How Do You Edit Something You'be Posted After It's Been Submitted?

NYAD | 00:17 Thu 01st Dec 2022 | ChatterBank

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A number of times I've seen typos or worse (used shoot instead of chute) after posting, but once the text is entered, I don't see how to open it back up to fix it.

The Singing Detective

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JimF

You can't.

NYAD

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You see that? A typo in the question!! Maddening.

ladybirder

Check what you've written before you hit the Answer Now button.

JimF

I do see it! And, while I and many others agree with you, an edit facility appears to be completely beyond the "techies" [sic] who "maintain" [sic] this sight.

They are truly useless.

Mozz71

If only you could edit "sight" to read "site" eh Jim? ;-)

JimF

You spotted that, eh? Same as "You'be" in the OP.

ladybirder

That could be tricky if OPs could make alterations to the question once posters had started answering it.

JimF

Other Q&A sites manage perfectly well. It's simply that AB's IT staff is completely useless

1ozzy

"You'be"
Was a typo?
And here was I thinking you may be an emerging rap or hip hop artiste

naomi24

I wouldn't want an edit facility. Too open to abuse here.

ToraToraTora

jimF: //I do see it! And, while I and many others agree with you, an edit facility appears to be completely beyond the "techies"// - nothing to do with ability to do it. Can you imagine the chaos is people were able to change what they said?

NYAD

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ToraToraTora, TheAnswerBank is one of several such site I use daily. This is the only one that can't be edited. I see no such chaos on those sites.

brian j john

I dont knoo

brian j john

DOH!

ToraToraTora

ok but surely allowing editing means that people can change what they said making later posts look wrong.

NYAD

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I've also noticed that the site also capitalizes all words in the "title" question. I had thought that it was contributors that typed them that way until is saw that my question was converted from a standard question to an actual "title".

Zacs-Master

Answerbank is the crème de la crème of ‘such sites’ and is for really clever people who don’t need to spell check anyfing before submittink things.

NYAD

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Thanks everyone. I really had a few chuckles reading your posts. I feel a lot less grumpy today!