Modify Function
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kannas
Padawan Learner
Modify/Edit
Hi,
I've searched the posts here and checked the Help section as to how to modify/edit a post. As a newbie, I do not see a modify/edit button. Is there a certain post count one has to have before one gets to edit a post? I cannot edit my last post where I had left a word out.
Thanks!
Hi,
I've searched the posts here and checked the Help section as to how to modify/edit a post. As a newbie, I do not see a modify/edit button. Is there a certain post count one has to have before one gets to edit a post? I cannot edit my last post where I had left a word out.
Thanks!
I can't edit my posts
Hi, I would like to know...
Why can't I edit my posts? Until yesterday, I could do this. Is there a problem with my privileges or is it a technical problem on the forum?
I hope you could respond me. Thanks.
Hi, I would like to know...
Why can't I edit my posts? Until yesterday, I could do this. Is there a problem with my privileges or is it a technical problem on the forum?
I hope you could respond me. Thanks.
Re: I can't edit my posts
This has always been the case? Ok I did not know.
This has always been the case? Ok I did not know.
doublea1535
Jedi Council Member
Re: I can't edit my posts
It must've changed somewhat recently. It used to be possible to modify your own posts after you have 50 of them, but no longer from what I can see.
Probably because when someone goes back and makes an edit, this doesn't show up as a new post so others are not notified.
It must've changed somewhat recently. It used to be possible to modify your own posts after you have 50 of them, but no longer from what I can see.
Probably because when someone goes back and makes an edit, this doesn't show up as a new post so others are not notified.
anart
A Disturbance in the Force
Re: I can't edit my posts
Yep, it's an upgrade to the software. So, no more 'new post' notifications when someone edits their posts and it also prevents people from going back days later to change something they wrote because they've been called on it (which tends to happen more often that you'd think it would).
Yep, it's an upgrade to the software. So, no more 'new post' notifications when someone edits their posts and it also prevents people from going back days later to change something they wrote because they've been called on it (which tends to happen more often that you'd think it would).
Palinurus
The Living Force
Re: I can't edit my posts
In this topic: Translation job from French to English (video) I first posted this one - http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,26906.msg327169.html#msg327169 . The posting date was March 01, 2012, 12:19:12 AM and the last edit on it was on March 04, 2012, 08:29:16 PM which is more than three days later.
This came about because in the meantime I translated extra parts of the videos later on while I hadn't planned for that and had learned in the process of doing so that some elements in my first contribution didn't completely match translations in the later parts. I was very glad to be able to instantly correct some of my mistakes in the original posting during the ongoing process of translating some of the other parts. This would not be possible anymore after this latest upgrade to the software. I would had to have added extra posts in between with the necessary corrections thus making a mess of it all for the readers.
This example may be somewhat atypical but it is a matter of concern, at least to me, that this functionality is now lacking.
I'm not so sure I would call it an upgrade. I'm more inclined to call it a downgrade and I've an example from my own postings to show why in some cases the possibility to modify or edit posts several days after they were posted, could be worthwhile having.anart said:
In this topic: Translation job from French to English (video) I first posted this one - http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,26906.msg327169.html#msg327169 . The posting date was March 01, 2012, 12:19:12 AM and the last edit on it was on March 04, 2012, 08:29:16 PM which is more than three days later.
This came about because in the meantime I translated extra parts of the videos later on while I hadn't planned for that and had learned in the process of doing so that some elements in my first contribution didn't completely match translations in the later parts. I was very glad to be able to instantly correct some of my mistakes in the original posting during the ongoing process of translating some of the other parts. This would not be possible anymore after this latest upgrade to the software. I would had to have added extra posts in between with the necessary corrections thus making a mess of it all for the readers.
This example may be somewhat atypical but it is a matter of concern, at least to me, that this functionality is now lacking.
shellycheval
The Living Force
Re: I can't edit my posts
Heimdallr
me see errors in diction, syntax, punctuation, etc. that I missed in the composing format. As an English teacher, I find revising and editing part of the writing process for all my writing, even email (just a professional habit that is difficult to break), so it would bother me to find errors in grammar and punctuation that I could not fix. In the past, for any content errors that I've revised, I usually post a notice of the change. It is rare that I would want to change anything after thirty minutes--in the future, if need be, I will simply make another post explaining the changes.
Although I shouldn't be, I am surprised that so many people would go back and change their own post to put themselves in a better light after receiving feedback. This feels like a gross form of "plagiarism," of the self to me--the "ultimate evil"
for an English teacher.
shellycheval
Heimdallr
Works for me--usually any edits I need/want to make happen right after I post. Seeing the post in a new format helps
me see errors in diction, syntax, punctuation, etc. that I missed in the composing format. As an English teacher, I find revising and editing part of the writing process for all my writing, even email (just a professional habit that is difficult to break), so it would bother me to find errors in grammar and punctuation that I could not fix. In the past, for any content errors that I've revised, I usually post a notice of the change. It is rare that I would want to change anything after thirty minutes--in the future, if need be, I will simply make another post explaining the changes.
Although I shouldn't be, I am surprised that so many people would go back and change their own post to put themselves in a better light after receiving feedback. This feels like a gross form of "plagiarism," of the self to me--the "ultimate evil"
for an English teacher. shellycheval
