Editing posts in the private forums?

FrustratedPoet · January 8, 2003, 20:14

The ability for any one user to edit other people's posts in the private forums is clearly a bug, and possibly a troublesome one.

However, it has good uses too if people act responsibly (such as each minister editin one central Turn Orders post so the President doesn't have a whole thread to look through).

I've suggested to Markos that the bug is a useful one and he said that it's basically up to us if we want to keep it or not. Well ... do we?

Dis · January 8, 2003, 20:22

Well it can be useful when updating threads with pertinent nation information. That way the same guy doesn't always have to do it.

I figure small teams can handle it. Maybe some of the big teams will edit each other's posts and start insulting each other and then my hope is they will fall into anarchy

. Us small teams will be just fine.

nbarclay · January 8, 2003, 20:42

If a team can't trust its members to use the feature responsibly, something is seriously wrong. I view the feature as a useful one, and only wish my bugs would prove to be so beneficial.

alva · January 8, 2003, 20:44

Keep it

Harovan · January 8, 2003, 20:52

Yes keep.

Jon Shafer · January 8, 2003, 20:54

It's not like it's going to be changed either way...

alva · January 8, 2003, 21:05

Yes it will, Mark has asked FP to make this poll.

It our choice.

(it saves Mark some work....

...)

Wittlich · January 8, 2003, 21:41

I too say keep it. Like Dissident already said, it makes editing certain threads by all members alot easier to do.

Harovan · January 8, 2003, 21:47

Quote:

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
I've suggested to Markos that the bug is a useful one and he said that it's basically up to us if we want to keep it or not. Well ... do we?

Oh, darn, so it's too late to ask you to tell him, that we can't attach files and pictures in the private forums, which makes team work a PITA. Strange, that nobody has mentioned this yet...

GhengisFarb™ · January 8, 2003, 23:14

If any ONE thing is to be fixed I would greatly prefer it to be the activation of attachments and images.

The editing bug is fine.

alva · January 8, 2003, 23:44

A quote from Mark in the community forum:

Quote:

now if anyone has any other civgroups suggestions(and yes, all the ptwdg related stuff are still veyr high on my list), i'll leave this thread open.....

So the attachement thing should hopefully be fixed soon

FrustratedPoet · January 9, 2003, 07:30

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Ralph

Oh, darn, so it's too late to ask you to tell him, that we can't attach files and pictures in the private forums, which makes team work a PITA. Strange, that nobody has mentioned this yet...

I mentioned that to him. All of the stuff we've previously told him is apparently on his "to-do" list.

Harovan · January 9, 2003, 11:01

Quote:

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
I mentioned that to him. All of the stuff we've previously told him is apparently on his "to-do" list.

What did happen to your sarcasm detector?

FrustratedPoet · January 9, 2003, 11:09

/me bashes his sarcasm detector
*the screen shows nothing but static*
/me bashes it harder
*the screen flickers for a moment*
/me swears at the useless cheap piece of crap
*the screen comes back online*

I've got it working now, normal service has been resumed.

Spiffor · January 9, 2003, 12:01

Keep it ! Nothing like edit spamming !

E_T · January 9, 2003, 17:52

Quote:

Originally posted by Spiffor
Keep it ! Nothing like edit spamming !

What, you have spam in your team forum...

[in character]
If we have someone who is constantly making a nussence of themselves, we just throw the offending person over the waterfall...

Letus Eta Tamali
[out of character]

E_T

ZargonX · January 10, 2003, 01:29

Keep it. It is pretty handy for ministerial things. For us teams that aren't run under iron-handed dictators.

Beta · January 10, 2003, 13:56

It's a keeper.

ixnay · January 11, 2003, 02:37

Keep it.