Permissions to edit previously posted `Documentation` entries disappeared

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

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

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

Yours,
Christian

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.

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

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

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.

Oh, OK. I see.

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

Thanks again.

Yours,
Christian

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.

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

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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