Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3654
Making posts uneditable after 15 minutes?
After the recent debacle, would it be possible to lock posts, say 15 minutes after they are posted, so that the original poster cannot alter them - a moderator could still edit them providing the op gives a suitable reason for it? The for sale forums would obviously have to be treated a bit differently.
Just wondered, as that is what happens with another forum I use. It would stop threads looking stupid due to the number of 'deleted' posts.1996 Discovery 1 300TDI ES Biarritz Blue, sold
1999 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Rioja Red, sold
2002 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Buckingham Blue, sold
2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Adriatic Blue, sold
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Zambezi Silver, sold
2011 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE Nara Bronze, sold
2016 Volvo XC60 D5 AWD Lux Nav Twilight Bronze, sold
2020 Range Rover Evoque P250 First Edition, Nolita grey, sold
2023 Range Rover Evoque P300e Autobiography, Carpathian grey
4th Jun 2016 12:44 pm
AAA.Happy.Disco1.Fan
Member Since: 04 Nov 2010
Location: West Yorks
Posts: 2895
And which ''debacle'' was that, please?
( 'puter has been 'down'.)
AAA
4th Jun 2016 1:01 pm
WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3654
Not sure of the full details, as I only witnessed half of it - posts being deleted.
This thread might give you a bit more info.
http://www.disco4.com/forum/topic146369.html1996 Discovery 1 300TDI ES Biarritz Blue, sold
1999 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Rioja Red, sold
2002 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Buckingham Blue, sold
2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Adriatic Blue, sold
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Zambezi Silver, sold
2011 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE Nara Bronze, sold
2016 Volvo XC60 D5 AWD Lux Nav Twilight Bronze, sold
2020 Range Rover Evoque P250 First Edition, Nolita grey, sold
2023 Range Rover Evoque P300e Autobiography, Carpathian grey
4th Jun 2016 1:06 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
AAA.Happy.Disco1.Fan wrote:
And which ''debacle'' was that, please?
( 'puter has been 'down'.)
AAA
The two original 'deleted' threads that started it all have been ... deleted
4th Jun 2016 1:08 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Re: Making posts uneditable after 15 minutes?
WOODY179 wrote:
After the recent debacle, would it be possible to lock posts, say 15 minutes after they are posted, so that the original poster cannot alter them - a moderator could still edit them providing the op gives a suitable reason for it? The for sale forums would obviously have to be treated a bit differently.
Just wondered, as that is what happens with another forum I use. It would stop threads looking stupid due to the number of 'deleted' posts.
Or, could the posts be re-instated from the servers?
4th Jun 2016 1:10 pm
WillyEckerslike
Member Since: 22 Aug 2013
Location: Out in the world
Posts: 967
I don't think it's a good idea. What other evidence would we have then of a good flounce?
4th Jun 2016 1:20 pm
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 06 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4195
Personally, I like the fact that this forum allows editing of posts to get rid of mistakes, make corrections and additions/updates easily. I think 15 minutes would be an issue and could add significantly to the mods' workload; a week might be less of a problem (if FS&W, Group Buys, Sponsors etc. threads could be omitted), but being able to restore posts sounds like the best option?Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
Freelander 2 2007 HSE Manual Tambora Flame
Previous: FL2 56 reg SE Manual Black (written off )
Disco 3 06 reg B7S Manual Rimini Red
Disco 2 TD5 Y reg ES Manual Blue - Chipped
Several Discovery 300 TDis
4th Jun 2016 3:54 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
Posts: 3976
As I said last time this happened we only allow 15 minutes editing time on the Forum I run for this very reason and it creates very little work for my moderation team maybe one request a week to edit a post if that.
Restoration is only an option if have someone that can run a sql query to only restore specific bits on the db and then only if the last backup contains the missing posts.==================================
05 D3 HSE V8 4.4
04 MG TF 135
03 MG TF 115 Cool Blue Edition
02 MG TF 160
00 Hymer B564 Lionheart
1971 Series III 109
It would do if you had all my requests to add missing apostrophes... Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
Freelander 2 2007 HSE Manual Tambora Flame
Previous: FL2 56 reg SE Manual Black (written off )
Disco 3 06 reg B7S Manual Rimini Red
Disco 2 TD5 Y reg ES Manual Blue - Chipped
Several Discovery 300 TDis
4th Jun 2016 4:30 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
There's a bit of a difference if your forum is running at say 4k members vs the nearly 40k on here .... OK I appreciate that not all of those will be active and we generally have less than a few hundred online at any one time but throughput of posts is significant.
I think that if it became an ongoing problem then yes we might have to look at it but we only have had a few real toy throwing users in recent times. If we did go for a 15 minute lock then to mitigate corrections I would want to see evidence of an A level English Language certificate before you were allowed to post 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
4th Jun 2016 4:41 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73081
That's me stuffed, only got a B for O level Eng Lang.
A levels were save for proper subjects, Geology, Physics & Maths.
What are A levels? LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
4th Jun 2016 5:06 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73081
What they brought in well after your time.
4th Jun 2016 5:12 pm
RDR
Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 2260
Wouldn't mind it after 15mins, Given I'm dyslexic and also have habit of hitting Submit instead of Preview i do need a little grace period after posting stuff MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten
MY12 HSE - Gone
MY16 HSE Luxury - Sold
MY20 D5 HSE - Sold
Current RR L460 PHEV
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