15 minute Post Edit Restriction

[ouachita]

Let's vote on whether or not this rule should be changed:

"You are not allowed to edit your post. You have to edit your post within 15 minutes, after you posted your message."

I find it very annoying.

[jdart]

Some blogs and forums do not allow editing submitted posts at all. I think 15 minutes is reasonable myself. The rationale is that if you have replies to the post or if someone is composing a reply, it can be confusing to have the parent post change.

--Jon

[ouachita]

and some have no time restrictions on editing posts

[zullil]

Let's vote on whether or not this rule should be changed:

"You are not allowed to edit your post. You have to edit your post within 15 minutes, after you posted your message."

I find it very annoying.

I find it frustrating, since I often spot a typo twenty minutes after I've submitted my post . Also, when a search is running, it's convenient to be able to edit to provide updates, and 15 minutes isn't enough time.

I think I'd be happy with an hour or two.

[bob]

I think 15 minutes is too short. But an indefinite time period won't work because threads will become confusing if someone changes a post from last week.

I'd prefer maybe an hour or two to allow someone to respond and point out a glaring typo or error that needs to be fixed, but even 24 hours seems like it is a little long, but at least that should be an upper limit.

[hgm]

If there are no replies yet, you can always delete the post, and repost it. There is no time limit on that.

If you have already been quoted, you cannot edit the quote anyway, no matter how much time you would have been given to edit the original.

So I think 15 min is fine.

[arjuntemurnikar]

An infinite limit is alright as long as the OP edits his post properly by using, for example the "EDIT: " tag. This behavior is normal and most prevalent in modern forums such as reddit and stackexchange, and it doesn't hurt one bit. So I vote YES.

(I think the folks over here on talkchess are a little lagging behind the times... )

EDIT: This is an edit, yo!

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

An infinite limit is alright as long as the OP edits his post properly by using, for example the "EDIT: " tag. This behavior is normal and most prevalent in modern forums such as reddit and stackexchange, and it doesn't hurt one bit. So I vote YES.

(I think the folks over here on talkchess are a little lagging behind the times... )

EDIT: This is an edit, yo!

I do agree here with you,yo

Breaking Bad sends its regards,
Dr.D

[beachknight]

Some blogs and forums do not allow editing submitted posts at all. I think 15 minutes is reasonable myself. The rationale is that if you have replies to the post or if someone is composing a reply, it can be confusing to have the parent post change.

--Jon

I totally agree with 15 minutes as reasonable.
Best,

[zullil]

Some blogs and forums do not allow editing submitted posts at all. I think 15 minutes is reasonable myself. The rationale is that if you have replies to the post or if someone is composing a reply, it can be confusing to have the parent post change.

--Jon

I totally agree with 15 minutes as reasonable.
Best,

If it were 240 minutes, you could simply edit and update your search reports, rather than replying to yourself and creating long chains of posts like you currently do.

[EDIT] Like here: http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... ew=threads