Editing Posts (timeout)

[Cleoriff]

I want to start a new thread about this as it is being mentioned on another one (taking it off topic)

I know we have discussed and had an explanation about Deleting Posts...to some extent I can understand the reason why we can't do that...

However, editing posts is a very different ball game in my opinion.

I often notice spelling mistakes I have made (purely by trying to dash a response off quickly)...if I notice them immediately, I edit immediately and no problem...

However, if I see it hours later it galls me that the edit facility has timed out....

If I want to edit my own post I then have to seek help from a moderator. (at my age this feels like standing in front of the headmaster and saying 'Please Sir....apologies for my spelling mistake but I have forgotten my pen and can't change it')

Some of you may think ...why is she going on about this...its no biggie?

I disagree...its a real biggie to me. (Apologies.... this is just the way I am)

Also...we have seen a post today by an experienced member (I will spare his blushes) where autocorrect or predictive text put Rant when it should have said Really.  That could have caused distress to the OP

All I am asking for... is a much longer period of time to edit our posts please?

Rant over

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Hi Cleoriff

Must have been a site manager or moderator.

As your the op I think you can Un mark it as a solution yourself.

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I probably can BoB but as I raised the issue in my last post, then perhaps I need an explanation (from whoever marked it as solved)

I certainly would not go in and unmark it without discussion

[Anonymous]

That's fair enough.

Sounds like site staff have been carrying out some house work on the forum.

This has occurred in the past too.

[jonsie]

I think that as @Toby stated he wouldn't consider extending it any longer than 60 minutes he considers the solution as final?

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

I think that as @Toby stated he wouldn't consider extending it any longer than 60 minutes he considers the solution as final?

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Toby did say that @jonsie  (even though I would have liked 24hrs)...

However he also said 'Lets see how it goes... I may have to move it back again'....so no real conclusion?

Anyway I am not going to split hairs about it...

Life is far too short...

[Toby]

Hi Cleo,

I marked the post. I have applied the 60 minute edit time and therefore the issue has been tended to. If you disagree, I can remove it, but I'm unsure as to what the solution would be other than the action of extending the time as I have.

[Cleoriff]

No  @Toby  please leave it as you have marked it.

I think I was just surprised if honest, to see it had been marked as solved by someone other than myself.

That's the first time it has happened to one of my posts

[Toby]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

That's the first time it has happened to one of my posts

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And not the last time I'm sure

[Cleoriff]

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@Toby wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

That's the first time it has happened to one of my posts

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And not the last time I'm sure

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Oh no no no....please leave me to mark them as solved myself...I get SO much satisfaction for doing that job

It brings back memories of me marking students assignments

[Anonymous]

Am comfortable with the moderators marking posts as solved although there needs to be an option to Unsolve it where appropriate although I suspect it wouldn't be used much.

[Cleoriff]

As I only start a new thread on the rare occasion Nick...I like to finish the job myself.

(Personal choice I suppose)

It wasn't long ago that we were asking members to 'Please come back and mark the post as solved'.:smileywink: