Editing (bla bla, because a longer title was mandatory)
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I really do not understand the following (and, so far, I have not seen something like this anywhere else)! Moreover, and that was the “why” for the wish to edit, why are urls not formed properly after using the Link button; should this be […] (url) (wanted to write the latter consecutively here, but that did not result in a proper result), instead of […](link url), like we can see on GitHub, resulting in properly formed urls indeed?:
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You are only allowed to edit posts for 5 minute(s) after posting -
You’re really going to have to clarify you question before anyone can answer.
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Well, let me say then, to put it simply, why cannot one edit an own topic anymore after 5 minutes, even if the topic starter thinks that is needed?
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why cannot one edit an own topic anymore after 5 minutes
Until very recently, it was a 3 minute limit! :-)
The reason for it is more complicated, but I like to think of it as not allowing history to be changed, because it can make other history not make sense.
If someone says something in a post, and 5 replies happen to a specific point in that original post because the user made a typo, fixing the typo 5 posts ago invalidates the logic of the additional posts. (Typos are one thing, other “mistakes” are more important – but maybe you get the idea)
If you post something, and later find you have additional information or realize you made a mistake, simply add an another post with clarifying data.
There was investigation into the possibility of letting the current final poster in a thread edit it with no time limit, but apparently the forum software – BTW, not affiliated with Notepad++ in any way; it is just software used, much like you use Notepad++ but don’t have control over its code – doesn’t offer that as a feature.