New user edit rights
So another noob has trashed their thread after getting their free food.
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/246678/
For how long can users edit their thread? Days? Weeks?
Can this limit be raised or lowered based on number of posts / length of membership?
Can the server side do a 'diff' on each edit, and reject the edit if there are too many deletions? It will surely put some of them off if they can only delete their posts if they have to do it 3 lines at a time.
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/246678/
For how long can users edit their thread? Days? Weeks?
Can this limit be raised or lowered based on number of posts / length of membership?
Can the server side do a 'diff' on each edit, and reject the edit if there are too many deletions? It will surely put some of them off if they can only delete their posts if they have to do it 3 lines at a time.
| Can this limit be raised or lowered based on number of posts / length of membership? |
Probably, but there's no point venting about it here. If you want to effect any change on here, you'll have to persuade admin to take the time to make that change.
closed account (z05DSL3A)
The first question would be, is the site being actively developed or is it just being maintained?
In the past we have had discussions about how we would like to see the forum develop and then asked the Admin to take a look. It is, after all, the users that make a forum.
I think that once a post has been replied to it should no longer be editable or only allowing addendum's
In the past we have had discussions about how we would like to see the forum develop and then asked the Admin to take a look. It is, after all, the users that make a forum.
I think that once a post has been replied to it should no longer be editable or only allowing addendum's
closed account (E0p9LyTq)
Cool, let's become another Stack Overflow, where noobs asking questions is strictly discouraged.
The infrequent harvester of help denying others is the price for being less hostile than SO.
The infrequent harvester of help denying others is the price for being less hostile than SO.
Not letting a user edit their OP is too harsh, especially because the Preview function doesn't even work. The OP wouldn't be able to fix their formatting or other typos. The site has some technical-side problems we all know about. Let's not compromise user experience even further.
Being able to see previous edits, however, would not compromise any UX or beginner-friendliness.
Being able to see previous edits, however, would not compromise any UX or beginner-friendliness.
closed account (z05DSL3A)
There was talk about storing previous versions of edits and restoring if needed, twicker did say that this was implemented, just report the threads.
I don't know if this is still the case.
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[WIBNI] Restrict the editing of posts...
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/21770/2/#msg128562
I don't know if this is still the case.
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[WIBNI] Restrict the editing of posts...
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/21770/2/#msg128562
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