Editing posts

[stitchdup]

Just a quick note to say editing posts will be time limited again. Unfortunately scammers are using it to come back later to add dodgy external links. We don't want anybody getting caught out so this is the best prevention at the moment. Sorry folks

[meechum68]

Sounds good @stitchdup do what ya have to keep the site clean! 

[Ace-Garageguy]

19 hours ago, stitchdup said:

Just a quick note to say editing posts will be time limited again. Unfortunately scammers are using it to come back later to add dodgy external links. We don't want anybody getting caught out so this is the best prevention at the moment. Sorry folks

Well, no big deal.

Unfortunately, the last time old threads were allowed to be edited, editing text had the unfortunate side-effect glitch of deleting all the photos in the post that was text-edited...which made them useless...and can't be back-edited to restore the photos.

Pretty special, doncha think?

[peteski]

@stitchdup

For quite some time editing capability has already been limited to just few days. Are you shortening it to even less time?  How much time?  I often come  back to my post next day and see something that needs to be corrected (I'm far from perfect and spell checker also doe not work very well).

[TECHMAN]

The loss of the photos makes a thread sorta "lame", but,  having some type of spyware/virus take over the forum, seems to me, to be far worse.......  Only my humble opinion.....

If the changes are done for the sake of the safety of the forum, then, carry on.

DJ

[Ace-Garageguy]

17 minutes ago, peteski said:

@stitchdup

... and spell checker also doe not work very well).

Yup.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

26 minutes ago, TECHMAN said:

The loss of the photos makes a thread sorta "lame", but,  having some type of spyware/virus take over the forum, seems to me, to be far worse.......  Only my humble opinion.....

If the changes are done for the sake of the safety of the forum, then, carry on.

DJ

For a while, IIRC, there was an option that could negotiated through the mods for a specific user to be granted editing access to older posts, which is great if you have time to sift through thousands of photos on your drive to find the ones once used to illustrate text.

I personally detest redoing work that I got wrong in the first place, but I'll do it; its MY responsibility.

But redoing work that just flat isn't my own fault? Most likely not.

Edited 56 minutes ago by Ace-Garageguy