It seems that the possibility to edit very old posts is now gone. I dont know much about them stuff but is it only me ? I often used old posts to draft an OP or a huge post, so I'm sad and confused now. Is this only temporally or what we write is irreversible

Manifesto7

Osaka27158 Posts

February 22 2011 22:57 GMT

Anything not edited in over 6 months is no longer editable. We had some issues of people reversing old work.

semantics

10040 Posts

February 22 2011 23:41 GMT

6 months seems long enough to get though any one event so i don't see too much of an issue with this decision.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

February 22 2011 23:44 GMT

On February 23 2011 08:41 semantics wrote:
6 months seems long enough to get though any one event so i don't see too much of an issue with this decision.

I think there might be some issues in threads where people are constantly updating things - like sc2gears for instance.

semantics

10040 Posts

February 23 2011 00:03 GMT

Ah yeah programs might be an issue for the OP, i was just thinking of tournaments. Maybe maps but ionno if one guy would work on one map for +6 months and not be doing that on a map making fourm, and then there are threads that are collections of like guides. I think that's all of the thread types that would require an op to edit his post for updates.

echO [W]

United States1495 Posts

February 23 2011 00:03 GMT

I know this is not as important as SC2 Gears, but the BrotherMack thread that I started and now compile his videos as he comes out with more hilarious content may be affected if 6 months is the cap on when I can edit. Assuming he continues to release more videos of course.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

February 23 2011 00:09 GMT

Maybe we can make original or topic posts only editable? Or was that what lead to the change?

Kralic

Canada2628 Posts

February 23 2011 00:34 GMT

Maybe have it as a mod option that is always on (6 month limit for edits). The OP can then ask a Moderator if they can have the limit removed for special purposes like Gears and other various tools and events.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

February 23 2011 00:36 GMT

On February 23 2011 09:34 Kralic wrote:
Maybe have it as a mod option that is always on (6 month limit for edits). The OP can then ask a Moderator if they can have the limit removed for special purposes like Gears and other various tools and events.

Was thinking of that too, but rather with a bot like how the streams are. Ohterwise mods might overflowed with p.ms

tofucake

Hyrule19192 Posts

February 23 2011 01:12 GMT

#10

I do not like this change. Fan club threads are in danger. My Big Programming Thread is soon to be no longer editable. Many iCCup threads (map thread, IMS, ITL, etc) and other tournament threads will be messed up.....just too much stuff.

What kind of ridiculous abuse was going on to warrant such changes?

Manifesto7

Osaka27158 Posts

February 23 2011 01:16 GMT

#11

Sorry I made an error. Posts not edited in the past six months are locked. So one edit every six months and it is ok.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

February 23 2011 01:38 GMT

#12

Mani caused a whirlwind of fear D:<

Sounds fair. The suggestions above would be equally valid though, just, perhaps, not used as much.

Tianx

United States1196 Posts

April 02 2011 10:04 GMT

#13

Bump.

I decided to finally update my info in the SC2 Practice Partner Retail thread, but I could not because of the new change. Is there any way to make an exception for that particular thread (since I'm sure I'm not the only one who will have this problem), and if not, is there any way I can update my info?

2Pacalypse-

Croatia9529 Posts

April 02 2011 10:23 GMT

#14

Was it ever explained why was this implemented in the first place?

Carnac

Germany / USA16648 Posts

April 02 2011 11:39 GMT

#15

yes, in the first reply in this thread

2Pacalypse-

Croatia9529 Posts

April 02 2011 12:22 GMT

#16

Oh lol, misread that as people HAVING issues with reversing their old work (due to this change) -.-

But still, seems like bit of an overkill.

MasterOfChaos

Germany2896 Posts

April 02 2011 18:25 GMT

#17

Do mod edits reset the timer? That way mods could re-enable editing of a post by just making a no-op edit.

Antoine

United States7481 Posts

April 02 2011 18:41 GMT

#18

On April 03 2011 03:25 MasterOfChaos wrote:
Do mod edits reset the timer? That way mods could re-enable editing of a post by just making a no-op edit.

yes, they do

sincerelysLeEpy

United States148 Posts

May 13 2011 15:14 GMT

#19

any possible way to contact an admin to reopen an old post??? I've got a stream post I'd like to edit and update it. Suggestions?

Old post is right here

Was made a long time ago when my PC was too bad to stream so i quit streaming for a while