being able to change question after its posted

[nix-j-c]

today i asked a question and germans moving to america just after 1862 but then realised that knowing about other nationalities aswell would help but i couldn't put it in the question so if people saw the question they would only think that its about germans and not other people. so i think it would have been more apropriate to slightly change the question than to start a new thread.

[eash]

Or just post an answer on your own question?

[nix-j-c]

yeah but people skimming through just looking at the questions wouldn't realise that it had changed slightly would they.

[ummmm]

If we could edit the question title some peeps would keep doing it for a laugh.....

[swedeheart]

I absolutely know what you mean nix. Some sites (and blogs, of course) do allow the poster to change his/her original post. Personally I don't like it, as in retrospect it makes many of the early replies seem if not unintelligible then at least inadequate or a bit confused. Can do all of the above all by myself, don't need the extra help from AB ;-)

[swedeheart]

Yeah that too, ummmm.

[knobby,]

Well the people on here like gormless would love that.

They could post even more abusive stuff than they can get away with at the moment and after people have read it they could change it so they do not get banned.

Back to the drawing board methinks

[nix-j-c]

or what about still showing orginal question but something underit to show its changed slightly maybe what the question could have changed to so poeple just skimming through the questions will see what its about now.

[daniela31]

that sounds too complicated for here nix. ^^^

It's a simple site, with simple people on it. (apart from the technology and science and quizzes and puzzles.)