h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

That is the crux of the matter, ie whether a post is deliberately being offensive or not.

For me the crux of the matter is how you define 'offensive'. I've hardly know what the term means.

I like being challenged by something that might needle me a bit...not in a really nasty way but in a playful creative way.

My main concern is the more serious discussion threads which I often enjoy taking part in. They can be utterly bleeped by temporary modding.

Whatever though we'll all have to live with a bit of compromise. That's life.

(Time to take a breather for me though ).

Oooh!

Before I forget (and feel free to carry this point into any subsequent conversations concerning methodology of moderation), if a post is yikesed or removed the email one gets suggests editing it so that it meets the standards, but there isn't a method for doing so. Obviously that text may have been written with entries in mind rather than conversations. I would really appreciate a method for editing removed posts. I hate reading conversations and coming across them. It piques my curiosity no end and interrupts the flow of the convo.

Also, while I understand the utility of the preview button, if we're going to do any recoding of the site, then I'd like to suggest (again) that we allow a limited time [Edit Post] option, say 2-5 minutes. Everyone knows the frustration of hitting Post Message and instantly seeing typos jump out of the text at you. You really DO know the difference between their, there and they're. You really didn't mean to type "".

I happen to quite like and hope to see it evolve into a proper one day ...

Well, good... So what if you accidentally typed winkeye? Wouldn't you appreciate an opportunity to fix it?

But your point was *entirely* to do with methodology of moderation

I wouldn't amend the house rules for any of the reasons you raised - would you?

I think the possibility of having a limited time "edit my post" facility has been discussed elsewhere and most people are against it.

I've added CZ's points to the moderation style thread here: F21551820?thread=8251028&post=109678864#p109678864

Let's keep this one for the House Rules, if that's OK

Of course, you'd be against an edit option, Gnomon. Your posts are always immaculate.

I think I suggested it, and it was shot down by others.