Time limit on editing old posts?
Moderator: Moderators
- Difflugia
- Prodigy
- Posts: 3063
- Joined: Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:25 am
- Location: Michigan
- Has thanked: 3306 times
- Been thanked: 2030 times
Time limit on editing old posts?
Post #1Would you consider adding a time limit to editing old comments, like a week, or even a day? Considering this is a debate site, changes to one's position in an old debate should probably be made with a new comment rather than editing old comments.
My pronouns are he, him, and his.
- otseng
- Savant
- Posts: 20550
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:16 pm
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Has thanked: 197 times
- Been thanked: 337 times
- Contact:
Re: Time limit on editing old posts?
Post #2[Replying to Difflugia in post #1]
Yes, that can be done. The setting is in minutes. What do people suggest it be set to?
Yes, that can be done. The setting is in minutes. What do people suggest it be set to?
- Difflugia
- Prodigy
- Posts: 3063
- Joined: Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:25 am
- Location: Michigan
- Has thanked: 3306 times
- Been thanked: 2030 times
Re: Time limit on editing old posts?
Post #3How about 4320 minutes (three days)? That should more than cover things like fixing formatting issues and typos.
My pronouns are he, him, and his.
-
- Sage
- Posts: 774
- Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:04 am
- Has thanked: 122 times
- Been thanked: 37 times
Re: Time limit on editing old posts?
Post #5I was debating with a guy this week who was changing a post rather than starting a new post. It is like building sand castles....I think 30 minutes ,personally. They always have the ability to repost their edited post as a new post wheras in the current situation the responder is made(often,unintentionally) to look stupid. eg
Jesus was born in Nazareth.
No he wasn't
Edit: Jesus was born in Bethlehem
And I have just declared.....No he wasn't.
This editing on the move is making it impossible for online readers to follow the coherence of the thread...equates to a loss of interest. Imho
Jesus was born in Nazareth.
No he wasn't
Edit: Jesus was born in Bethlehem
And I have just declared.....No he wasn't.
This editing on the move is making it impossible for online readers to follow the coherence of the thread...equates to a loss of interest. Imho
- otseng
- Savant
- Posts: 20550
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:16 pm
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Has thanked: 197 times
- Been thanked: 337 times
- Contact:
Re: Time limit on editing old posts?
Post #6Just quote the post like what I did to your post above. It will only be editable by you, so it will capture what was written when you read it.Thomas123 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:14 am I was debating with a guy this week who was changing a post rather than starting a new post. It is like building sand castles....I think 30 minutes ,personally. They always have the ability to repost their edited post as a new post wheras in the current situation the responder is made(often,unintentionally) to look stupid. eg
Jesus was born in Nazareth.
No he wasn't
Edit: Jesus was born in Bethlehem
And I have just declared.....No he wasn't.
This editing on the move is making it impossible for online readers to follow the coherence of the thread...equates to a loss of interest. Imho
- otseng
- Savant
- Posts: 20550
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:16 pm
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Has thanked: 197 times
- Been thanked: 337 times
- Contact:
Re: Time limit on editing old posts?
Post #8If it's short like your's, it's not an issue. If it's long, edit it and leave the parts that are relevant that you want to capture.