No "edit" option on my posts....

[An Infinite Journey]

Hi everyone,
I need to edit my buy/sell post and the "edit" button is gone. I believe this was caused because I clear my cookies and history upon closing my browser.

Is there a way to get the edit button back - other than quoting the post?

Thanks,
Michie

[Jeffrey Sipress]

I noticed that the 'edit;'option is available as long as yours is the only or last post in a thread. I don't like that either.

[An Infinite Journey]

hmmmm....makes for long buy/sell threads. ok thanks, i guess i won't worry about it then.

[Oren Grad]

I believe the ability to edit your own posts is time-limited, not determined by position in the post sequence - perhaps one of the moderators can clarify.

[Eric James]

You're right Oren - the EDIT button goes away after roughly thirty minutes.

[Kirk Gittings]

You're right Oren - the EDIT button goes away after roughly thirty minutes.

Yes.

[An Infinite Journey]

Ok I'll stand by to see if they chime in.

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Got the answer, but not the explanation or logic as to why.

[Kirk Gittings]

Got the answer, but not the explanation or logic as to why.

I'm guessing, because this was set long before I became a moderator, but based on related discussions, the forum is both a present place for discussion and an archive of information and thought related to LF. Everyone has a chance to edit their thoughts for a short period, but after that, for better or worse, your post become part of the archive. We would rather have people carefully consider the content of their posts as they are making them, knowing that they will be preserved and public for a very long time.

[sanking]

I'm guessing, because this was set long before I became a moderator, but based on related discussions, the forum is both a present place for discussion and an archive of information and thought related to LF. Everyone has a chance to edit their thoughts for a short period, but after that, for better or worse, your post become part of the archive. We would rather have people carefully consider the content of their posts as they are making them, knowing that they will be preserved and public for a very long time.

I agree in principle with the notion that people need to carefully consider the content of their posts but believe that the 30 minutes to an hour limit is too short. Most forums appear to allow a period of some twelve to to twenty-four hours to edit posts and that seem much more reasonable to me than the current limit on this forum.

Sandy King