It doesn't seem right to me that someone could come back days or weeks later and edit.
That was considered a feature when we were discussing design early on. People didn't like the edit limit.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
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Jon B. - Jan 22, 2003 6:09:54 am PST #2859 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Angus G - Jan 22, 2003 6:22:28 am PST #2860 of 10000
Roguish Laird
I think having no edit limit, but time-stamping the actual edits, as we do, is the ideal solution. You can't rewrite history without leaving a trace.
Cindy - Jan 22, 2003 6:25:51 am PST #2861 of 10000
Nobody
Thanks, gentlemen.
Dana - Jan 22, 2003 7:20:00 am PST #2862 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, officially in love with threadsuck.
candyb - Jan 22, 2003 7:22:53 am PST #2863 of 10000
Yes, it rules.
Thank you, board creators!
Connie Neil - Jan 22, 2003 1:22:31 pm PST #2864 of 10000
brillig
Thank you for leaving off the limit. I posted a story chunk around midnight last and only spotted the typo half an hour ago. Was glad to fix it and not have that enshrined forever.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 22, 2003 2:52:43 pm PST #2865 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I think having no edit limit, but time-stamping the actual edits, as we do, is the ideal solution. You can't rewrite history without leaving a trace.
Wrod.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 22, 2003 3:10:39 pm PST #2866 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think the system as it stands works pretty well. I know I've corrected embarrassing typos days after the original post went up. Is the general consensus that it's good form to note the cause for an edit after the fact if it's content-based rather than typo/grammar-related?
Jon B. - Jan 22, 2003 3:25:25 pm PST #2867 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is the general consensus that it's good form to note the cause for an edit after the fact if it's content-based rather than typo/grammar-related?
"Good form" is how I'd put it. Just seems polite to me.
Connie Neil - Jan 22, 2003 3:31:42 pm PST #2868 of 10000
brillig
Or people start whispering to each other, the way people used to when a person disappeared then showed up much slimmer. "Plastic surgery? Drugs? Hmmm..."