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I can't edit my posts. I've cleared cookies, rebooted, tried both the aol browser and the Safari browser, re-logged in of course, but still get this:



and this:



The "Edit" button is not being seen.

Has anyone else had this problem?

I need to correct some typos in another post...

There is no edit button for me either.

jasonraymondson wrote:There is no edit button for me either.

Thanks for your confirmation.

PeakOiler wrote:

jasonraymondson wrote:There is no edit button for me either.

Thanks for your confirmation.

I have noticed that for a few minutes following the post you can still edit, but after those few minutes you are no longer allowed. I wonder if this is to keep a history of all outbursts and stupid comments to be used to later haunt the members, instead of allowing themselves time to cool off and remove the posts later?

jasonraymondson wrote:

PeakOiler wrote:

jasonraymondson wrote:There is no edit button for me either.

Thanks for your confirmation.

I have noticed that for a few minutes following the post you can still edit, but after those few minutes you are no longer allowed. I wonder if this is to keep a history of all outbursts and stupid comments to be used to later haunt the members, instead of allowing themselves time to cool off and remove the posts later?

You can imagine how frustrating it gets when members go back and destroy the content of threads making them much less effective as learning devices since the continuity has been destroyed.

Especially in light of Shannymara's abrupt departure, and the wide-spread difficulties caused by such a prolific long-time member deleting their posts, it seemed prudent to limit edits based on an expiration date.

Yea, I didn't quite understand why you let shanny delete every last one of her posts.

Of course this wouldn't really cover the mods, they have access to edit posts in case someone writes something inappropriate. If this were limited to time and a mod didn't catch a post full of pornography or something else, they would have to come to you for any moderation work.

jasonraymondson wrote:Yea, I didn't quite understand why you let shanny delete every last one of her posts.

Of course this wouldn't really cover the mods, they have access to edit posts in case someone writes something inappropriate. If this were limited to time and a mod didn't catch a post full of pornography or something else, they would have to come to you for any moderation work.

That's right... of course staff can edit at anytime, so not a perfect solution.

Policy has been to allow self-deletion forever.

Probably not in the communities best interest.

I don't get why anyone would want to delete all their posts, but apparently so, so I understand why there are limitations.

However it may take more than a few minutes to edit posts. If I spot an error, I may not be able to edit it right away if I am busy.

Aaron wrote:You can imagine how frustrating it gets when members go back and destroy the content of threads making them much less effective as learning devices since the continuity has been destroyed.
Especially in light of Shannymara's abrupt departure, and the wide-spread difficulties caused by such a prolific long-time member deleting their posts, it seemed prudent to limit edits based on an expiration date.

An excellent idea.

DantesPeak wrote:I don't get why anyone would want to delete all their posts, but apparently so, so I understand why there are limitations.

However it may take more than a few minutes to edit posts. If I spot an error, I may not be able to edit it right away if I am busy.

Fair enough... 1 hour then.

Aaron wrote:

DantesPeak wrote:I don't get why anyone would want to delete all their posts, but apparently so, so I understand why there are limitations.

However it may take more than a few minutes to edit posts. If I spot an error, I may not be able to edit it right away if I am busy.

Fair enough... 1 hour then.

I understand your reasons Aaron, and I agree they are good reasons, but may I suggest 24 hours?

PeakOiler wrote:

Aaron wrote:

DantesPeak wrote:I don't get why anyone would want to delete all their posts, but apparently so, so I understand why there are limitations.

However it may take more than a few minutes to edit posts. If I spot an error, I may not be able to edit it right away if I am busy.

Fair enough... 1 hour then.

I understand your reasons Aaron, and I agree they are good reasons, but may I suggest 24 hours?

Sounds reasonable...

Aaron wrote:

PeakOiler wrote:

Aaron wrote:

DantesPeak wrote:I don't get why anyone would want to delete all their posts, but apparently so, so I understand why there are limitations.

However it may take more than a few minutes to edit posts. If I spot an error, I may not be able to edit it right away if I am busy.

Fair enough... 1 hour then.

I understand your reasons Aaron, and I agree they are good reasons, but may I suggest 24 hours?

Sounds reasonable...

and I agree that sounds reasonable as well, but could we have 3 months?

jasonraymondson wrote:and I agree that sounds reasonable as well, but could we have 3 months?

c'mon jason, don't push it. Sarcasm does not go well with the administrator...

Thanks Aaron. I'm also going to try and get in the habit of using MS Word first for my posts, so I can use the spelling and grammar checker. My spelling and grammar often needs to be checked.

So if a image hosting entity deletes a picture posted, say, over two years ago, would that require a moderator's help to repost an image?

James

Edit: Aaron, I owe you another lime...

PeakOiler wrote:c'mon jason, don't push it. Sarcasm does not go well with the administrator... Thanks Aaron. I'm also going to try and get in the habit of using MS Word first for my posts, so I can use the spelling and grammar checker. My spelling and grammar often needs to be checked.
So if a image hosting entity deletes a picture posted, say, over two years ago, would that require a moderator's help to repost an image?

We can upload to the server now. This way we can eat more bandwidth

24 hours is better. Thanks.