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A Humble Suggestion For Improving This Wonderful Site.......

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EricL · 03/10/2007 11:08

(Did you notice the gentle introduction there - just to make sure i didn't get your hackles up straight away? Yes? Cool - lets continue nice and calm and relaxed now................)

I'm not talking about changing the look of the site or adding flashy movey winky wonky things (cos that is just childish and induces a nervous tick from me normally resulting in a broken monitor and sore knuckles) - i'm talking about a Quote and Edit function.

I see lots of daily posts where the poster is having to correct themselves for clarification or is having to explain who they were responding to. Having the abilty to edit your posts and also to quote someone you are responding to would make the site a lot more efficient. Less posts would be made as it would be clear from the outset what the poster meant and who a response was directed at.

Yes? No?

Whaddaya think?

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ConnorTraceptive · 03/10/2007 11:20

Would be very confusing if people edited their posts would mean you would have to re-read the thread over and over to make sure you had read all the changes. Sorry but would make my head hurt!

Plus people would always have to type a message saying "please refer to my original message and note changes" so pointless really.

nailpolish · 03/10/2007 11:20

zippi

retro but cool!

ShinyHappyPurpleSeveredHeads · 03/10/2007 11:19

(as has been suggested! )

Original poster
EricL · 03/10/2007 11:19

Hoorah for Nadine!

One agreement and i am a happy boy.

Sad really isn't it?

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nailpolish · 03/10/2007 11:19

god yes that crossing out is annoying and childish

Flamesparrow · 03/10/2007 11:19

No to editing

zippitippitoes · 03/10/2007 11:19

no straighteners which is what might dd recommended as it stays in and yuk hairsporay..how retro is that

MyTwopenceworth · 03/10/2007 11:19

Editing makes nonsense of the thread. People go back and change wording, or message totally and when you read the whole thread it makes no sense!

I think a type of editing where you can go back and ADD to your post - underneath - like a P.S. could be useful - but I would not like a type where you could delete and reword. I think that would make for very confusing reading. You'd come to a thread and start reading and you'd be seeing people replying to points you can't see...oh, it would all get messy!

ShinyHappyPurpleSeveredHeads · 03/10/2007 11:18

Ooh God that's soooo tedious when people quote large blocks of texts.. you can end up with a quote in a quote in a quote in a quote in a quote...

Why not jsut c & p what you are responding to?!

Original poster
EricL · 03/10/2007 11:18

I do love it or i wouldn't be here. I'm not criticising it really - just making a helpful suggestion as nice as i can be.

(It's REALLY hard - i had to search deep down into my pshyce for that one....)

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daisyandbabybootoo · 03/10/2007 11:18

sit site

you could instead use tech's fab new strikethrough

nailpolish · 03/10/2007 11:18

hi zippi
did you use heated rllers?
i might notbother takng them all the way to london so youd be off hook

zippitippitoes · 03/10/2007 11:18

i don't like that crossing out business either

themildmanneredaxemurderer · 03/10/2007 11:17

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Twigaletto · 03/10/2007 11:17

No to quoting

and no to editing .. I rather like not being able to

Hulababy · 03/10/2007 11:17

Editing for typos - use preview???

Quoting - can just cut and paste

I do use a site that I can do both of the above and it does work pretty well TBH. But you can do the same using the above suggestions too.

NadineBaggott · 03/10/2007 11:17

Yes EricL I wholeheartedly agree but they're such stick in the muds around here

I thought it was only the geriatric who didn't like change?

I'd really really like an 'edit' function.

SaintGeorge · 03/10/2007 11:16

There have been more changes to MN in the last 5 months or so than in all the years previously.

Can people not just be happy with what we have without working poor Tech to the bone?

MN has always had a unique appeal because it is so different from the rest. Why make it just another clone of inferior sites?

daisyandbabybootoo · 03/10/2007 11:16

why do you need to edit typos?

so, you made a mistake with your spelling....who cares?

this sit is for having on-line conversations...you can't edit a real life convo, so why should you be able to edit a virtual one?

Original poster
EricL · 03/10/2007 11:16

Time limit sounds a good idea.

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themildmanneredaxemurderer · 03/10/2007 11:16

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Surfermum · 03/10/2007 11:16

I like it just as it is. I've been on other sites that have that function, and I either get confused and part way through reading a post, think "eh? I've read this" and realise I'm reading the quote, or don't bother reading the quote at all.

I find the threads on mumsnet much easier to read and follow, even with the occasional misunderstanding.

BellaeCandelae · 03/10/2007 11:15

What do you mean, EricL? How else would you quote other than by C&P from the other post? To clarify you might C&P the header as well, eg By EricL on Wed 03-Oct-07 11:08:06.

But definitely NO to the possiblty of editing after you hit Post Message. That would make things very unclear indeed.

Original poster
EricL · 03/10/2007 11:15

I've not heard fisking before UD.

I shall endeavour to use that more in conversation

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zippitippitoes · 03/10/2007 11:15

nailpolish I was made to curl my hair on sat...so i have relented