Fixed Time limit on forum post edits?

[Gorse]

Hey, folks. I thought it might be useful to have this information in a thread for us to refer back to. Mods, if you know, could you please answer this question:

How long can a forum post continue to be edited after it's been published?

I keep meaning to time it myself, but I also keep forgetting to. I'd love an answer, if anyone has one.

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

Last i checked it was under 2 hours.

Could be less.

 

[MasterEn]

Hey, folks. I thought it might be useful to have this information in a thread for us to refer back to. Mods, if you know, could you please answer this question:

How long can a forum post continue to be edited after it's been published?

I keep meaning to time it myself, but I also keep forgetting to. I'd love an answer, if anyone has one.

i am fairly certain it is an hour max. no edits after that.

 

[Ikagura]

Thanks, I always wondered why some posts were no longer editable.

 

[MasterEn]

i found this, it might help:

Posts become read-only after a while

I don't know if this is an issue or not, but i thought it's worth discussing. I think this is good for preservation purposes, but there are contexts where regular edit is useful. General PC Game Recommendation Thread is a good example. Is this rule going to persist? and if so, is there anyway...

retrogametalk.com

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

An hour for posts, seven days for articles.

 

[Gorse]

THANKS WAFFLES!!!! Now we know, and can live the rest of our lives in peace.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

You can also contact a moderator to edit or delete a message for you if you want. (Trust me I wouldn’t mind lol)

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

You can also contact a moderator to edit or delete a message for you if you want. (Trust me I wouldn’t mind lol)

I've done this once so far (had a link removed as it was no longer active).. Basically you have the entire edit in a DM and then they copy/paste it.

On another note, i've seen some stuff be editable for days or weeks after and i haven't done any articles. So... *shrugs*.

 

[loopy]

seems to differ between subforum. On the download subforum I can edit even days later, which is good, because links might die and this lets me update them.

 

[Spike's iconSpike]

Some forums has special conditions, like downloads as you mentioned.

 

[BarrioMario]

Yeah maybe

 

[Yousef Yousef]

This has been answered and Gorse can dm me any time he has further questions. Closing this.