Discussion and the EDIT Button

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 01 May 2006 12:49

The main reason I removed the edit button a while back was because people weren't owning up to their words. People would say something in the Discussion thread, feel stupid or wrong about it and then go back and edit out their post. Bascially, some very prominent people in that section weren't being very adult in the most adult section on the forum.

How do you feel about it?

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 01 May 2006 23:00

Yeah a legitmate concern. I personally like the idea of assuming (incorrectly) that everybody are mature and adult and trying to deal with those who aren't - rather than the more cynical view that nobody is responsible enough to have the ability to edit their own posts. I know that latter is way less work but I also think it's unfair to basically punish the mature people on the forum who can deal with being wrong about things. I don't think there are any topics in the discussion forum that are so important that somebody significantly editing their post will really matter - it's just frustrating for the people in the topic but I don't think what "modified" decides about the war in Iraq is really that significant in the scheme of things.

Anz · Post by **Anz** » 02 May 2006 03:21

I ALWAYS make typos when posting. Then I edit them after posting.

I think the edit button should be put back, but only so that you can edit the post for 5 minutes after posting, and then not anymore.

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 02 May 2006 11:31

Nope. Think before you submit your post. What you say has consequences. If you don't like it, don't post in the discussion forum. Use the preview button if you must.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 02 May 2006 12:27

word up. leave it as is.

edit-(yeah, i know

)-i dont trust some of those dickwads to stick by what they say

Uranos · Post by **Uranos** » 03 May 2006 05:50

My vote is No. I mean most typos are still readable anyways, which is the most important thing.

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 03 May 2006 17:06

No, because it doesn't effect mods anyway

Lol but seriously, I think there isn't a real need for the edit button, plenty of forums I have been on have it disabled on the whole board, and though it can be annoying at times, those times are normally the times I want to take back something stupid I said without anyone finding out

Discussion and the EDIT Button

Should the EDIT button be put back in the Discussion section?

Discussion and the EDIT Button