Typophile - Editing posts - Comments

Well, the fact that the

russellm — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:07:52 -0700

Well, the fact that the order is messed up by edits is just the kind of craziness some people get used to far too easily and others are driven ’round the twist by. Also far too easily. Me, I pass it off as a an amusing quirk, like a car with crossed wires that honks when you use the turn indicators. Of all the forums I’ve seen, this is the only one that does that. Obviously the quirky coding is fixable. Using it as an excuse the get rid of the edit feature is like getting rid of the car because of a couple of crossed wires. Either live with the flaw (It’s not that big a deal), or fix it. I would wager that no one is really all that confused when posts drop out of sequence because of edits.

- every word I [or anyone] says here is not golden [russell]

Exactly! So why would I want to go back and fix my prattling from yesterday? ;-)

That argument works both ways, Florian:
I don’t know... Maybe you don’t want your spelling mistakes, bad grammar and poor judgment immortalized for all time or until the the day the Internet crashes and no one made a backup copy? (hypothetical spelling mistakes, bad grammar and poor judgment, of course! :¬)
Your words are yours and if you want to change them why would anyone want to prevent you from doing so? One is of course at the same time, free to not change a thing if that is one’s choice.

That’s my 2 cents

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Well, we had this over and

Florian Hardwig — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:54:40 -0700

Well, we had this over and over. I guess there is no solution that is commonly agreed on.
People were complaining about edited comments that spoiled the order and logics of whole threads. Others want to retain the opportunity of fixing typos or adding links (esp. on the Type ID board).

Now the good Punchcut people have taken action. It might not be the final answer, but I’m quite happy with it.

every word I say here is not golden

Exactly! So why would I want to go back and fix my prattling from yesterday? ;-)

Yeah I went to edit one of

Miss Tiffany — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:33:48 -0700

Yeah I went to edit one of my posts and had the same problem. The reason they have limited the time is because of the re-ordering bug. Please be patient while they work that one out.

Disappointing. I don’t

russellm — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:25:25 -0700

Disappointing. I don’t know what the point of disallowing edits would be. Even if this is Typophile, it is still just an on-line forum. Not the fricken Bible. every word I say here is not golden (precious few, actually)... And if I want to change or get rid of them at some time in the future it’s my business. Should be a right in fact, since I believe the word I write are my words.

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15 minutes seems arbitrary.

pattyfab — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:37:29 -0700

15 minutes seems arbitrary. If the powers that be determine that editing must be limited, why not make it until another post has been added?

I believe a comment’s Edit

Stephen Coles — Fri, 9 May 2008 22:57:05 -0700

I believe a comment’s Edit link is available for up to 15 minutes after posting.

It’s in some threads and

russellm — Fri, 9 May 2008 22:52:35 -0700

It’s in some threads and not others.

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Editing posts

pattyfab — Fri, 9 May 2008 22:46:21 -0700

Punchcut - have you done away with this feature? I don’t see that option anymore.

It was debated quite a bit but I think there was still a lot of support on the forum for allowing edits. Myself I prefer that the edited post remains in its place in the thread, perhaps with some sort of indication that the post was edited.