Time to edit
Time to edit
What would you guys think about extending the time a user is allowed to edit a post? Or perhaps removing the restriction entirely?
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Re: Time to edit
Honestly, this is the only site I’ve been on that uses that functionality. I get why, if someone changes something in their post after too long the following posts don’t make sense. At the same time I’ve wanted to change typos and such.
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Re: Time to edit
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I'd like to see the edit time increased as well. Other forums allow an edit up to around two hours which I think is reasonable.
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Re: Time to edit
I like posting "HowTo'" here as some of you have seen. Would be great to be able to modify the first post sometimes with current info - this would of course require removing the restriction entirely.
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Re: Time to edit
I'll update posts, but as others have mentioned there's value in a post being left "as is" once some time has passed.
I think Aslan's feedback makes the most sense right now - I'll look in to setting it for edits for the next few hours after a post is made. Thanks for the feedback, guys,
John
Edit - you now have three hours to edit a post, and an hour to delete it. After some point (three hours seems a good estimate), the value of a chain of comments that make sense with respect to posts above them seems to start to outweigh the value of correcting a typo, but let me know if you have other thoughts
I think Aslan's feedback makes the most sense right now - I'll look in to setting it for edits for the next few hours after a post is made. Thanks for the feedback, guys,
John
Edit - you now have three hours to edit a post, and an hour to delete it. After some point (three hours seems a good estimate), the value of a chain of comments that make sense with respect to posts above them seems to start to outweigh the value of correcting a typo, but let me know if you have other thoughts
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Re: Time to edit
.jhnmdahl wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:01 am I'll update posts, but as others have mentioned there's value in a post being left "as is" once some time has passed.
I think Aslan's feedback makes the most sense right now - I'll look in to setting it for edits for the next few hours after a post is made. Thanks for the feedback, guys,
John
Edit - you now have three hours to edit a post, and an hour to delete it. After some point (three hours seems a good estimate), the value of a chain of comments that make sense with respect to posts above them seems to start to outweigh the value of correcting a typo, but let me know if you have other thoughts
Thanks John. I think that is a good move going forward.
However, the bigger challenge will be to get bigblockpower to even reread his post and edit it to say what he meant.
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&
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Re: Time to edit
That's the real risk - losing all the "loce" and "pot the jus" posts that make this place the treasure trove that it is
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Re: Time to edit
I agree with the natural response, and limited edit.
It’s like a real conversation we have .. good or bad it’s the real deal.
Sure there’s times in life we say “geeze if I could go back and say this”
But I’m old school and like it real time.
Maybe a poll should be had before modifying a current System.
Sure either side makes sense to add creative genius to your post but it’s takes the human response out of the thread.
It still doesn’t mean change it after a poll, but you can get feel of the community.
Just my .03
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It’s like a real conversation we have .. good or bad it’s the real deal.
Sure there’s times in life we say “geeze if I could go back and say this”
But I’m old school and like it real time.
Maybe a poll should be had before modifying a current System.
Sure either side makes sense to add creative genius to your post but it’s takes the human response out of the thread.
It still doesn’t mean change it after a poll, but you can get feel of the community.
Just my .03
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Re: Time to edit
Honestly I’ve only needed to edit posts within seconds of posting because I have sausage fingers. John is super responsive if something locked needs to be edited (like changing my thread from 7.4 to 454 because I had a brain fart!).
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Re: Time to edit
.akorcovelos wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:25 pm Honestly I’ve only needed to edit posts within seconds of posting because I have sausage fingers. John is super responsive if something locked needs to be edited (like changing my thread from 7.4 to 454 because I had a brain fart!).
Oh no akor....I spent a couple of day’s making those changes for ya’. Every post title had to be changed for that one.
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OMG, I didn’t know that! I should have asked much sooner, lol. Either way THANK YOU for being such a great admin great . I do the same job on another forum and I know it can be a pain, and typically it’s a thankless job. This is by far the best forum on the internet.AsLan7 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:36 pm.akorcovelos wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:25 pm Honestly I’ve only needed to edit posts within seconds of posting because I have sausage fingers. John is super responsive if something locked needs to be edited (like changing my thread from 7.4 to 454 because I had a brain fart!).
Oh no akor....I spent a couple of day’s making those changes for ya’. Every post title had to be changed for that one.
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Re: Time to edit
.akorcovelos wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:45 pmOMG, I didn’t know that! I should have asked much sooner, lol. Either way THANK YOU for being such a great admin great . I do the same job on another forum and I know it can be a pain, and typically it’s a thankless job. This is by far the best forum on the internet.AsLan7 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:36 pm.akorcovelos wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:25 pm Honestly I’ve only needed to edit posts within seconds of posting because I have sausage fingers. John is super responsive if something locked needs to be edited (like changing my thread from 7.4 to 454 because I had a brain fart!).
Oh no akor....I spent a couple of day’s making those changes for ya’. Every post title had to be changed for that one.
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Yes you hit the nail on the head akor...it’s a team effort for sure. Everyone here contributes something... from coding, to expertise, to mechanical knowledge, to diagrams, to manuals, to fabricating, to pictures, to humor, to camaraderie building each other up on a family friendly site ...Yes it makes an enormous impact differentiating us from other specialized boating forums.
It’s the least I can do to give back to others here.
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&
2005 Cobalt 263
496 MagHO
(sold )
Erie, PA
Currently boatless (for now)
will fly for food
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&
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496 MagHO
(sold )
Erie, PA
Currently boatless (for now)
will fly for food
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Re: Time to edit
So I have 3 hrs to reread my post. Hell no. I couldn't reread it in a minute. I'm not changing now. Pot The Jus will live for everAsLan7 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:09 am.jhnmdahl wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:01 am I'll update posts, but as others have mentioned there's value in a post being left "as is" once some time has passed.
I think Aslan's feedback makes the most sense right now - I'll look in to setting it for edits for the next few hours after a post is made. Thanks for the feedback, guys,
John
Edit - you now have three hours to edit a post, and an hour to delete it. After some point (three hours seems a good estimate), the value of a chain of comments that make sense with respect to posts above them seems to start to outweigh the value of correcting a typo, but let me know if you have other thoughts
Thanks John. I think that is a good move going forward.
However, the bigger challenge will be to get bigblockpower to even reread his post and edit it to say what he meant.
.
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Re: Time to edit
Great - thanks for the change!
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