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More edit buttons?

Postby Vax » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:11 pm

I know it can be done. So why not?
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby Garridy » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:11 pm

Because!
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby jasper-isis » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:02 pm

Which forums have them right now, and which don't?
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby Vax » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:13 pm

I'm not really sure.
That do:
AMV Announcements
Muti-Editor Projects
AMV Contests
I think there's a subforum in the Video forum.

That don't:
Everything else.


Somebody add to my list if I'm missing something.
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby CrackTheSky » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:53 pm

Because doing it this way forces you to think about what you're saying before you hit "Submit".
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:05 pm

Actually, IIRC, it's an accountability thing. You say something stupid or start shit you own that mistake and don't try to weasel your way out of it.
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby Kalium » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:13 pm

All of the above.

So think about whether you really want that post preserved for all of time before you hit "submit".
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby mirkosp » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:21 pm

How about a time-limit edit button? Like, say, one that is there only for 15 mins after posting? For some reason, even if I double check the preview, I tend to notice some grammar/spelling errors only after reading the post once submitted...
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby godix » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:53 pm

Kalium wrote:All of the above.

So think about whether you really want that post preserved for all of time before you hit "submit".

There's a workaround here if you don't want your post preserved. Be vulgar, crude, and insulting. The mods will eventually remove your post, but usually not before your target reads it. Now granted it goes to a hidden forum where it is preserved but for all intents and purposes it means you can actually get your post removed rather than being in public view 'for all of time'.
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby xnamkcor » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:29 am

mirkosp wrote:How about a time-limit edit button? Like, say, one that is there only for 15 mins after posting? For some reason, even if I double check the preview, I tend to notice some grammar/spelling errors only after reading the post once submitted...

I'd rather see accountability than grammar. In any case, just improve your grammar. Eventually you'll be good enough that your mistakes will be scarce.
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby LittleAtari » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:22 pm

Accountability is nice and all, but the Org forums seem to be the only one I know where I don't have an edit button for some amount of time. I know some forums allow you to edit your posts with in 24 hours, but even 15 minutes would be good. Heck 5 minutes, would be enough to get rid of grammar annoyances. I know I've personally had posts destroyed by a messed up quote tag, that if I had an edit button, could've easily been fixed in like two seconds. From my experience, people that want to be idiots will do it with or without an edit button. Have we had many incidents in the subforums, where the edit button is enabled, actually harmed any accountability/caused any problem by people abusing the fact that they could edit their post?
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:30 pm

Preview does all of what you need.
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby Corran » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:22 am

I'd be willing to allow editing for 15 minutes however we can't set it on a per forum basis. There are some forums that we want users to always be able to edit their posts.
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Re: More edit buttons?

Postby guy07 » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:58 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:forces you to think


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