1 minute editing

[roushstage2]

What caused the 1 minute editing limit? Seems kind of short. Usually, by the time I reread my post, it's too late for me to add/subtract/or fix anything.

J/C

[Murr1525]

Definatley agree... I can type fast, but that is pushing it...

[Ryan L.]

Mike answered this in another post but I don't remember where. The main point of his answer was that people are asking questions, people respond, then they change their question to make the answer look stupid/repetitive.

Also like he said, just takes one person to do this and it messes it up for everybody else.

Ryan

[Ryan L.]

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=183082&postcount=9

There you go...

[Andy M.]

I think that the problem arised when a member kept on editing and deleting his post and screwing up the forum in general. He was permanently banned.

Andy
101impala

What caused the 1 minute editing limit? Seems kind of short. Usually, by the time I reread my post, it's too late for me to add/subtract/or fix anything.

J/C

[roushstage2]

I'm gathering by that post it was part of the new forum rules? That post also says 30 minutes though (which I always thought it was)...

It just started doing that to me a couple of days ago.

[Superior Shine]

We should have a reasonable amount of time to edit our post to better ask a question or to correct mistakes.

I do now re-read and check what I type before hitting the submit button!

[J. A. Michaels]

I seem to remember something about this. When the switch happened it was going to be changed to a 10 minute window for editing purposes. I thought that was the rule. 1 minute is just too short.

[KNJ]

I agree, the time limit has lead to me posting multiple times to append or correct my post.

[Mike Phillips]

We'll bump it back up to about 20 minutes. We cranked it down a couple of weeks ago due to a potential problem with a new member, but for now will move it back and just keep a real close eye on things.

Thanks for understanding...

:)

[Mike Phillips]

Change has been made, there is now a 25 minute time period where you can edit your message.

[roushstage2]

I appreciate the time (no pun intended) Mike, I was just curious what was going on.

[Murr1525]

Thanks Mike.

[VonLego]

I've also fallen victem to the timer forcing a double post. Thanks for checking this out.

[yalerd]

Thanks for understanding

[Mike Phillips]

I've also fallen victim to the timer forcing a double post. Thanks for checking this out.

There was no checking out needed, we tightened the limit due to a problem member, it's something we have to do when a problem member abuses our forum's good nature. As long as everyone is here for positive reason, there's no problems.

For the record, people join detailing forums for one of 3 primary reasons,


To learn more about detailing
To help others learn more about detailing
To cause strife and problems because they have nothing better to do with their time
It's pretty obvious when someone joins for the third reason in the list above and we take action accordingly, it's not something that catches us by surprise.

That's why we tighten down the editing limit. When the problem goes away, we relax it again.

:)

[Nappers]

I'll be the first to admit that it always doesn't work as I don't see it all....

But....there is a Preview Post button next to submit and click that, and read your post as if you posted it :D Then you can see if there needs to be changes or mispelled wurds:rofl:

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/500/medium/preview_post.JPG

Aaron

[Playr]

there is a Preview Post button next to submit and click that, and read your post as if you posted it :D Then you can see if there needs to be changes or mispelled wurds:rofl:


It's not so much that, I do use the "preview", but sometimes I may just forget to add details that might be important with getting help. Also, going back to edit any time would be nice when selling stuff. As things get sold one can go into your post and edit the message with "Sold" rather than add another reply down below where it could get missed. or even worse, start a whole new updated thread.

I do sympatize with the mods tho and their attempts to keep troublemakers at bay. I've seen how forums can get out of hand by a few bad apples.

[the other pc]

Looks like the limit switched back to 1 minute?


PC.

[J. A. Michaels]

Could this be due to the migration? Maybe the new servers have to be changed to a longer limit? Seems like the problem has crept up again since the changeover. Just typing out loud.

[Mike Phillips]

We've moved it to 60 minutes...

How's that?

:)

[yalerd]

Thanks Mike!

[J. A. Michaels]

Sounds good. Thanks, Mike its appreciated.