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hurk27
Senior Member
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- Portage, Indiana NEC: 2008
So others will know something was changed that might make the wording mean something else so they need to re-read it to make sure they understood what you really meant, when you put the reason in the little box it will appear at the bottom of your post
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mjf
Senior Member
On that subject.........what is the time limit to edit a post?
- Location
- Massachusetts
It is optional, you do not have to fill it in.
hurk27
Senior Member
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- Portage, Indiana NEC: 2008
I think there is ten minute window to actualy edit and two minutes to edit without the edit notification appearing in the post.
Roger
- Location
- Illinois
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- retired electrician
I thought it was a 5 minute window. In the past there was no limit, but there were cases of posters going back and changing the complete meaning of a post after others had commented on the original post. The time limit is to prevent that type of activity, but still allow corrections to the post.
Here is the message on the previous post I received at 7:32;
Look at post #7 at time of posting and time of last edit.
1.The administrator has specified that you can only edit messages for 15 minutes after you have posted. This limit has expired, so you must contact the administrator to make alterations on your message.
Look at post #7 at time of posting and time of last edit.
1.The administrator has specified that you can only edit messages for 15 minutes after you have posted. This limit has expired, so you must contact the administrator to make alterations on your message.
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kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
As well as the time limit, I thought you couldn't edit a post if a response came in after you had posted.
Obviously incorrect.....
Not the case, I have seen a few times someone respond to something that is no longer in the post and it confuses everyone else - what are they talking about - he never said anything like that.
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- Massachusetts
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
You can PM any of the mods to make edits to your posts at anytime.
I have done this occasionally for members esp. if the title needs editing- such as misspellings or typos
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
Unfortunately if you change a post it makes reading hard esp if there are many posts that are responding to your original post
Fulthrotl
~Autocorrect is My Worst Enema.~
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- E
You can PM any of the mods to make edits to your posts at anytime.
i am NOT letting you put words in my mouth.
i'd have to take my foot out first.
iwire is a handsome man.
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travish
Member
- Location
- Central North Carolina
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- Electrician
I am curious about how this thread got placed under "electrical contracting and Estimating" ????????
jeremysterling
Senior Member
- Location
- Austin, TX
I feel like it is a good idea to edit my posts for clarity and provide an edit reason for transparency.
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