Allowing Editing of Posts in Help Forums

[[Gandalf]]

It should be allowed since it causes lots of double posts, and other inconveniences. I've seen a lot of people complaining... Till a better solution is found this restriction just causes more problems than it solves.

Maybe just allow editing till someone posts after?

[Tony]

[Gandalf] wrote:

Maybe just allow editing till someone posts after?

I like this idea, though Dan would be the one implementing the solution, so it would ultimatly be his call on how possible that is.

[Dan]

It used to be this way but users masivey aboused it. Affter they got help they whould edit there posts so no one could see what the origal content was. This kind of defates the purposes of saving all the help topics so users could referce them when they have simalr problems.

[[Gandalf]]

So allowing posts to be edited only if nobody has answered solves that, since they can't edit once they have already gotten help...

The way it currently is just causes problems to the average user, which affects a much larger range of people than those who abuse it.

[Martin]

Can you set it so that users can edit their posts in help for up to five minutes after they've been made? I think this would solve the issue.

[Dan]

Martin wrote:

Can you set it so that users can edit their posts in help for up to five minutes after they've been made? I think this would solve the issue.

I can not set it to do ether that or gandalf's sugestion, tho i psoably could mod it to do so. I will try to look in to it during the updates next week.

I do not see how not being able to edit should case problems for double posting, but rath whould only cause problems due to delete setings.

[[Gandalf]]

Hacker Dan wrote:

I do not see how not being able to edit should case problems for double posting, but rath whould only cause problems due to delete setings.

Well... Yes, and nobody wants to do that. It's much easier to just edit than copy your post, then have to rewrite any bbcode, etc.

[Paul]

Oops, I just made a double post

ah well, I guess it helps gandalf's cause.

[Dan]

[Gandalf] wrote:

Hacker Dan wrote:

I do not see how not being able to edit should case problems for double posting, but rath whould only cause problems due to delete setings.

Well... Yes, and nobody wants to do that. It's much easier to just edit than copy your post, then have to rewrite any bbcode, etc.

Eh? Why whould you have to repost if you double posted? You whould just have to delete one of them...........

[Martin]

Come to think of it, if people do a double post they can just say "Sorry, double post." and a moderator can delete it for them.

Our system is fine. Anyone has a problem, PM me or Dan or Tony or one of the 400 other mods on the site.

[[Gandalf]]

Argh! I pressed "submit" and compsci breaks

You misunderstand me. I'm not talking about posting the same thing twice by mistake. I am talking about seeing somethng wrong with you post, so you can either ignore it if it's minor or make a consecutive post saying where you made a misake.

[Dan]

[Gandalf] wrote:

Argh! I pressed "submit" and compsci breaks

You misunderstand me. I'm not talking about posting the same thing twice by mistake. I am talking about seeing somethng wrong with you post, so you can either ignore it if it's minor or make a consecutive post saying where you made a misake.

Ah i hit the big red buttion that says "do not press", luck i just instaed one that is green and says "press to save from pressing red buttion" so we are all good.

About editing, i realy do not know. I whont users to be able to edit there posts but at the same time i do not whont to see posts start disapering.

[Martin]

Maybe we could force the user to click preview before they post in the help forum (like on slashdot).

[Amailer]

Timed edit is the best, programmingtalk.com has that I believe its 15 minutes, good enough time to look over your post and check of any changes needed to be made/added. For some odd reason, I can't find a mod already built to do this for phpBB

[EDIT: hehe]
Nevermind, found something I think, not sure

[EDIT:2]
Or you know, you could always save the origional, and add it to the edited message with php if is a totally new post Like how i'm doing right here.

[EDIT:3]
Could get a bit annoying though...

[EDIT:4]
Yeah...

[djlenny_3000]

Personally id didnt really mind back when i always needed help

O boy did i need help

but if people start complaining then do it also make it so that a double post dosnt get you bits, ie. i post now and for 4 hours i cant post again or its worth nothing or if i post right after myself i lose bits for both posts

its an idea