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General discussion

Edit function built in for user's own posts?

Apr 29, 2005 12:16AM PDT

I know that you should preview your post first, but in case of emergency or updating a fact you should be able to go back and edit a post.

Has this been asked for before?

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yes and it has to be limited for a short time
Apr 29, 2005 12:59AM PDT

otherwise poster can edit posts and change what they said, leads to flames

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And a time limit isn't a capability of the software :-(
Apr 29, 2005 3:20AM PDT

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