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There are members Adam and Bill. Adam is a member and Bill is a moderator (or housekeeper) for XFRM.
Adam adds a resource to XFRM and updates it as needed.
Bill notices an error in the resource. As Bill has permission to edit resources, he edits the resource; perhaps a date mentioned is incorrect or there is a spelling error, so he updates it.
Bill also "post(s) as update" that the date or spelling of something in the description of the resource is incorrect and has been changed to the correct it.
However, upon posting as an update with a message, Adam will automatically make a new post in the assigned discussion thread, not Bill, even though Bill was the one to update it and post it as an update.
This is irrational and doesn't follow the same logic as XenForo threads and posts. If Bill edited Adam's thread or post to the correct date or changed a spelling error in the message, Bill would have the option (and in my opinion, should for integrity purposes) to edit it and the message would display "edited by a moderator" (or something to that degree). Of course, Bill could always do a silent edit and we would never know. However, I'm comparing the differences between editing a thread and editing an XFRM resource with "posting an update" to point out how irrational this behavior is.
tl;dr: If Adam creates an XFRM resource and Bill updates that resource with "post as update", the automatic discussion post should be posted by Bill and not Adam as Bill also has the option to not "post an update" which would be similar to a XenForo thread/post silent edit. The suggestion is to have the post made by whoever edited the resource if they choose to "post as update".
Adam adds a resource to XFRM and updates it as needed.
Bill notices an error in the resource. As Bill has permission to edit resources, he edits the resource; perhaps a date mentioned is incorrect or there is a spelling error, so he updates it.
Bill also "post(s) as update" that the date or spelling of something in the description of the resource is incorrect and has been changed to the correct it.
However, upon posting as an update with a message, Adam will automatically make a new post in the assigned discussion thread, not Bill, even though Bill was the one to update it and post it as an update.
This is irrational and doesn't follow the same logic as XenForo threads and posts. If Bill edited Adam's thread or post to the correct date or changed a spelling error in the message, Bill would have the option (and in my opinion, should for integrity purposes) to edit it and the message would display "edited by a moderator" (or something to that degree). Of course, Bill could always do a silent edit and we would never know. However, I'm comparing the differences between editing a thread and editing an XFRM resource with "posting an update" to point out how irrational this behavior is.
tl;dr: If Adam creates an XFRM resource and Bill updates that resource with "post as update", the automatic discussion post should be posted by Bill and not Adam as Bill also has the option to not "post an update" which would be similar to a XenForo thread/post silent edit. The suggestion is to have the post made by whoever edited the resource if they choose to "post as update".
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