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Didi
Registered: Nov 2011
Posts: 486 |
Comment editing disabled
What's the reason for disabling this, please? |
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bepp
Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 265 |
Prolly the recent trolling...
But surely there must be some other way to handle this. "Comment has been edited" is custom in e.g. phpbb.
Also logic could dictate that you cannot remove/edit comments that have had follow-up comments. Only the last comment should be editable. Wouldn't that work? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11359 |
exactly. constant abuse of that edit feature has been a source for annoyance for long enough already. |
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bepp
Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 265 |
So what about last-comment-only editing?
I don't care about locking things in the forums, but it's really working against you when doing preservation stuff, adding notes to releases. Many times I write what I know at the time, and then I may add a while later some refined info. I would hate to see this option go away. Hence I suggest last-comment-only editing. Don't you think this could work? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11359 |
how does not being able to edit your comment prevent you from adding more info? |
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bepp
Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 265 |
It doesn't prevent me from adding more, it prevents me from correcting/refining anything I've written. It's not a show stopper no, but the last-comment-only editing feature could solve things with little hassle.
Edit: I just realize I can edit a forum post but not a comment... what's up with that? O_o |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11359 |
in a forum thread you can edit your last post until someone else posted - which would be the only acceptable alternative in comments (but not solve your problem the way you think it should i guess) |
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bepp
Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 265 |
Well it would solve my problem, and I'm suggesting the exact same behavior for comments. Can we haz that? :) |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Hallelujah! It took you only 6 years to implement it. So maybe there's a slight hope for the tag system too? :)
Considering editing the comments, what about enabling editing for a short timespan (in case of ninja fixing typos/grammar errors) or letting the edit/deletion of the comments if it's the last one?
And it always baffles me why are the comments in a different order than the forum posts? Any specific reason for that? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11359 |
personally i dont even have an explaination for why there are both comments AND a thread connected to each entry (both essentially used for the same thing) :) let alone for why they work differently =P |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Perff on drugs.
But seriously, wasn't the explanation for the separation that the forum should be reserved for an extended/diverse discussion about a specific release, whilst the comment area should be mainly used for quick notes/remarks?
Well, neither is always used as intended, but that's another story.
Anyhow, thanks for fixing this issue, Perff! |
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