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Subject: Re: Good idea!

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 21:47:20 01/13/01

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On January 13, 2001 at 21:07:54, Pete Galati wrote:

>On January 13, 2001 at 20:03:30, James Swafford wrote:
>
>>On January 13, 2001 at 16:33:43, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On January 13, 2001 at 15:46:50, Chris Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 13, 2001 at 15:29:30, ERIQ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Ok what if you offend someone then you could be asked to "Retract post". If
>>>>>we can retract our own post then the need for moderation would be less. What
>>>>>do you think ? wouldn't it make it easier for moderators. And what about Bad
>>>>>post or mistakes it would eliminate them almost completely. Just a thought
>>>>>
>>>>>         sign,
>>>>>            Eriq
>>>>
>>>>Why even try to offend someone in the first place.  I know that sometimes heated
>>>>exhanges take place.  But this is part of the fun.
>>>
>>>I think Eriq's idea is a very good one.  I know on USENET, I have used "cancel
>>>post" on at least 3 occasions I can remember. Besides, if we have the ability to
>>>cancel our own post, it might save the moderators a bit of work.
>>>;-)
>>
>>I'll second that.  There have been two or three occasions that I
>>wished I could retract a post here.
>
>This thread offends me, I hope it can be retracted!
>
>Sometimes I'd sure like to go in a fix editing and spelling mistakes I've maid.
>Maybe an edit button would be nice, and it could also double as a way to retract
>a reckless post.
>
>Ok, posible problems that I see with an edit or retract option, is people
>altering what is on the board (a problem even if it was their own post).  For
>example, if you're in the middle of an arguement, you REALLY don't want somebody
>to be able to go and edit or remove an earlier post.  Does that make sense?
>
>Pete

Yes, but limiting changes/retractions to posts that have not been replied to
does not have that problem.



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