Editing Text in your post

[Fresno]

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How do you edit your post?  iPad user, I can’t find way to correct a error in my post.

[pgk]

There is a time limit. For a period there is an 'edit' button which disappears after a short time. This means that my typos are there for evver🤔.

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[andybarton]

Use this link for up to 30 60 minutes after your post

 

 

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[roydonian]

13 minutes ago, andybarton said:

up to 30 minutes after your post

That's exactly what folks are complaining about! Any error noticed after 30 minutes have passed cannot be corrected.

[evikne]

I have always been able to edit my posts for up to 1 hour.

[andybarton]

Maybe it’s an hour. 
 

 

[andybarton]

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28 minutes ago, roydonian said:

That's exactly what folks are complaining about! Any error noticed after 30 minutes have passed cannot be corrected.

I don’t think that’s unreasonable (30 or 60 minutes)

That’s plenty of time to correct typos. 

[LocalHero1953]

I've been able to make corrections much later. I wondered if it depends on how many later posts there have been

[Fresno]

Thank you very much.  
 

Note to me:  Proof read before you hit the send button.

 

It works!

Edited August 5, 2022 by Fresno

[LUF Admin]

vor 8 Stunden schrieb pgk:

There is a time limit. For a period there is an 'edit' button which disappears after a short time. This means that my typos are there for evver🤔.

The correct answer is „60 minutes“.

This is the time span in which you can edit your own posts.

After that you can contact us to make corrections – but only in important cases

Andreas

[roydonian]

11 hours ago, andybarton said:

I don’t think that’s unreasonable (30 or 60 minutes)

That’s plenty of time to correct typos. 

One thing I learned early in my career as a writer and journalist is the difficulty of proofreading something that you have just written, particularly if you are under time pressure. You tend to see what you thought you'd written rather than what you did write. One highly-experienced copy editor recommended that newly written text should be put into a drawer for 24 hours before being proofread.

[andybarton]

True, but we are not talking about 100 page reports here.

There is the potential for chaos if posts were editable indefinitely.

If a genuine error / mistake has been made, a Mod can edit older posts.

[pippy]

The writer's intent is normally pretty clear to understand even if there are a few typos within their text so it's usually a good idea to make considerable allowances where typos are concerned for precisely the reason roydonian highlights in post #11.

Philip.

[andybarton]

It's not the typos that's the real issue, here though.

[Viv]

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[evikne]

1 hour ago, roydonian said:

One thing I learned early in my career as a writer and journalist is the difficulty of proofreading something that you have just written, particularly if you are under time pressure. You tend to see what you thought you'd written rather than what you did write. One highly-experienced copy editor recommended that newly written text should be put into a drawer for 24 hours before being proofread.

The same is the case with pictures actually. I have often posted photos that I took on the same day and I thought they were great. But when I see them again the next day, I realize that the editing is lousy and the picture really embarrasses me. It makes me regret not waiting a day to post it.

[M11 for me]

I have a suggestion:

First: For me its fully ok that there is that 1 hour to make changes.

But it upsets me when I see a text mistake and I correct it that immediately the post is marked as "changed". My suggestion is now to allow changes within 10 minutes without being stamped as changed . . . . 

Edited August 5, 2022 by M11 for me
OMG this again

[evikne]

19 minutes ago, M11 for me said:

But it upsets me when I see a text mistake and I correct it that immediately the post is marked as "changed". My suggestion is now to allow changes within 10 minutes without being stamped as changed . . . . 

Fully agree. But I have already mentioned this so many times here that I have given up hoping for any change.

[M11 for me]

vor 3 Stunden schrieb evikne:

Fully agree. But I have already mentioned this so many times here that I have given up hoping for any change.

Never give up hope 🤪

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[Erato]

10 minutes ago, M11 for me said:

Never give up hope 🤪

Yes.

But I am getting used to accept a simple fact to me -- I'm not perfect all the time...🤣