I was thinking about this topic (being able to edit questions etc.) and I think we possibly can't edit questions because they are moderated. If a question gets posted to the front page and is then edited, it could well include something offensive.

I would like to see these "top level" node (i.e. anything that starts a new discussion thread) being editable, perhaps it could be made a feature of higher level monks. If you need a certain number of XPs to be able to edit your own "top level" posts, then a user could abuse it at most once before having the privlidge revoked.

So, vroom is it because they get moderated?

I guess the moderation thing makes sense. The intent with the possibility of only addending, and forcing that to be a different color, was to avoid the invalidation of answers.
As for the offensivness thing. I guess making it available to higher level users would probably eliminate most of that. If you took a 300 XP hit for being obscene, scoundrels might think twice about it.
Then, of course you run into the whole censorship this. But I feel, if it doesn't pass the moderation standards, it should get yanked.

Just my opinion.
-Chuck

Well one of the reasons we decided to do it that way is because users could post a question... change it and then invalidate some of the advice already given. The moderation thing is a valid point too... although I would hope most of are grown up enough to avoid such childish nonsense.

vroom | Tim Vroom | vroom@cs.hope.edu