[Chris Angelico] > > And then people wonder whether quoted text really aligns with the > original post, whether "sort by post date/time" actually means what it > says, and whether people have actually changed their stance while > editing a post. No thank you. In accounting, git repositories, and > mailing lists, you cannot edit the past - you can only post a > follow-up.
It's common etiquette to clearly label your edits. That's why you'll see people write "EDIT: I changed X, Y, and Z due to <this comment>". Reddit can show how long ago a given post was edited (if it was at all) and commenters can flag posts that were edited in a misleading way. There's also no inherent reason a forum couldn't keep and expose the full history of edits to each post. It would be interesting if you could link to a specific edit so when some one says "I don't understand X and you weren't clear about Z" you could edit your post to clarify and link to the edit in a response saying "I edited <http://www.google.com> my post to clarify. Thanks!" On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 4:29 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:21 AM Adrien Ricocotam <ricoco...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On a forum (no matter the form), you can edit the original post. Thus, > when something was unclear, false or needed an edit, the author (or others) > can edit the original post. So when someone actually reads the original > post, s-he doesn't have to read the 20 mails of clearing things up to have > a clear idea of what's the proposal. This is a minus one for mailing lists > in my opinion. > > > > And then people wonder whether quoted text really aligns with the > original post, whether "sort by post date/time" actually means what it > says, and whether people have actually changed their stance while > editing a post. No thank you. In accounting, git repositories, and > mailing lists, you cannot edit the past - you can only post a > follow-up. > > ChrisA > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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