Permissions to edit previously posted `Documentation` entries disappeared

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Hi all.

The permission to edit some documentation posts I’ve previously made have disappeared. For example

while others I can edit, e.g.,

Am I overlooking something? Thanks.

Yours,
Christian

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I don’t see how they differ in a minute or so of looking.

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Neither do I - hence the confusion. Do you think you can do something about it? Thanks.

Yours,
Christian

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The ones that you can edit are more recent that the ones that you cannot.

I find that ability to edit expires after a certain time on forum posts, which may be reasonable in general. Presumably the same rule is being applied to documentation, which is not so great.

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Can not edit:

Can edit:

If your analysis is correct, then than that would mean posts are no longer editable after 1 month, roughly. Whether that’s reasonable, in general, I find debatable - at least users should be able to delete posts if they want to - no questions asked.

Perhaps @slimy can confirm, or not, if the hypothesis is correct.

And, then I agree, as far as posts in the Documentaiton category should be editable perpetuity.

@uckelman is there any way you can change the edit timeout or curfew? At least for the Documentation category? That is, if that is indeed the problem.

Just a thought: I’ve been able to edit Documentation Index even though it is a relatively old post. So perhaps the edit curfew depends on the user-level of the creator of the post?

BTW, @marktb1961, why did you remove How to convert to a module from other tools to VASSAL from Documentation Index, or was it just an oversight?

Thanks again.

Yours,
Christian

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An oversight for sure, unless it is possible to overwrite someone else’s change due to concurrent editting? I have been adding not removing.

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OK, that’s what I thought - probably concurrent edits. I added it back in :slight_smile:

@uckelman Can you change the curfew on edits in the Documentation category? Thanks.

Yours,
Christian

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None of those posts had been set as wiki posts. I’ve adjusted that now.

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Oh, OK. I see.

Is that something I should have done myself? For future reference.

Thanks again.

Yours,
Christian

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This was news to me too, or I had forgotten. Turns out there is a hidden option at the foot of the post. Maybe it is more obvious when creating a post in the first place.

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Is there some reason why I can’t make this post a wiki?

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Ah, now I see it.

For future reference:

  • Click the three dots button … and then the wrench icon ,:wrench: and select “Add Wiki”.

Better remember that one :slight_smile:

Thanks again

Yours,
Christian

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