Forum feedback forum: Why no edit post?

You can already preview, check your post prior to posting.

Also, since folk can reply to a post you wanted to edit, how to do this is full of problems.

Imagine the shenanigans some could play if one could edit after posting?
Bob

In fact, it has been debated for several years and made its way into the forum sticky - http://forums.cnet.com/7726-7598_102-3008818.html

The problems experienced in the CNET forums previously, as well as those that other forums currently experience, make an unrestricted edit feature a longshot at best. However, members are always encouraged to preview their posts before submitting, the option to reply to your own post is always an option, and we may see some very limited editing capabilities in the near future.

John

In my experience, correcting spelling/grammar mistakes and general other points of confusion are the most common, but also the easiest to work through - it is often easy to figure out the intended meaning. However, omissions of necessary information are also quite common, and replies to your own post often go overlooked by future readers when responding to you. That's something that would likely be addressed - the ability to append new data to your post rather than editing the existing content.

John

We all know these threads where it takes one page alone to get the essential informations out of the OP let alone the waste of time when in different time zones - if editable the OP could add the essentials to his original posting and that way make it much easier for people reading first time.

well, we leave it to the admin - up to him but me thinks there are very valid reasons for editing

nuf said

Sometimes the poster would like to add some information to the original post that he or she may have forgotten at the time, or that they might have learned about not too long after posting. It does happen. In fact it happens to me. On top of all that most other forums have a way of editing posts, so it's proven that it can be does effectively.

It's not always for proofreading. Just Saying...

but I never have this problem. I always Preview my posts, (I hit the Preview button), before Submitting. Then if I find an error I can hit Edit at the Preview stage.

And if I find further information I need to add, then I can add it in another post.

I have to wonder why this is so difficult for some.

Mark

But it's not a feature you find here. Use the preview to check your post and if you feel you want the post deleted, use the TRIANGLE with the ! in it to let the mod's know you want it removed.
Bob