Editing/Deleting erroneous forum posts

[Philip_Baird]

Hi, recently I posted a reply which was erroneous and needed correction, or, better yet, deletion, This post was neither accepted or voted on.



It would be nice if the creator of a post was able to edit (better yet, delete) said post at ANY time, not the short time that the forum allows. I can understand that if a post has been accepted or voted on it is not desirable to have the post edited



It seems a waste of real estate, and potential confusion, to have to correct a post by creating another one that may not even appear under the post that is being corrected.

[TanyaYatskovska]

Hi Phil,



I thought that editing posts is always allowed for the post creator. I'll check this behavior, and refer this issue to our web team.

Thanks!

[Philip_Baird]

Hi Tanya, having logged onto the forum, my first Post only offers the following options



Quote | Report Abuse



Please see attached screen shot



When first created, I had the following options available,



Edit | Quote | Report Abuse



but after a short time, the Edit option is no longer available

[Philip_Baird]

Apologies for the lack of screen shot, it appears the forum is not only not letting me edit posts, It not longer allows me to add attachments

[TanyaYatskovska]

Hi Phil,



I've checked this question with our Web Team. It turns out that editing posts is possible only during 15 minutes after it was submitted. I know that many forums, such as StackOverflow, allow editing replies (and even replies of other people). So, perhaps, we will need to revise the current behavior in our forums.