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Proposal: Allow Editing of Posts

Posted May 16, 2020, 1:59 a.m. by Sarah Hemenway (Vice President) (Sarah M)

Posted by Sidney Parker in Proposal: Allow Editing of Posts

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Would TECH be able to have access to the original version of a post if needed? I could imagine situations where a post has objectionable content and the author changed it after several people complained about it, but it might be so bad that further punishment would be in order even though it was deleted.

Adam W.

I had not thought of something like that, but something like that could be done. We could add a form of auditing to see what edits are made, which is similar to other forms of auditing we already use for the admin portion.

Joe

Travis

Reading everything, I have an idea.

Posts are editable for 5 minutes, or maybe 10, this isn’t super important. CO’s have the ability to put in for an edit revision. So let’s say Ensign Z posted, changed his post (more than a minor edit of typos) and then it made no sense/screwed up the plot royally. The CO of the ship can petition TECH to revert the edit. If TECH agrees with the reasoning, it’s reverted. In the meantime, the edit is hidden (it reverts to the previous version for display) I don’t know if this last part is possible.

Alternatively, have a field that’s mandatory to be filled out for edits that’s labeled “Changes made”. This field is viewable by the Command Team (CO/XO/GM of course) with the click of a button.

Capybara

I’m a favour of KISS. Edits up until a reply, an indicator that there has been an edit if people have already read it, with some type of time stamp.

If a post has already been replied to, you can still “edit” your posts afterwards by what we do now with a correction post.

There’s no need really for a time limit - whether it’s five minutes or 10 mintues or 10 days, if no one has replied to it, it can be edited provided there is an indicator that it has been edited and when. There’s really no need for a CO to request a revision or reverse the edit in those circumstances.

Let’s keep this simple, and remember that there are alternatives.

Daniel

I like the idea. I am in favor of the “this post has been edited” idea of Daniel and I really don’t care one way or the other on if it has to have been replied to or not. Not in favor of a time limit.

Sidney

Having a log of the original post as well as who has made any changes to it and when (which we do track now with people who can edit posts) is essential. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with this system without that information stored somewhere.

Sarah


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