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Feb 2, 2003 | 12:37 am
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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
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
Feb 2, 2003 | 1:19 am
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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.
Feb 2, 2003 | 2:28 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NickP 1K:
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. </font>
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. </font>
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
Feb 2, 2003 | 6:25 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thadocta:
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</font>
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</font>
Feb 3, 2003 | 7:18 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thadocta:
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</font>
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</font>
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.
Feb 3, 2003 | 9:31 am
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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!!!
Feb 3, 2003 | 10:47 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tazi:
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.</font>
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.</font>
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
Feb 3, 2003 | 3:02 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thadocta:
Perhaps there should be a mechanism for forum moderators to remove posts that are "inappropriate" - such as posts containing elite phonelines, etc.</font>
Perhaps there should be a mechanism for forum moderators to remove posts that are "inappropriate" - such as posts containing elite phonelines, etc.</font>
Feb 3, 2003 | 3:15 pm
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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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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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