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intelliot
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Disabling the edit feature of GC |
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| TheDomainBOSS wrote: | I think editing of posts should be disabled, as I have noticed at couple of instances where a post initially said something, people replied to it and later it was changed to something else making whole conversation baseless.
I leave it to my fellow members and admin(s) to decide. |
I suggest using the Quote button to quote any posts you are directly replying to.
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TheDomainBOSS
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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Intelliot,
Yes, quote is good to refer to one post among many posts given under a thread, but what if the original post changes and there is no quote for the first post.
We generally don't quote the original post if there's just one post in a given thread.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Editting of posts is very useful and necessary in many cases. Removal of the ability to edit posts on GC is a bad idea. |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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In my opinion the edit button should stay, how many times have we had to say to members in the past:
Please use the edit button, don’t double post when it isn’t necessary, thank you.
*off topic*
Hmm for some reason I just remembered this:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php
*Moved to GC Announcements, Feedback & Questions forum*
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intelliot
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have a problem with double-posting as long as it's reasonable.
One idea for the editing of posts is to limit the length of time you can edit. For example, you can only edit a post for 30 minutes after it's originally posted. After that, only moderators can edit it (you have to PM a moderator your edit request). This is what they do at another large forum (WHT).
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TheDomainBOSS
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I think editing of posts should be disabled, as I have noticed at couple of instances where a post initially said something, people replied to it and later it was changed to something else making whole conversation baseless.
I leave it to my fellow members and admin(s) to decide. |
In-order to demonstrate the same, I just edited my primary post, please have a look at the first post of mine under this thread and see for yourself if this conversation makes any sense now. 
Advise if this should happen under GC.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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weird,
wat is connected with michael jackson and disabling editing post o.o
And, I hate editing removed cause I need it if I wrote something wrong.
Maybe time management should be applied like 10 minutes or wat like intelliot said.
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TheDomainBOSS
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L4nc3k,
Exactly, this is what I was trying to communicate?
I hope it would be taken seriously by GC and as Intelliot said it should be restricted, but not only on time basis but on time + post basis i.e. one should be able to edit his/her post only for some time may be 10 minutes provided, there's no post against his/her post. If someone replied to your post even within 1 minute of your posting, one should not be able to edit it.
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| TheDomainBOSS wrote: | L4nc3k,
Exactly, this is what I was trying to communicate?
I hope it would be taken seriously by GC and as Intelliot said it should be restricted, but not only on time basis but on time + post basis i.e. one should be able to edit his/her post only for some time may be 10 minutes provided, there's no post against his/her post. If someone replied to your post even within 1 minute of your posting, one should not be able to edit it. |
Yes we know this is what you were trying to communicate, but I haven’t seen anybody change there post like this from one topic to another, and if they did and I noticed it I would kindly ask that member why he done that.
If the edit button was set on a time/post configuration it would be too restrictive what would happen on threads were you need to update the first post many times like contest treads it just wouldn’t work, if we have to go ahead with this I would go with intelliots first option but wouldn’t be as happy until I see some real proof, don’t go creating it now will you.
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Darren is right. I prefer not to have any restrictions related to editing the posts.
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Darrenstraight,
I noticed this somewhere in this forum itself, although the topic wasn't changed but the content changed. I saw reference to a website in the main post which was owned by another member of GC, I asked them about the relation between the two, but by that time that reference was gone and I had no clue about it, thus my post became meaningless.
Anyway take your decision wisely.
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Thanks chaitanyamandava! 
Hi TheDomainBOSS you can call me just Darren if you want. 
What ever decision we do finally take I'm sure we will make sure its been chosen wisely and is the right one for GC.
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TheDomainBOSS, Personally I see what you're trying to get at, but the edit button should stay. Cause I use it often to correct misspellings, a number, or even a link I screwed up on. The 30 minute idea is good and I would prefer that rather than taking the edit function away. Even something like a wiki where you can see the changes made to the post if it has been edited.
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| I have an idea. You could do what Intelliot said, and after thirty minutes, you can only *add* stuff to it, just not take it out? That way, if you notice a spelling error, you can simply post in a subscript form at the bottom that you meant something else. |
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