giovannis Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I've uploaded a wrong photo to a forum (no words), but neither I found a possibility to withdraw it, nor to edit the message. Is this correct? Did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 No, you did not miss anything. You cannot edit or withdraw your forum posts. This is by design, not by accident. Contact the forum moderator if you really need to have your post removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottershead Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 There is no ability to edit or delete forum posts. After you type a comment and click "Submit", it is presented to you on a "Confirm" screen. At that point, you have the opportunity to re-read what you wrote, to back up and correct any errors, rewrite it, or change your mind about submitting it entirely. But once you hit "Confirm", it is published. It is sent. It is gone. Like an email. You can't take it back. Anyone who has registered alerts on the forum, or has their RSS reader set up to get updates on the forum, will receive a copy of it. Google will dispatch its robot to index it. Archive.org will make a copy of it that will be retained unto seven generations (or longer). If you want to correct or expand upon the comment, you can write another one to do so. But if your comment makes you look hot-headed or less than intelligent, or exposes your weak grasp on spelling, then you will look hot-headed, less than intelligent, and your weak spelling will be exposed. In front of the entire world. Six billion people and their descendents. For all time. Untold generations will be able to read it. Or at least until photo.net, Google, and archive.org (etc) bite the dust. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Many of my posts have spellling errors, if really important sometimes I add another comment at least trying to correct the ill deed. In a heated thread one must temper ones salvos/returns, to not lower one down into the mire of the mud slinging. <BR><BR>In some message boards that do have "user editing", knuckleheads will purposely fire off a comment to stir up trouble, then delete it when the fire storm starts. This baiting makes the responders look like the knuckleheads sometimes. If the editors/moderators think that adding "editing" is better, they should ponder the baiting that may occur. <BR><BR>With a "no words" thread there is really no preview/"confirm message", one should take extra care and insure one is posting what one wants others to see. Trying the html and text in another window or application sometimes helps catch the bugs before publishing them to the world. <BR><BR>The first few times I posted to no words threads I was abit shocked too there was no confim message type of check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giovannis Posted March 11, 2006 Author Share Posted March 11, 2006 Thanx for your time and replies. Indeed, I have reposted a second image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmac Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 That was pretty funny, and not a little disconcerting, Brian. I think I'll have some of what you're having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjords Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 yes, it's Dr. Strange Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasprice Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Spelling doesn't matter so long as meaning is preserved! - English is afterall a living language, and disgraphia can be a disabling affliction that should not be mocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasprice Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 on the other hand..............will all you Americans please learn to spell COLOUR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I posted a response to this thread before either Bob or Brian, just to agree with Giovanni, that indeed I found the lack of an edit button a little disconcerting when I had posted something I wanted to edit. Why was my simple, polite, and well intentioned post 'edited' and removed? Is that some kind of joke ? Colour, well said Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I posted a response to this thread before either Bob or Brian, to agreeing with Giovanni, that indeed I found the lack of an edit button a little disconcerting when I had posted something I wanted to edit. Why was my simple, polite, and well intentioned post 'edited' and removed? Is that some kind of joke ? Colour, well said Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Uhm, folks, the W/NW forum has no preview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Nick, your email link from this site dosen't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 If it's any consolation, even tho' I can edit my posts on the forums I moderate, I usually don't correct my own misspellings or brain farts. I'll do what everybody else does - post a follow-up to clarify a misstatement. If it's a typo, I just let it go. And I've made a few comments on the b&w forums that I wish I hadn't. But I'm not deleting them. I don't want people thinking I'm some sort of saint who never gets angry or spouts off something stupid. As Brain says, it's there, on the record for all time, someday to return to haunt me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 As Brain says :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Omigosh! Speaking of brain farts. That is just too funny to have been planned. I'm sorry, Brian, I dislike it when people abuse others' names. It really was a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giovannis Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 This thread is becoming more and more amusing ... (Text double checked - English is not my mother tongue, though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfraser Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 How often do moderators edit their own posts that are "hot-headed or less than intelligent"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottershead Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I never have to edit my posts for being unintelligent or hot-headed. However, I do edit my posts all the time for spelling errors and grammar. It's good to be king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 All things in moderation.....what is a motter? OOOppss spelling mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasprice Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Brian - shouldn't "king" [sic] have a capital "K"? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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