RESOLVED - Editing Posts & Quoting Others Entries Available

[Jeff in W.C.]

IMO, it would make more sense to ban the individuals who delete posts rather than limit the edit time for all.


I don't understand, Jeff. Why should anyone suffer punishment for deleting a post they created? Doesn't seem right to me. It's their post. If they want it to disappear, why should they be punished for it?

It was my understanding (and I could be wrong here) that Matt has limited the time here due to some people deleting their posts.

[Major Softie]

As in, deleting what they wrote for the purpose of maintaining that they never wrote it. Very different than deleting it because they have realized that what they said was an error.

[SuperDave]

While on the subject of TIME........

[hijack]
In the post meltdown Phorum (6/09-8/10) or the beta of this one, there was a time limit on your logon.

If you were taking a while to type out a new post, and hit something like Preview,
it would take you back to the logon prompt and everything you typed would be gone.

Please don't bring that back, I beg you.
[/hijack]

This seemed in a round about way to be on subject.

Thanks,
DaveJ

[Deleted User 61]

There is a time limit on an idle logon on phpBB, I believe. We will probably find out what it is, but in the meantime, the best way to avoid this trap is to refresh from time to time; or you could compose your reply in a word processor program, and then cut & paste the whole thing when you are ready.

[Major Softie]

On the "Get Forum Support" page http://boxerworks.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=35, it says that the last post was:

"The Web Mistress View the latest post
Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:09 am"

but, when I go to the last page of that string, it shows that last post as:

"by The Web Mistress » Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:09 pm"

So, can you s'plain me that?