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Thanks for the flexibility, Peter.

I don't know why this site seems to have attracted this behaviour of massive retractions. Hopefully it's just 2 or 3 people and that will be the end of it.
I belong to another forum on a totally different topic, which has tens of thousands of members, perhaps 100s of thousands. It really huge, with a worldwide membership, but most people would only be interested in a small number of categories within it. It runs very efficiently and I have never seen this kind of behaviour. I think you can edit your posts indefinitely, or at least for quite a while, as I have never had a problem going back to revise something I said earlier. Members fall all over themselves trying to help each other, essentially running errands for each other all over the world. Someone is doing that for me this week. He is a complete stranger to me, and I accept his offer in the spirit in which it is given. I have had a lot of help like this, and have given it when I can. It sort of restores your faith in humanity!
Rules are only invented when people are doing the opposite.

Loonie said
I think you can edit your posts indefinitely, or at least for quite a while, as I have never had a problem going back to revise something I said earlier.

That would be chaotic. People could go back indefinitely and change numbers and context without even advising they had edited the content. That could make following posts by members responding to that initial post useless, or at the very least confusing. Don't make members folllowing up with responses look stupid. Hence the 24 hr rule is a good compromise. One needs to remember that content posted becomes public information and owned by the forum. It no longer belongs exclusively to the poster.

Peter, I like to be able to edit my posts without any restrictive timeframes. As I go back to something, sometimes years later, I may want to add to it, post a quick reply to "bump" it back up to the top and go from there. I'd like to look at going back to that, with the proviso that the forum's rules be amended to restrict excessive quoting. For instance, quoting should be limited to one prior post and perhaps even a character limit within the quote. Or, better yet, limit quoting to linking to the relevant postID's URL and who posted it - that way, as that prior post is amended, the person's old content won't stay stagnant in the replied post.

Cheers,
Doug

I agree with GS, if it can be done. Otherwise, I think a 1/2 hour window should be good as 24 hours is too long which will allow people to get rid of comment in that will cause problem in understanding conversation in the future.

If people really want to fix what they say, they can just refer to the post's number on the top left conner and suggest what they want to say in subsequent post.

"Time to edit post"? .... How about actually getting your post posted in the first place. I have been waiting almost a week to see my post displayed and it is still "awaiting moderation". Not impressed.

Thanks Peter.