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I can't edit the posts I made 4-4.5 hours ago. No, I don't want to edit them. I'm just wondering why I don't see an edit button.
Edit: At least I can still edit this one.
Edit: At least I can still edit this one.
Fredrik said:I can't edit the posts I made 4-4.5 hours ago. No, I don't want to edit them. I'm just wondering why I don't see an edit button.
Edit: At least I can still edit this one.
This has been taken into account but we don't think it will be a major inconvenience for regular users. If it proves to be (e.g. if it becomes common for people have to repost with corrections) we can think through it again.Fredrik said:Uhh...I really don't like this. I thought the previous 11 hours and 40 minutes was already close to the minimum time I'd be OK with. I'm all for creating problems for cheaters, but it will also create problems for people like you and me almost every day. OK, not you anymore, now that you have superpowers, but I expect to be annoyed by this almost every day.
But thank you for answering.
Ryan_m_b said:... but we don't think it will be a major inconvenience for regular users. ...
Fredrik, if you have edits to make, I'll be happy to do them for you. You still have two hours after making your post to proof read and make corrections. Just send me a pm about what your special need is that requires you to make these late edits and I'm sure we can work something out.Fredrik said:Uhh...I really don't like this. I thought the previous 11 hours and 40 minutes was already close to the minimum time I'd be OK with. I'm all for creating problems for cheaters, but it will also create problems for people like you and me almost every day. OK, not you anymore, now that you have superpowers, but I expect to be annoyed by this almost every day.
But thank you for answering.
Not for me. In fact, immediately after I made a post in another thread, I noticed that there was no "Edit" button at all.micromass said:Edit time is back to normal.
Thanks for your feedback, Fredrik!
eumyang said:Not for me. In fact, immediately after I made a post in another thread, I noticed that there was no "Edit" button at all.
We're trying out settings that disable editing in the Homework forums.eumyang said:Not for me. In fact, immediately after I made a post in another thread, I noticed that there was no "Edit" button at all.
Can you see the edit button on your posts in Homework?Fredrik said:For my longer post, the standard is more like 15-20 previews and 2-5 edits.
However, I don't mind having the edit feature disabled in the homework forum. I seldom see the need to write really long posts there. Since we're providing hints rather than complete solutions, posts tend to get a lot shorter. For the same reason, I rarely have a reason to link to the same post in the homework forum many times, so it doesn't really matter if a post could use some improvements.
DaleSpam said:I can understand the need to have a short edit time for revisions. But even after the revision time it would be nice to have a feature where you could indicate that you had made a mistake. When I make a mistake that is corrected a day or two later in the conversation I am always concerned that the original mistaken post will be taken out of context. For me a short time window to change existing text would be OK, but to be able to add a comment much later would be helpful.
Evo said:My suggestions, take a moment and proof read before you submit. I usually do a "preview post" because I find it easier to see errors in forum view than in editor view.
I really don't like that. Even after proofreading and previewing, I frequently end up wanting to edit a post to add something, to fix an error I didn't catch, or to simply delete it because someone else (usually Mark44) posted the exact same info while I was writing my post. I'd prefer a short window, perhaps 10 minutes or so, where we can fix or delete posts in the homework forums. Is this possible or is the time a site-wide setting?Ryan_m_b said:We're trying out settings that disable editing in the Homework forums.
vela said:I really don't like that. Even after proofreading and previewing, I frequently end up wanting to edit a post to add something, to fix an error I didn't catch, or to simply delete it because someone else (usually Mark44) posted the exact same info while I was writing my post. I'd prefer a short window, perhaps 10 minutes or so, where we can fix or delete posts in the homework forums. Is this possible or is the time a site-wide setting?
dextercioby said:EDIT: I can edit this post Yes, Greg, the button is there AGAIN.
Yup, the edit button is back for me in the HH forum. Thanks!Greg Bernhardt said:It is not possible.
HH/SA should be able to edit. Try again and let me know.
It was a forum upgrade that had to be done. You shouldn't still be having problems, did you log off, clear your cookies and restart? That apparently fixed the problem for the users whose browsers didn't automatically take the upgrade.epenguin said:I don't know if it's only me or I am doing something wrong but this has become a pain since whoever loused up the site a few days ago!
It throws me out of the site continually; there is a button called 'remember me' but it doesn't always remember very well. To write a post with chemical or math formulae in particular means extensive previewing, more than once I have lost careful work of thinking, writing and tedious tex after being thrown out and was not best pleased thereat.
I don't know what problem the changes were invented to solve but if it was worse than the one I now have it was bad.
Unfortunately students are getting help then deleting their posts, and it's becoming more frequent.1MileCrash said:Also just had to repost a correction immediately after posting in HW.
That should be the LAST forum to have this limitation. When showing work, we usually need to use a lot of math markup. It's only natural that we screw up on it from time to time/every time.
Evo said:...
Do you have any ideas on how we can get people to start using the quote button in homework help?