Time limit on editing posts.

Would you all please up the time limit on editing posts to 10 minutes? Right now it's at two, and if you have a large post and are reading and rereading it, it may take you longer than that to catch any flaws. I've it happen to me a couple of times now where I'm left with a large post that I can't delete or edit, which has some subtle flaw that could confuse people or give them the wrong impression.

And before you say it, I do proofread my stuff. I type it out in notepad, read through it before I copy it into the text box, read through it again, then submit. You know how it is though. You don't notice the egregious spelling error on your paper until you're handing it in to your teacher. Same thing.

- Christopher

there's a preview post.. option .. when u go advanced.. i think

yah i ran into the same problem. i ended up having to copy it, delete it and make a new one. *sigh* good idear.

You're right, there is a preview post option when you go advanced. That is what I use when I post a long message.

yeah... it would be nice to have a longer editing time....
cuz we are human... we make mistakes! lol

How do you delete a post? How do you edit a post? I see no way to do this.

it's an option righttt after you post. as soon as you post something to the left of the "quote", "MQ", and "Q.R." buttons (lower right corner of your post) there will be one that says "Edit" but it's only there for a very short amount of time

great idea!

There is a reason behind some of the short editing madness.

Ok, let's say person 1 was harassing person 2 in the forums. Posting really nasty stuff.

Person 2 comes to a mod and says, "Hey person 1 is harassing me. Go look at this thread."

Well if person 1 could have an endless limit on editing posts, they could just go and edit it and be like, "What me? Harassing?" When a moderator went to go deal with it.

So this limit is kinda for your safety too.

I still think it'd be nice if it was more like 8 minutes or something...