Editing of Messages

jimberg · 11-08-2000, 11:18 PM

Dan, I noticed that sometimes you edit messages of users. I'm not sure if you do it for vulgar language, for clarity, or technical problems (e.g. An image that is too wide). That's no big deal. I was just wondering if you could indicate what you actually changed by enclosing the changed parts in brackets or adding a comment as to what was deleted.

It's just one of those things that nags at me when I see something that was edited by someone other than the original author and I don't know what it was.

Mr 5 0 · 11-09-2000, 11:16 AM

Speaking only for myself, I edit for extensive vulgar language or on rare occasions, clarity. I can't see much point in commenting on these issues, much less reposting them, as it may be embarrassing to the originator and can lead to unnecessary arguments.

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StangFlyer · 11-10-2000, 02:28 AM

For most of the things that I edit a message for, which is really very rarely, I don't see the point. For example, I made several edits to the picture posting thread the other day because there were several posts that contained bad links. Therefore, I either deleted them or corrected the links so they worked. Stuff like that, and if it does happen to be changing a vulgar word, I agree with Jim's points.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Magazine
1991 Mustang GT - NOVI Supercharged 377 Stroker
1999 Ford Lightning SVT - Supercharged 5.4L Triton

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11-08-2000, 11:18 PM	#1
jimberg Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Rogers, MN Posts: 2,089	Editing of Messages Dan, I noticed that sometimes you edit messages of users. I'm not sure if you do it for vulgar language, for clarity, or technical problems (e.g. An image that is too wide). That's no big deal. I was just wondering if you could indicate what you actually changed by enclosing the changed parts in brackets or adding a comment as to what was deleted. It's just one of those things that nags at me when I see something that was edited by someone other than the original author and I don't know what it was.

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11-09-2000, 11:16 AM	#2
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	Speaking only for myself, I edit for extensive vulgar language or on rare occasions, clarity. I can't see much point in commenting on these issues, much less reposting them, as it may be embarrassing to the originator and can lead to unnecessary arguments. ------------------ Mr. 5.0 Messageboard Administrator

11-10-2000, 02:28 AM	#3
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	For most of the things that I edit a message for, which is really very rarely, I don't see the point. For example, I made several edits to the picture posting thread the other day because there were several posts that contained bad links. Therefore, I either deleted them or corrected the links so they worked. Stuff like that, and if it does happen to be changing a vulgar word, I agree with Jim's points. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Magazine 1991 Mustang GT - NOVI Supercharged 377 Stroker 1999 Ford Lightning SVT - Supercharged 5.4L Triton [This message has been edited by Dan McClain (edited 11-10-2000).]