Updating or Editing Posts
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 9:48 am
Hi All,
On one of the other forums that I visit, there is no time limit for being able to edit or delete your own posts.
But on most forums, you are given 15 minutes, and then your post is "cast in stone".
This can be very frustrating for many reasons.
I often edit my posts many times because my spelling is wrong, or what I write does not make sense.
Or I delete one of my posts because I have had a change of heart, or realise that I mis-read a question...
And my biggest bug-bear - failed picture / image links.
Because we ask you to host pictures off site, sometimes the links become broken or we get subject to things like the Photobucket fiasco a few years ago.
So - I have changed the settings to allow forum members the option to go back through their own topics and make sensible changes and to repair, replace or remove links.
I am not sure whether to allow this "amnesty" for a few weeks, few months or to keep it permanently.
I suppose it all depends upon how people use this facility.
I am not asking you to do a mass delete of all your unwanted or embarrassing posts.
They are just life. We all make mistakes or bloopers.
They give the forum character.
No, this is simply to allow you to do some housekeeping of older posts should you wish to do so.
On one of the other forums that I visit, there is no time limit for being able to edit or delete your own posts.
But on most forums, you are given 15 minutes, and then your post is "cast in stone".
This can be very frustrating for many reasons.
I often edit my posts many times because my spelling is wrong, or what I write does not make sense.
Or I delete one of my posts because I have had a change of heart, or realise that I mis-read a question...
And my biggest bug-bear - failed picture / image links.
Because we ask you to host pictures off site, sometimes the links become broken or we get subject to things like the Photobucket fiasco a few years ago.
So - I have changed the settings to allow forum members the option to go back through their own topics and make sensible changes and to repair, replace or remove links.
I am not sure whether to allow this "amnesty" for a few weeks, few months or to keep it permanently.
I suppose it all depends upon how people use this facility.
I am not asking you to do a mass delete of all your unwanted or embarrassing posts.
They are just life. We all make mistakes or bloopers.
They give the forum character.
No, this is simply to allow you to do some housekeeping of older posts should you wish to do so.