Quizzes & Puzzles0 min ago
Admin Editing Posts
225 Answers
Twice today my posts have been edited. Is this a new policy? If so, I think it should be re-examined. I for one am not happy for other people to change what I've written. That simply isn't right.
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by naomi24. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Changing another person's post, clearly isn't right. Removal would be better (especially as removals no longer need to relate to Site Rules).
Some years ago, I used to contribute regularly to the letters page in my local rag. Letters were addressed to the *EDITOR*.
Unsurprisingly, my letters were edited...sometimes heavily so, other times little.
But the time came when my letters were so heavily edited that they bore little resemblance to what I actually wrote and on occasion actually gave the appearance of saying the exact opposite of what I originally wrote. Bits chopped off and other bits amended etc.
I eventually stopped writing.
Same thing will happen here if posts can be deleted/edited as dictated by the powers that be!
Unsurprisingly, my letters were edited...sometimes heavily so, other times little.
But the time came when my letters were so heavily edited that they bore little resemblance to what I actually wrote and on occasion actually gave the appearance of saying the exact opposite of what I originally wrote. Bits chopped off and other bits amended etc.
I eventually stopped writing.
Same thing will happen here if posts can be deleted/edited as dictated by the powers that be!
It was on one of Nailit's threads a few months back.
Don't think Andy understood the import of what he said.
The ABed certainly did, admitted there was a 'glitch' that they were going to try and fix it.
If you can accidentally close a thread, you obviously don't have to justify decisions with a report.
Don't think Andy understood the import of what he said.
The ABed certainly did, admitted there was a 'glitch' that they were going to try and fix it.
If you can accidentally close a thread, you obviously don't have to justify decisions with a report.
This is amusing, is it not Naomi24?
Your post did not get changed in a way to make it appear like you were saying something you weren’t. Your post addressed a user in a way for the addressment to be assessed and in doing so it was edited in a way to leave the points you were making. Surely that’s better than the post being removed, or the thread being diverted into a snide slinging match?
Are we allowed to discuss removed parts of answers if the answer was not removed itself?
Your post did not get changed in a way to make it appear like you were saying something you weren’t. Your post addressed a user in a way for the addressment to be assessed and in doing so it was edited in a way to leave the points you were making. Surely that’s better than the post being removed, or the thread being diverted into a snide slinging match?
Are we allowed to discuss removed parts of answers if the answer was not removed itself?
Spicerack - // It was on one of Nailit's threads a few months back.
Don't think Andy understood the import of what he said.
The ABed certainly did, admitted there was a 'glitch' that they were going to try and fix it.
If you can accidentally close a thread, you obviously don't have to justify decisions with a report. //
I genuinely can't remember the circumstances - but then, I don't lie awake at night wondering how and why everyone with the power to try and make the site run as smoothly as possible is trying to have me over, maybe you should dial down the paranoia and relax.
Don't think Andy understood the import of what he said.
The ABed certainly did, admitted there was a 'glitch' that they were going to try and fix it.
If you can accidentally close a thread, you obviously don't have to justify decisions with a report. //
I genuinely can't remember the circumstances - but then, I don't lie awake at night wondering how and why everyone with the power to try and make the site run as smoothly as possible is trying to have me over, maybe you should dial down the paranoia and relax.
