25-September-2005, 07:17 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Posts: 425
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Concerning rule 11, there was a discussion about the edit limit of 24 hours, and the time limit was removed. Edit buttons are still available for old posts ATM, I believe? Perhaps the rule's text was formulated before this change was made?
In any case, I am a persistent and serial violator of the rule against revisionism. I do try to indicate when something has been edited, and why, but I often make long intricate posts that I later discover are wholly wrong: is such cases, to save people's time, I will replace the post with an apology.
Also, I once posted what I call a "review" of a piece BOINC-related software. This software is updated frequently, and I would occasionally revise the post to include the new features, again with a warning that the post is likely to have been edited.
I could of course handle this by a series of posts each linking through to all the previous additions, but I think it easier on the reader to have it in one place?
Also mentioned in yaohua2000's post linked above (specifically, #14) is how valuable editing the first post of a persistent thread can sometimes be.
I do grasp that editing content after a post has been replied to (mine never are  ) is bad if it is an attempt to makes oneself look better (or the respondent foolish.)
But:
As a "senior member" in the biblical sense, to whom the internet is not a native culture, I have to say, with respect and just IMO, that the rule 11 phrase "changing content is not allowed!" seems a bit overbroad to me.
I will of course try to abide by the rule in future, but perhaps there might be a revision of the language? 8)
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