Miles said:We're all hoping to see Paul at our next meet in Brighton. I'm not sure what he's doing, now...
OH my, we are OT!Miles said:It would be good to have this one there:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/nacc/arc0373.htm
Reid Welch said:Have not read this thread. It's too much to sort through. 73% voted to leave the edit feature alone.
They lost. They are NOT ES owners, but vassals, poll-teased, as if their votes really counted for anything more than fish-wishes.
In brief: Yesterday the edit-ability time was cut from infinite, to something like one hour.
This makes it impossible for me to fix old postings, all of which are liable to contain typos, missed words, inserted wordings that ruin the meaning of intent.
Right of the poster: it's HIS copyright stuff. Maybe he wants later to make a book (not likely).
If E.S. takes the attitude (understandable) of LOCKING the poster from removing his content,
yeah, sure, gaping holes in the database result from resigned, disgusted members.
SO WHAT? It was the poster's intellectual property!
Xyster was "difficult" as I am. Yet it was his thought and thought power that energized this place.
Same goes for "crazy" Randy Draper, etc.
Perhaps posts pertinent to the subject of Electric Vehicle Technology are beyond the capacity of some members; who in turn, post errata, straw-man fallacies and ad-hominem attacks.Reid Welch said:You know, we should make a poll, Mr. "tyler".
Do you have a real name, a first name, even?
Like Judge of All Men?
That would be a fitting name for you, sire!
You are so typical of the MORass of menTALity
fasciscm, it's called, mister not tyler. FASCISM is what people here run away from,
MISTER "tyler".
Reid Welch
3901 Hardie Rd.
Coconut Grove. Fl.
Come And Get Me, sir!
It's a mite chilly for most members at this time of year to go and ebike away. I am lucky again, that I live in a tropical clime,TylerDurden said:Perhaps posts pertinent to the subject of Electric Vehicle Technology are beyond the capacity of some members; who in turn, post errata, straw-man fallacies and ad-hominem attacks.
That's fair in discharge of one's spleen.TylerDurden said:"Trust the poem, not the poet."
If there is a tragedy here, it is that Reid's worthy contributions have been submerged in his own deluge, of what is best described as discharge.
You can give it a rest with the legal nonsense, as if there is going to be legal ramifications or something as a result of members actions here. *rolls eyes*.TylerDurden said:Original work under copyright uploaded to a board must be used with permission. Because its integrity exists outside of the board, its inclusion or deletion has no bearing on the work-owners' rights.
Original work published directly to a board falls under the EULA (or terms of service, etc.); which usually includes revision-at-will language, to further protect the owner's ability to revise and update EULA terms as needed.
Bla...bla...bla...
We have had death threats posted already. Tell me Michael Brown doesn't give a damn.EMF said:Oh give it frocking rest with the legal bullshit, nobody gives a damn, you just look foolish spouting off as if there is going to be legal ramifications or something.
amberwolf said:I am fine with only being able to edit up until someone else posts after you. As soon as a followup post is submitted, nothing before that in the thread can be edited.
I've beta tested forums (like OtakuBooty) that had no edit function at all.
That particular forum now has a *append* edit function, after much demand, which leaves all original content intact and simply appends whatever you "edit" to the end of the post you edited. [/size]
TylerDurden said:We have had death threats posted already. Tell me Michael Brown doesn't give a damn.EMF said:Oh give it frocking rest with the legal bullshit, nobody gives a damn, you just look foolish spouting off as if there is going to be legal ramifications or something.
I add just this: I agree with Management here: it is their forum. Content OF the writer should never be destroyed, not by Management. And it really should never be destroyed by a huffed-puffed angry member.swbluto said:amberwolf said:I am fine with only being able to edit up until someone else posts after you. As soon as a followup post is submitted, nothing before that in the thread can be edited.
I've beta tested forums (like OtakuBooty) that had no edit function at all.
That particular forum now has a *append* edit function, after much demand, which leaves all original content intact and simply appends whatever you "edit" to the end of the post you edited. [/size]
I would strongly support an infinite append time, while retaining limited editing time. If an append feature was to be added, I think the content should go at the top so people can see what additional information was made to the thread before reading it although that's really not that important.
Also, the phpbb forum software is open source so it's just a matter of adding the necessary source code. I've already emailed knightmb about possibly being a contributor to the forum's software infrastructure, but he's never replied, so I think the tepid support for user involvement is only going to amplify the evident increasing rigidity of the forums.