RE: RE: Edit original article

[athomason]

in reply to RE: Edit original article
in thread Edit original article

Indeed, that could be bad. Even articles not on the main page should be static, IMHO; that way it takes at least two clicks (which usually indicates a determined user) to get to possibly mis-rated material. If you have something more to say than the original post, an addendum in a reply will usually suffice. As for making mistakes in articles, always be sure to use the Preview button before submitting.

[nuance]

I don't agree, I want all nodes I've written to be editable by me. Most nodes are editible now and I don't see any major abuses. What I usually see is this, when someone edits one of their nodes and doing that makes a following node meaningless, then the person who editied their node adds a note to that effect.

I don't see why the articles on the main page aren't editible, it seems to me that it wouldn't be abused any more than the current editing feature is.

Adding further addenda (addendums ?) just adds clutter where editing the original would have sufficed. IMO.

As for using the preview, well this node doesn't seem to have one.

Nuance

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[athomason]

Previews are (usually) present on non-editable node submit forms, to allow you to make sure you're going to post what you expect. Since you can edit a reply, the preview button becomes somewhat redundant. Though I'd like to see it anyway; the submit format in general needs to become much more standardized.