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Lotus99 06-14-2011 07:38 PM

Since good things come in 3's... :whistle:

Or at least for a very long time, like on most other boards? It's nice to be able to go back and edit / add something later. It only seems to stay open for a very short period after you post.
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Gene 06-14-2011 07:49 PM

http://forums.5serie...post__p__690541

https://5series.net/forums/topic/346...ost__p__368921

Iceman 06-15-2011 03:27 AM

Nope.

Glowin 06-15-2011 05:15 PM

Interesting policy. I read some of the reasons posted in the links above (and that it is standard across forums, though almost all the ones I can think of (maybe 10 I'm on) actually let you edit. I can see how you want to preserve an original post on the one hand. Often it's more info that I might want to add to a post, not delete stuff necessarily. A lot of times when I find it useful is in a review thread, and you post updates later, but they get buried in the posts below your original if there were lots of replies, and this way, you can put all the info and updates in your first post also, so whoever clicks the thread, sees everything in one shot.

Iceman 06-16-2011 05:07 AM

Nope. Because people use the view new content function or the orange box in front of the title and get to the first unread post in the thread, so, they will miss updates if edited...

Rudy 06-16-2011 09:25 AM


Originally Posted by Glowin (Post 1353263)
Interesting policy. I read some of the reasons posted in the links above (and that it is standard across forums, though almost all the ones I can think of (maybe 10 I'm on) actually let you edit. I can see how you want to preserve an original post on the one hand. Often it's more info that I might want to add to a post, not delete stuff necessarily. A lot of times when I find it useful is in a review thread, and you post updates later, but they get buried in the posts below your original if there were lots of replies, and this way, you can put all the info and updates in your first post also, so whoever clicks the thread, sees everything in one shot.

Funny how most of the forums I've used do not allow edits beyond a few minutes. What forums are you on that allow unlimited edits?

Lotus99 06-16-2011 05:12 PM

I'm also used to seeing open time limits on Editing. I visit E90Post, Bimmerfest, Swedespeed, VolvoXC, Quattroworld and Audiworld, all of which allow editing forever pretty much.

Iceman 06-17-2011 01:18 PM

Well, it will not happen here again. Sorry.

If something NEEDS to be edited, let us know, we'll do it.


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