MODIFY Post not available Sunday 17th November 2013 early. New posts OK ?

[#1]

agreed but I doubt that it can be done - however a PM would have the same effect or just report the next post in the thread

[#2]

Quote from: Oldjim

On a general point the reason why the change wasn't notified was that we wanted to see what effect it would have when posters weren't aware of it.

So a Forum Policy change was implemented, unilaterally, without consultation, confirmation nor announcement to us ?

@ James ?

[#3]

I have no authority over our social media policy.
Have a chat with Chris or Kelly.

[#4]

I did PM Kelly 20 minutes after posting the Thread to query the "problem"

[#5]

@PlusComUK
While going through my unread posts just now I found this post of yours:

Quote from: PlusComUK

Actually 1.1ºC where I am, at 7am. A bit colder, -0.6ºC through last night. Near Buxton. Got the Winter coats out, ready. « Last Edit: Fri 15-11-2013, 11:31:14 by PlusComUK »

I really do struggle to see why that post needed to be edited over a month after the original post, and I'm completely at a loss to know whether "last night" means 11th Oct, 12th Oct or 14th November! It potentially makes a monkey of some of the responses.
I've no way of knowing if this was the trigger for the changed rule (or just a contributing factor), but having seen it I'd fully support the mods decision to make the change.

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Quote from: Oldjim

@7up The thread you referred to by PlusComUK http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,117342.0.html had posts by the OP at 11:50 - the opening post -  with replies at 12:11, 15:05 and 18:15 non of which could not have been made as edits in the 10 hour edit window

I see what you're saying however it's not like PCUK was trying to offend anyone is it? He was simply conducting an experiement and updating us in semi-real time.
IMO, there has been some very bad attitudes towards PCUK from several members here. There is no need for it is there?. What I am seeing though is a lot of people seem to think they can vent their frustrations on PCUK even though he has nothing to do with their personal lives.
Also if you insist on imposing these rules on everyone then they need to be made more visible such as a sticky in EVERY forum. Not just one and you expect people to go hunting for it. I looked for the forum rules thread a week or two back and didn't know where to start. I found it eventually but it wasn't exactly where I would normally look. The main forums I visit are Chit Chat, Hardware and Windows Software. I've seen nothing pointing to any forum rules in any of those. You know me, I say what other people won't and if I didn't see any rules there are bound to be others who haven't.

Quote from: Oldjim

On a general point the reason why the change wasn't notified was that we wanted to see what effect it would have when posters weren't aware of it.

Well it HAS had an effect - one that clearly has stretched 3 pages with various members (including me) having issues with it.

Quote from: Oldjim

The fact is that if a post is edited after some time it can make the subsequent posts meaningless.

Does it matter though? Nobody has (afaik) even made it clear that PN was trying to keep an archive of historical posts. Is there some sort of law saying that everything must be preserved on a forum?
@Jelv I've often edited posts weeks or months after posting to correct spelling mistakes.

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Quote from: 7up

Well it HAS had an effect - one that clearly has stretched 3 pages with various members (including me) having issues with it.

7 members, discounting staff and mods from what I can see which isn't that many tbh.

[#8]

But it is > 0.

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Quote from: 7up

Yet it's ok for artmo to bump his own posts (as pointed out by M_Steve) ?

Yes I did point that out In case your question marked was seeking an answer. I like to think the members on this forum are treated equally and fairly and that usually Is the case.
PS make that 8

[#10]

or 0.02% of registered members..

[#11]

As I said, > 0.
You made the change, the members have noticed.
Others will have noticed too, they just won't of found this thread yet or they can't be bothered etc.

[#12]

Or just over 20% of the people currently logged on

[#13]

Quote from: M

Quote from: 7up Yet it's ok for artmo to bump his own posts (as pointed out by M_Steve) ? Yes I did point that out In case your question marked was seeking an answer.

Actually I was questioning why artmo is allowed to bump but others are sinners for it!

Quote from: M

I like to think the members on this forum are treated equally and fairly and that usually Is the case.

Yes I agree.. if you're in the 'approved' group. If you're not, you take your chances. The mods seem a bit inconsistent with the way they enforce the rules.

Quote from: pjmarsh

Or just over 20% of the people currently logged on

Well said.
EDIT: Broken quotes fixed (and considering I don't use this forum very often, it could have been days before I noticed the quote was broken).

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Quote from: Oldjim

On a general point the reason why the change wasn't notified was that we wanted to see what effect it would have when posters weren't aware of it.

You should have asked us before making that kind of change to the forum, as you know I am Dyslexic! and I make a lot of spelling mistakes, and I get a lot of grammar mistakes to, some times I will spot it straight away, other times it may be some time!
So please put the modify back the way it was.

[#15]

Having just checked back over a number of your posts I haven't found any where the edit would have been stopped by this rule - lets have a few references