Robb_K wrote:On a rare occaision that I might notice that I've written something unreasonable, that might offend a reasonable person, I want the chance to remove that, or, reword it in a more acceptable way.
That's very confusing. When writing something unreasonable it can be explained in a new posting. Egg is very much against changing the path of history. People have to learn from what they do, and the past can't be changed. So therefore I'd rather accept errors than editing submitted posts. I think it's a case of learning to think before writing. I'm very hard on that myself. There are a lot of postings which I would like to enhance, but it feels like cheating myself.
The reason why I like editing is that I can correct grammatical errors and technical mistakes. But also then I tend to change too much, even though it's shortly after submitting. And sometimes I see the message already has been answered. That's internet.
I think the only solution is using the "Preview"-feature, which already is a luxury. And if even there are still errors after proofreading then it's just a matter of fate or being too easy on myself.
In the past when I couldn't use the edit-option on McDuck, I wrote much better than now. McDuck International gives me a chance of being a little harder on myself again. So, even though my English is a limitation, I like this edit-free forum the most. It is as it is.
After I've sent a message I'm really rid of it. It's there on the screen and that's it. If it's wrong I have to defend that and accept that I make mistakes. On the Dutch sections I sometimes lazily edit my message multiple times, sometimes getting lost in what it is I wanted to change so much. Here on the international section I'm free of those disturbing worries.
Maybe an inbetween solution could be that there's a short-term time-lock and a limited amount of edit-submissions.
(And now... there I go! I've been without coffee far too long. Submit the thing!)