Paul Clapham wrote:Just to add to those comments about editing: Other people may come by later and be confused by answers to questions which weren't asked, if people go back to edit their earlier posts. So we try to avoid that. We regularly ask people not to do it, and when asked, they usually understand. We may also revert edits if they would result in that kind of confusion. Spelling corrections aren't usually a problem but changing an old post in a significant way is not so good.
Personally if I found that a question that I posted on a forum had been misunderstood, I would add a new post to the thread, saying "Oops, I didn't make that clear, here's what I wanted to say..." or words to that effect.
@Paul,
As mentioned above,
I used to be able to edit my thread after posting until someone else replied.
I found that I am no longer able to do it even immediately after posting.
It appears that this has been revoked for me.
After someone replies, I understand completely that I cannot edit my post.
But as soon as I post and re-read my post and feel I should have phrased things a little differently, or if I left out an important detail,
then I should be able to edit that like I used to - if no one has yet replied.
Did you remove this edit capability for me - and only for me?