Forum Feedback Editing Power Of Own Posts

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Hello Admins and Mods,

I would like to request you all to consider this request/suggestion of mine: "Allow indefinite time for the user to edit his own posts."

Reasons:

1) Many good ideas could be implemented out by users without having to take and seek help of Mods at every step. For example, I tried to maintain a database for the steppings and the overclockability of the Opteron CPUs. For me to maintain it, i need a lil flexibility in editing the posts so that I could sort them and add more info as time passed. However, now its a very tough job to do as there is a need to write out what changes are required to be done and many times its difficult to get the message accross. Due to the same reason, I hv till date refrained from creating a similar thread for A64 CPUs. I was ready to do the effort and maintain it afterwards, but the extra steps added in trying to achieve the purpose really act as a deterrant.

Reference: http://www.techenclave.com/forums/opteron-939-overclocking-database-steppings-and-66820.html

2) Also, having editing power might not that bad a thing either. If someone edits a post, a message appears (Last edited by: ) so that means someone cannot "get by" by editing our posts. You could be very specific about this issue by incorporating a simple rule stating that, "We are allowing users to edit their posts without restrictions, but any reported infractions will be severly dealt with"

I am really looking forward to creating the A64 database as soon as a solution to this issue is found out.

Sincerely,

Karan
 
well.. the only reason its not there was if a guy makes a idiotic or flame post and later edits it. or vice versa.

ofcourse a tracker can be added but it will use more server resources. dunno will think about it.
 
Safin said:
well.. the only reason its not there was if a guy makes a idiotic or flame post and later edits it. or vice versa.

ofcourse a tracker can be added but it will use more server resources. dunno will think about it.
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thanks for the quick reply. Yea I am aware that it can be abused that way, but many good things "may" come out of it also. Like the one example I gave.

Is it not possible to give some users rights to edit some posts? Is it possible?

Regds,

Karan
 
Giving rights for selective post editing....
Possible...but it would require a lot of coding in my opinion and unless there is a hack to it atm, its going to be very difficult to implement it.
And as SN said....its going to increase the server loads.
 
How about such a feature that after 1 hour, the post cannot be edited, only stuff can be added to it :/.
 
XTerminator said:
Giving rights for selective post editing....
Possible...but it would require a lot of coding in my opinion and unless there is a hack to it atm, its going to be very difficult to implement it.
And as SN said....its going to increase the server loads.
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Hi XT,

What about allowing full editing (of own post.) The editing is being barred now to prevent the possible abuses of it. But allowing it could also allow a lot of different Good outcomes also.

+ve >>>> -ve in this case IMHO.
 
As Safin said above, we will discuss and let you know.
Because that, is going to make moderating a bit difficult for the mods. So we will let you know the final decision as soon as it is reached.
 
A possible solution to the a64 db could be. Create a format to post the results. Create a thread and keep adding to it. A mod could check the thread frequently and keep appending the new stuff to it and deleting the consequent posts.
 
and another thread could be created to DISCUSS the posts of the original DATABSE thread.....

We can have one thread ONLY for posting results and another for discussing them(well, we already have in the form of POST YOUR OCs). And a mod could ensure that there are no other posts apart from oc ing results, stepping, etc....
 
Well how about just giving rights to the thread starter of the thread to edit his first post only...
 
Like the admins have mentioned here, they will discuss about this and suitably implement/incorporate the feature after weighing out the pros and cons. Price Guide and Rig Gallery were outcome of such user requests. Howver, it takes time to design/code the hacks, test them and finally implement them. Until then, please stick to the existing way of getting ur post edited (PM a mod). Ur patience is appreciated :D
 
i'll second it. If someone's made an abusive comment, one hour is long enough to get notified. How about making it available to posters above a certain posting limit (like 100 for example) so one can figure out if he's going to abuse it or not. Though nothing is perfect, just becuase some could abuse the feature isn't a good enough reason in my book to not implement it becuase just like Karan stated, the bad things are gonna' get overshadowed by the advantages its gonna bring over ;)
 
params7 said:
i'll second it. If someone's made an abusive comment, one hour is long enough to get notified. How about making it available to posters above a certain posting limit (like 100 for example) so one can figure out if he's going to abuse it or not. Though nothing is perfect, just becuase some could abuse the feature isn't a good enough reason in my book to not implement it becuase just like Karan stated, the bad things are gonna' get overshadowed by the advantages its gonna bring over ;)
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I totally second you params.......... I really want to create that thread for A64 :D
 
Hmm guys? Any updates? Last I talked with XT he said it was +vely being discussed. What happ?

Allowing editing is a small change for you guys. If it gets abused bad then you can remove that priviledge.
 
we can't allow that "privilage" for now. we'll still be discussing abt the pros and cons and will let you guys know incase there's any progress. :)
 
ok another example which might aide "our" cause in getting the "privilage" :D

every parent is apprehensive before giving their child access to the internet. they know for Sure if they r given internet they will get exposure to pornographic material.......... so its a guarenteed risk.... but they still allow access because it has more +ve effects (as in the amount of knowledge the child can learn by being on the internet) than -ve (exposure to bad stuff.)

i can only hope that the admins concur.....
 
Yep thats right, but the fact is also there that the parents are there to sit on their heads and monitor what they are upto, and there are 2 parents for a kid atleast:P
So, even if you consider that the whole of the staff is allowed to keep a track of the members, we are outnumbered drastically.:) And I think you would agree to the fact that we dont need 2:1 ratio between staff and members:P

In simpler words, its pretty hard to control such stuff, thus as of now we are still debating on the issue and as said above, we will let you know as and when we arrive on a decision.
Thanks.
 
XTerminator said:
Yep thats right, but the fact is also there that the parents are there to sit on their heads and monitor what they are upto, and there are 2 parents for a kid atleast:P
So, even if you consider that the whole of the staff is allowed to keep a track of the members, we are outnumbered drastically.:) And I think you would agree to the fact that we dont need 2:1 ratio between staff and members:P

In simpler words, its pretty hard to control such stuff, thus as of now we are still debating on the issue and as said above, we will let you know as and when we arrive on a decision.
Thanks.
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Waiting :D :D :D
 
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