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Originally Posted by Plan9
Yeah, don't mess with this. I edit my posts all the time for errors and to add content.
I should be able to post, go to bed, wake up, and have the ability to edit my drivel.
Screwing around with this will cause a lot of problems. And make me want to leave.
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This. plus, all that I share in terms of visual content, (which is mountain-loads), while I hope will weather safely for years to come, I still have to monitor closely in several dozen different forums, and topics within so as to quickly note if ever one should break. If I don't have the ability to rectify those posts if they should ever become redundant and no longer link to where it originally was meant to, then all is lost, and content I took countless hours to provide for the community at large then is rendered meaningless. I don't want that.
Also, Cynthetiq put it best stating we have enough responsible members here to stay true to their words as they originally phrased them, and if there should be a need for clarification or apologies, then proper dictum is usually followed afterwards, not through backtrack looping and strike-throughs of original intent.
In discussion threads this may seem a good basis to use and to, in essence, "force" others to think their arguments through as to not be left stranded once their post is submitted, but I can't see it as a feasible addendum to the rules if only to prevent those immature enough to take back the words they originally felt were important enough to warrant mention.