Edit My Posts

[josephwegner]

At least for some duration after the initial posting time, I should be able to edit or delete my discussion posts.

This probably applies to comments as well.

[kennethrapp]

There also needs to be some kind of indicator that a post has been edited... especially if there are ever moderators with the ability to edit posts.

[swelham]

I have started on this, but I'm in two minds on whether you should be able to edit the url.

I am leaning towards no as it changes the source of the post from what people may have previously seen.

The only useful thing I could think of that you wouldn't be able to do, is to correct a broken url (you would have to delete the post and start again)

[kennethrapp]

I think if possible you should be able to edit it unless there are comments.

[swelham]

Or if it has upvotes from other users?

[kennethrapp]

Or even just have the post preview before submitting. Although it technically already does this.

[treygriffith]

I don't know how I feel about editing content after it's posted, but I'm more comfortable with appending content. Maybe underneath the post you have something like "EDIT 9:46am: I made a mistake above, I meant to say Y, and I said X instead."

[tommcgurl]

I agree with treygriffith. I think appending would be nice because the original post remains intact.

[rickhanlonii]

Update: I added the ability to edit comments within an hour in #409.