Editing posts in thread

[Vossi]

I dont know if this has been mentioned alreday, but what i dont like is the fact that people can edit their posts after quite a while but it doesnt get marked within that post at all. This means that people have the chance to claim about manipulations within discussions as people chance theit posts over and over again without it getting marked within the post itself.

 

[Disjunto]

yeah, I assume an 'Edited by X...' will be appearing at some point. It's definitely needed

 

[Onimua]

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/set-time-limit-for-edit-post.1338/ I believe noting down edit times was also suggested somewhere but I can't find that particular thread.

 

[Wired]

Edit history and edit time limitations are definitely needed.

 

[Alluidh]

Yes, a history wolud be nice too

 

[Vossi]

Yep! Also an option for mods/admins to redo the post to one of the changes within the history; just like wikipedia.

 

[Nick]

As long as moderators can access post revisions and see "last edited" information, I personally don't think it's a big deal if the rest of the forum membership can't see it. Actually, I think it just adds unnecessary information to the post-area.

 

[Paul B]

I agree with Nick.

Wait, where have I heard that before?

 

[gordy]

Maybe an unobtrusive 'history' button that opens up a history, kind of how wikipedia does it -

 

[Onimua]

As long as moderators can access post revisions and see "last edited" information, I personally don't think it's a big deal if the rest of the forum membership can't see it. Actually, I think it just adds unnecessary information to the post-area.

Edited dates are useful in keeping track of certain posts to check to see if they were updated recently. History would obviously be moderator-viewable via permissions, but there has definitely been more than one occasion where I check a post's last edit time to make sure time sensitive information is up to date.

 

[Vossi]

Edited dates are useful in keeping track of certain posts to check to see if they were updated recently. History would obviously be moderator-viewable via permissions, but there has definitely been more than one occasion where I check a post's last edit time to make sure time sensitive information is up to date.

Thats exactly the point. Thx.

 

[Waddy]

Nothing here

 

[David Amwake]

Does anyone have any information on this? I was really hoping for some way for us to be able to track edits and see a time stamp for them.

 

[Digital Doctor]

My preference for edit time stamps would be that if a new post has been made since your edit then it should have a stamp, otherwise I can see it causing a lot of confusion if somebody can change a post from earlier in the conversation without it being shown.

Why do you think that ?
HINT: Did I just solve your problem ?

 

[Waddy]

Why do you think that ?

Why do I think what? I never said anything in that quote, see the problem.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Why do I think what? I never said anything in that quote, see the problem.

No. because I quoted everything you said. So if you think someone is going to delete what they said, then quote them.

 

[Digital Doctor]

FYI, I do agree with you.
I'd like to see [Edited] when the post goes beyond 10 minutes.
I am just pointing out a temporary option.

 

[Paul B]

No. because I quoted everything you said. So if you think someone is going to delete what they said, then quote them or I'll scream and scream.

Quotes can be edited.

See

 

[Netsultants]

Edited dates are useful in keeping track of certain posts to check to see if they were updated recently. History would obviously be moderator-viewable via permissions, but there has definitely been more than one occasion where I check a post's last edit time to make sure time sensitive information is up to date.

I agree with this as a reader and a poster. Sometime I write a post and need to go back a and clarify or change something and the edit history shows a reader to review it. As a reader, it's much easier to see I need to reread a post if it's got edit history.

 

[Digital Doctor]

I agree with this as a reader and a poster. Sometime I write a post and need to go back a and clarify or change something and the edit history shows a reader to review it. As a reader, it's much easier to see I need to reread a post if it's got edit history.

Time Limit for Editing/Deleting Posts

There is now a permission that allows you to specify a time limit for editing or deleting posts (in minutes). To maintain backwards compatibility, this defaults to unlimited in all upgrades. source​