Is this intentional or a setting that hasn't been adjusted yet?
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
How old was the post you tried to edit? Was it a "before" post by any chance?
Edit: Just went back and edited one of my recent posts - after the forum got back - and it worked.
When trying to edit a post from before I got this message: "Sorry, the time in which you may edit your message has elapsed."
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
This is just for me to edit.
[EDIT] I don't see a time-limit.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
It was a before post. I'll wait awhile and try to edit this one.
Edit: I don't see one either. I was just told "this post is too old to edit" or some such thing.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button. Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
quote:Originally posted by Corwin:
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Originally posted by scottneb:
quote:Originally posted by Corwin:
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Taking this towards the absurd conclusion. Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Hmm, I just posted something, then clicked Edit right afterwards 'cause I noticed a typo. And now it doesn't say that the post has been edited... Weird... o_O
Edit: Stop it, guys, I got there first, you can't be any bolder than me!
Edit2: Will it show the edit time this time?!
Edit3: What the...????
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
There we go again, I edited the previous post and it didn't show the edit time...
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Hmm, I just posted something, then clicked Edit right afterwards 'cause I noticed a typo. And now it doesn't say that the post has been edited... Weird... o_O
Edit: Stop it, guys, I got there first, you can't be any bolder than me!
Edit2: Will it show the edit time this time?!
Edit3: What the...????
It seems that the little square-bracketed tag at the bottom that used to say that a post had been edited no longer appears. Interesting.
[Edit: I like the "originally posted by" addition. Handy.]
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Yeap, guess so...
Wow, Mike, you're approaching 1000 posts! Do we (and by "we", I mean "me" ) get to know who you are?
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mike and stripped of all the useless content by Corwin: bla bla bla [Edit: I like the "originally posted by" addition. Handy.]
Me too.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Hmmm, can you change someone's quote?
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: My real name is Artemis.
Apparently so. [Edit: I like the "originally posted by" addition. Handy.]
Hmm, I think I can still edit. I guess I'll find out when I hit this button.
[ May 10, 2005, 07:56 PM: Message edited by: mothertree ]
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Wow, Mike, you're approaching 1000 posts! Do we (and by "we", I mean "me" ) get to know who you are?
Perhaps. I contemplate such things. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by mothertree: Hmmm, can you change someone's quote?
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: My real name is Artemis.
Apparently so. [Edit: I like the "originally posted by" addition. Handy.]
I never said such things! Posted by Obi Jon Boy Kenobi (Member # 5000) on :
quote:Originally posted by scottneb:
quote:Originally posted by Corwin:
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Am I the only one who knew that you could already quote a quote since the last board upgrade (which was months and months ago)?
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
I knew that.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Originally posted by Obi Jon Boy Kenobi:
quote:Originally posted by scottneb:
quote:Originally posted by Corwin:
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Am I the only one who knew that you could already quote a quote since the last board upgrade (which was months and months ago)?
Apparantly so.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
No, you aren't.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Hmm, I just posted something, then clicked Edit right afterwards 'cause I noticed a typo. And now it doesn't say that the post has been edited... Weird... o_O
Edit: Stop it, guys, I got there first, you can't be any bolder than me!
Edit2: Will it show the edit time this time?!
Edit3: What the...????
It doesn't show the "this post was edited by..." thing at the bottom anymore either.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee:
quote:Originally posted by Obi Jon Boy Kenobi:
quote:Originally posted by scottneb:
quote:Originally posted by Corwin:
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Am I the only one who knew that you could already quote a quote since the last board upgrade (which was months and months ago)?
Apparantly so.
I didn't know about it either.
(And this quick-quote thing is pretty cool. ^_^ )
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
yeah, I like it too!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, my initial post in this thread cannot be edited - it's been an hour and 45 minutes or so.
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
What!!!???
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Same thing with my initial post of the thread... I wonder if it will pose any problems. I also wonder what was the reason behind these changes, but I don't suppose we'll get an answer for this question... Oh well, moving on.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Weird, I could edit my post but now it has an edit tag. Maybe Pop fixed it. Jon Boy, was there always a button to automatically quote someone? That is the only thing I have ever commented on.
Say, can we do a list within a list?
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I haven't seen the auto-quote button before.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
This might scare away CT forever. Edit: To test the edit tag.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
quote:Originally posted by xnera [in the I know how to make a bulletted list thread]:
Another list of lists! </font></font>
<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">
Because xnera's a geek.
No, really!
</font>
Are you sure?
<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica"><font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">Yes, of course I'm sure xnera's a geek.
Don't be ridiculous.
(And notice how there is no "e" in ridiculous)
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica"><font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">Tried to make a three-level list, but it barfed on the code. And I don't know where that phantom list item is coming from. Hmm.
P.S. crap, what was I going to say? Oh, I think you can find more topics with search now. Like it would say it would get 300 before, but I could never find a way to look at more than one page, whic I imagine was only 50. Oooh, I wonder if the post stalking is better now.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, we could do lists within lists before, so I imagine we still can.
On the one hand, I like that edit tags don't show up. I can edit out my spelling/grammar/usage errors and as long as I haven't been quoted, there will be no proof.
OTOH, I really HATE that there is now a time limit on editing. There have been a number of times that I have posted and walked away from the computer. Then walked back a while later, and seen a dumb mistake (or something needing clarification). As long as it hasn't been replied to, I will often edit the post.
It also means no more changing thread titles!
Pretty please, moderator-type people, could we change these settings?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
As far as I can tell it works like this:
You can edit with no edit tags for a certain (short) time, then edit with edit tags for a certain (longer) time after that. Beyond whatever that longer time is, no editing is allowed.
Personally, I like that setup.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Oh my heck oh my heck oh my heck! There's a topics started list now!:hyperventilates:
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
twinky, I'd agree with you if it weren't for the thread title change. I think that would actually be the biggest problem with the new system, thanks for pointing it out, rivka.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
[Edit: to twinky] I like the first two parts. I do not like the third.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
quote:Originally posted by mothertree: Oh my heck oh my heck oh my heck! There's a topics started list now!:hyperventilates:
Wow, that's really cool indeed!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I think the loss of thread title editing is worth it. Heck, I'd even be fine with no editing permitted whatsoever.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Why are you against post editing (assuming a time-stamped edit message)?
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
at the very least...make it so we can edit it...but put in a disclaimer that mocks us for editing long after it was posted.
Though, who knows with a new UBB upgrade comes tons of settings and such that were not expected...so maybe the powers that be don't even know about the editing glitch...or can't find the option buried in the admin control panel.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Can you not delete a thread, then? I seem to recall that thread and post deletion were integrated into the edit function. I hope PapaJ can still delete or if something goes afoul, he'll be locking a lot more threads. And then there is the linking-to goodness. Or badness, depending.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posts can be deleted. So I imagine that a thread whose initial post is still allowed to be edited can be deleted. An older thread could not.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Well, here's my official (edit: request) to change the setting to allow editing (although maybe not thread deletion).
Second problem - all our links to different posts are bad now, I believe. Not the administrator's problem, but people may be very confused for a while. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
And what's more, we can't even edit the links!
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Found another problem. Or feature... If you click the "reply with quote" button in a post while you're already replying in that thread, it generates another reply form inside the part that was supposed to show the previous posts. And you can go on like that. Haven't tested the limits, or what happens when you actually go on posting from one of those inner forms. I doubt it would cause much trouble, but I just wanted to point it out in case someone decides to correct it. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You could do that before, just using the reply function.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Changed "technique" to "request." Just wanted to show why editing is so important. Yeah, that's it. *shifty eyes*
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
rivka: Never tried it before... Don't mind me, I'm bound to try weird things at 2 and a half in the morning... I think I'd better go to sleep. See ya tomorrow & happy hatracking to all until then.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: Changed "technique" to "request." Just wanted to show why editing is so important. Yeah, that's it. *shifty eyes*
*whistles innocently* I'm sure I don't know what you are talking about.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, now you're just being silly.
I like it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Silly? Moi? Hah! It is to laugh!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Why are you against post editing (assuming a time-stamped edit message)?
I'm not vehemently it -- not so much so that I'd protest vehemently if it returned -- but I'm quite happy to do without it. This forum moves fast enough that by the time an edit is made there are frequently more posts. That's why I typically don't edit content into the middle of a post, but rather append it. Still, that doesn't solve the problem, it only lessens the extent of the problem.
Basically, I think it's a mostly unnecessary ability that as a side effect makes discussions more confusing.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
rivka, I was going to post an after your comment in PC's thread, but then I realized it would be a new page and no one would get without going back to the prior page if they even cared. But I just thought you'd like to know, this is for you.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by mothertree: Weird, I could edit my post but now it has an edit tag. Maybe Pop fixed it. Jon Boy, was there always a button to automatically quote someone? That is the only thing I have ever commented on.
I was referring to Scottneb's post near the beginning of the thread. It seemed like he was wondering if you could quote a quote, and I was kind of confused as to why he would wonder if we could do something that we've been able to do for at least a year or so.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
I can't fine the reply with quote button.
I feel rather dumb.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
quote:Originally posted by imogen: I can't fine the reply with quote button.
I feel rather dumb.
Found it.
I had to get up at four to drop Tony at the airport. That's my excuse.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Okay, so what is the time limit???
29minutes and counting
[ May 10, 2005, 11:44 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
And 3hours exceeds the allowed editing time.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
But 1 hour 21 minutes does not. At a guess, 90 minutes? or maybe 120?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
93 minutes is too long.
So it seems to be 90 minutes.
And I think the edit tags kick in after 15 minutes. [addit: nope, 10]
[ May 11, 2005, 02:36 AM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
<-- doesn't like change
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yup, OCD is alive and well at Hatcrack.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Was that directed at me or Porter?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
This is horrifying. I hate not being able to edit.
On the other hand, most of my edits are done immediately after I write it, so maybe 90 minutes is okay.
Maybe. I don't like this. *uncomfortable*
Added (ha!): I can still edit posts made before The Change.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
kat, that sums up my feelings on the matter precisely.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
GreNME used to have the time limit, and I'm pretty sure it was way under 90 minutes.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
kat, last night one could NOT edit posts from before (*amused*) The Change. The limit has been lifted. Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I think what I'd like is a ten-minute edit window, all edits labelled, no editing or deletion permitted outside the window except by moderators. Then the mod gets requests to change thread titles every so often, but that's okay.
Of course, it's all academic. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Um, rivka, it was directed at you. *runs and hides*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I thought it might be. But the thing is, if I have much in the way of OCD tendencies, shouldn't my house be cleaner and more organized? >_<
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