# Permissions to edit previously posted \`Documentation\` entries disappeared **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [April 9, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960 "2025-04-09T11:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/1 "2025-04-09T11:18:50Z")
Hi all. The permission to edit some documentation posts I’ve previously made have disappeared. For example - [Script to make common operations on piece images](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/script-to-make-common-operations-on-piece-images/84787) - [Tools for module developers](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/tools-for-module-developers/84785/1) - [Video tutorials on module development](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/video-tutorials-on-module-development/84786) - [How to Run VASSAL on Android (X11)](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-run-vassal-on-android-x11/84398) - [How To Run VASSAL on SteamDeck](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-run-vassal-on-steamdeck/79338) while others I _can_ edit, e.g., - [How to convert to a module from other tools to VASSAL](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-convert-to-a-module-from-other-tools-to-vassal/84940) - [Set VASSAL Look’n’Feel](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/set-vassal-looknfeel/84865) Am I overlooking something? Thanks. Yours, _Christian_ ---
**Author:** ![uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/uckelman/32/10020_2.png) [@uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/uckelman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/2 "2025-04-09T14:02:24Z")
I don’t see how they differ in a minute or so of looking. ---
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/3 "2025-04-09T14:18:43Z")
Neither do I - hence the confusion. Do you think you can do something about it? Thanks. Yours, _Christian_ ---
**Author:** ![marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/marktb1961/32/231_2.png) [@marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/marktb1961)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/4 "2025-04-09T18:11:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/5 "2025-04-09T21:03:51Z")
> [@marktb1961](#): > > The ones that you can edit are more recent that the ones that you cannot. _Can not_ edit: - [Script to make common operations on piece images](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/script-to-make-common-operations-on-piece-images/84787) - Created 6th of March, 2025, last updated 31st of March, 2025. - [Tools for module developers](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/tools-for-module-developers/84785/1) Created 5th of March, 2025, last updated 6th of March, 2025. - [Video tutorials on module development](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/video-tutorials-on-module-development/84786) Created 5th of March, 2025. - [How to Run VASSAL on Android (X11)](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-run-vassal-on-android-x11/84398) Created 29th of January. 2025, last updated 30th of January, 2025. - [How To Run VASSAL on SteamDeck](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-run-vassal-on-steamdeck/79338) Created 3th of April, 2024, last updated on 8th of April, 2024. _Can edit_: - [How to convert to a module from other tools to VASSAL](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-convert-to-a-module-from-other-tools-to-vassal/84940) Created April 5, 2025, last updated 9th of April, 2025. - [Set VASSAL Look’n’Feel](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/set-vassal-looknfeel/84865) Created 17th of March, 2025, last updated 18th of March, 2025. > [@marktb1961](#): > > 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. 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](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/documentation-index/78944) 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](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-convert-to-a-module-from-other-tools-to-vassal/84940) from [Documentation Index](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/documentation-index/78944), or was it just an oversight? Thanks again. Yours, _Christian_ ---
**Author:** ![marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/marktb1961/32/231_2.png) [@marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/marktb1961)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/6 "2025-04-09T21:13:24Z")
> [@cholmcc](#): > > BTW, @marktb1961, why did you remove [How to convert to a module from other tools to VASSAL](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-convert-to-a-module-from-other-tools-to-vassal/84940) from [Documentation Index](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/documentation-index/78944), or was it just an oversight? An oversight for sure, unless it is possible to overwrite someone else’s change due to concurrent editting? I have been adding not removing. ---
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/7 "2025-04-09T21:28:57Z")
> [@marktb1961](#): > > 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 🙂 @uckelman Can you change the curfew on edits in the _Documentation_ category? Thanks. Yours, _Christian_ ---
**Author:** ![uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/uckelman/32/10020_2.png) [@uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/uckelman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/8 "2025-04-09T23:24:52Z")
None of those posts had been set as wiki posts. I’ve adjusted that now. ---
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/9 "2025-04-09T23:28:31Z")
> [@uckelman](#): > > None of those posts had been set as wiki posts. Oh, OK. I see. > [@uckelman](#): > > I’ve adjusted that now. Is that something I should have done myself? For future reference. Thanks again. Yours, _Christian_ ---
**Author:** ![marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/marktb1961/32/231_2.png) [@marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/marktb1961)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/10 "2025-04-09T23:33:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/marktb1961/32/231_2.png) [@marktb1961](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/marktb1961)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/11 "2025-04-09T23:40:40Z")
Is there some reason why I can’t make this post a wiki? > [@Installing Vassal for older MacOS machines](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/installing-vassal-for-older-macos-machines/84048/1): > > Mac users on Catalina (MacOS 10.13) [reported](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cant-upgrade-vassal-on-macos/79553) being unable to install Vassal beyond 3.7.9. From those reports the following solution emerged: Step by step (replacing “3.7.12” in steps 5 & 6 with the version of Vassal that you install): Note, you will need to repeat this process whenever you update Vassal. ---
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/permissions-to-edit-previously-posted-documentation-entries-disappeared/84960/12 "2025-04-09T23:48:55Z")
> [@marktb1961](#): > > 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. Ah, now I see it. For future reference: - Click the three dots button **…** and then the wrench icon ,🔧 and select “Add Wiki”. Better remember that one 🙂 Thanks again Yours, _Christian_