RE: RE: Cleaning up Categorized Questions and Answers

To avoid addendums and clarifications posted as answers, (Yes I'm guiltly) if the question asker were able to update (or at least add text too (maybe force it to be a different color?)) a question.

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?

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RE: RE: RE: Cleaning up Categorized Questions and Answers by ChuckularOne (Prior) on May 12, 2000 at 15:17 UTC
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	[reply]
RE: RE: RE: Cleaning up Categorized Questions and Answers by vroom (His Eminence) on May 11, 2000 at 17:57 UTC
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	[reply]