 2011 at 7:19 pm)Shell B Wrote: We're not really taking away a privilege, as much as making an adjustment in the hopes that it will keep the forum cleaner. As Tiberius pointed out, you can still have mods edit for you.
It's not as if you want to be bothered by every single edit I make to my posts, for example "I really think the 'edit' in my earlier post should be emphasized" or "Whoops, looks like I forgot to capitalize that 'W'" or... well, you get the idea.
> in the hopes that it will keep the forum cleaner
How often is it actually abused? I would have thought it would be less work to revert the minority of malicious/abusive edits than to have to personally do every allowed one.
(August 5, 2011 at 7:26 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Not many people delete their own posts, and if they do, it's usually for a bad reason. We are simply trying to make sure that the amount of deleted posts doesn't get to a ridiculous number. We want people to treat the forums with respect; putting effort into their posts and standing by them. It isn't a place where you can post random thoughts with the expectation of being able to remove them at any point down the line.
Likewise, most of the editing done to posts takes place well within the 20 minute limit. Most people edit mistakes they spot immediately when they look over the post they just submitted. If 20 minutes causes too many problems, then we can always increase it to something more useful.
We're willing to be flexible, as long as users are willing to be respectful.
I edit new replies into my posts when I get sniped, such as now. Now I have to do that within 20 minutes or double post?
Also: Why not just restrict deleting then? Does/did people editing their posts cause problems?
