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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #27 on: Saturday 23 July 16 08:56 BST (UK) »
Perhaps a literacy problem?  ???

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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #28 on: Saturday 23 July 16 08:58 BST (UK) »
An edit  can have the effect of   making following  posts  appear  to be  irrelevant.
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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #29 on: Saturday 23 July 16 09:08 BST (UK) »
An edit  can have the effect of   making following  posts  appear  to be  irrelevant.

See groom's post #25.

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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #30 on: Saturday 23 July 16 09:14 BST (UK) »
I'll post a fuller reply to some of the comments later, but in the meantime, could I invite you to re-read my original post at the beginning of this thread?

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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #31 on: Saturday 23 July 16 09:19 BST (UK) »
Why not make any changes obvious with strikeout etc, similar to changes that are made in Microsoft Word when "Track Changes" is turned on?
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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #32 on: Saturday 23 July 16 09:21 BST (UK) »
An edit  can have the effect of   making following  posts  appear  to be  irrelevant.

As pointed out in line 4 of the original posting  :-X
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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #33 on: Saturday 23 July 16 09:26 BST (UK) »
I think the biggest problem with any edit, however and whenever it is done, is that if it is in a much earlier post it can be missed, as most people don't read back through the thread each time before they post new information!
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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #34 on: Saturday 23 July 16 09:30 BST (UK) »
Why not make any changes obvious with strikeout etc, similar to changes that are made in Microsoft Word when "Track Changes" is turned on?

This is quite a good idea for changes in content, but not typos, and rearrangement of words (as I tend to do).  ;D

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Re: Should the time to edit posts be reduced?
« Reply #35 on: Saturday 23 July 16 09:32 BST (UK) »
I think the biggest problem with any edit, however and whenever it is done, is that if it is in a much earlier post it can be missed, as most people don't read back through the thread each time before they post new information!

Precisely.
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