Now you forgot to add your signature ozstamps, LOL. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

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The skies are NOT the limit, since I am going to fly them.

Edit tool not appearing on the DL board either.

I'm actually in favour of this happening - you should either mean what you say or say what you mean. Errors can be rectified with a follow-up, typos are a fact of life on the net (you should get into an IRC chat channel and see some of the whoppers in there).

In some forums, several posters have posted all sorts of defamatory stuff, only to pop back in a few hours later and replace the whole lot - AFTER the damage has been done.

Better off this way, methinks - although I would be happy with the ability to edit within (say) a 10 minute window after posting.

Cheers,

Dave

thadocta; many of us are on the road or in strange places to use our notebooks when we get on flyertalk.... Editing at least allows us to correct spelling or mainly typing errors.

Been there, done that, do it often (the being on the road bit, that is).

FWIW, I don't give an FRF about typos, as long as what you are trying to say can be made out.

I object to people undertaking vendettas against certain airlines/hotel chains/car rental firms/whatever posting scurrilous rubbish about them and coming back hours later and changing it AFTER the damage has been done.

Dave

thadocta .... I am pretty sure I know you you mainly refer to. Someone that allegedly likes remote Western Australia perhaps? Are you aware one of that person's user names was appointed FORUM MODERATOR here on FT? Pretty interesting IMO given some amazing threads totally edited out as you say by that person.

Jeez, glass houses and bricks!!

I recently did one of those posted it twice. Would like to have deleted all the content of the second comment, but could not. Sorry to anyone inconvenienced.

Then either quote them to ensure that their comments don't disappear or ignore the idiots. People who use the feature for what it was intended should not be punished because of this.

I edit my posts all the time because I'm forever messing up the UBB code, or updating a list, or rewording my post to sound less ignorant. Please please please fix it!!!

Why should we have to quote the idiots to preserve their posts for posterity?

As I have said, I don't have a problem with allowing editting within (say) 10 minutes of posting. This allows you to go in and amend some UBB code, fix typos, etc.

But as for the rest, you should stand by your words, if you did not mean to post it then you shouldn't have posted it in the first place.

Perhaps there should be a mechanism for forum moderators to remove posts that are "inappropriate" - such as posts containing elite phonelines, etc.

But, removing the "edit post" function is definitely a good thing, it might make people wake up to themselves and start taking responsibility for what they have posted.

Dave

The missing edit button was unintentional; there were changes made to the admin that I've since reset. The edit button should be back in place now...

There is.

A compromise can exist. One board I use about same size as FT is www.cruisecritic.com

On that you may edit a post for up to 5 or 10 minutes after it is made. That allows you to correct a typo/spelling error you notice on reading the posted thread, or correcting a HTML link etc.

After THAT period no edits can be made by user. thadocta's exampled person then is not able to totally re-write a thread from what it was to something totally un-related which we have seen happen in one Forum at least.

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Oh how I wish a time limit was always around, so much garbage and the people who wrote it would no longer be around!!