Re: [xwiki-users] Bulletin Board Edit Message
Guillaume, This is a personal opinion, so take with a grain of salt. I think that by not giving a user an easy way to edit their post, it could actually lead to a greater chance of abuse. Your suggestion for how to correct spelling errors enables a user to edit anyone's post (not just their own). I know it would be very hard to take the object edition out, as it seems to be in the xwiki engine itself. My suggestion is to go ahead and implement an edit function, perhaps right next to the "quote this message" link, so that users are encouraged to edit their own posts in an easy way. I believe this would prevent users from going on a hunt to find out how to edit and discovering the power that they have in editing objects. Warm regards, Forrest Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Hi Jason,
Is there a way, and if so how do I set up for the users of the bulletin board to be able to edit their posts (spelling errors, etc.)?
I thought post edition wasn't necessarily a good idea when I built the application (what if users post smthg, get a reply, then edit their original post and the whole conversation loses its meaning...)
However there's indeed a way to remove spelling mistakes of the content of your posts. To do so, edit your topic page in object edition mode (switch to Advanced mode to see it : http://is.gd/7is). Then look for the relevant object (they will all be listed on the page, that's where the content of each post is stored), edit its content and save the page. Here you go !
Note : this will work only on topic pages, not on Bulletin Board nor on Category pages.
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Hi Forrest, thanks for the feedback :-)
I think that by not giving a user an easy way to edit their post, it could actually lead to a greater chance of abuse. Your suggestion for how to correct spelling errors enables a user to edit anyone's post (not just their own). I know it would be very hard to take the object edition out, as it seems to be in the xwiki engine itself.
I basically agree with you. The issue here is about "Bulletin Board Philosophy" - if I may ;-) Here are the options : - a post is something definitive that was said at the time it was said. Though his / her author might want to edit it afterwards, it reflects something about him / her and the state of the discussion at that point of time. Therefore the discussion shall not be changed afterwards, even for "cosmetic" issues such as spelling -> if someone doesn't want to take the time to write without spelling mistakes it says something about him / her - a post is a piece of information posted by someone who meant something that might or might not have been reflected properly in the post. Therefore an author should be allowed to edit any of his posts afterwards to change it. Notwithstanding all that BS, I think the best thing to do is to provide the edit feature and tell people that it is a bad practice to use it to alter the overall meaning of the discussion.
My suggestion is to go ahead and implement an edit function, perhaps right next to the "quote this message" link, so that users are encouraged to edit their own posts in an easy way. I believe this would prevent users from going on a hunt to find out how to edit and discovering the power that they have in editing objects.
Indeed. I cannot remove object edition right away, simply hide it from basic users I think. A potential solution is to couple the right to add posts with the comment right instead of coupling it with the edit right as it is now but I fear it's a bit out of my reach (I'm only developing stuff in my spare time). I'll try to see whether I can tackle the issue somehow... I'll keep you informed about my progress. Thanks for trying out XWiki and getting back to the community with your suggestions :-) Guillaume
Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Hi Forrest, thanks for the feedback :-)
I think that by not giving a user an easy way to edit their post, it could actually lead to a greater chance of abuse. Your suggestion for how to correct spelling errors enables a user to edit anyone's post (not just their own). I know it would be very hard to take the object edition out, as it seems to be in the xwiki engine itself.
I basically agree with you. The issue here is about "Bulletin Board Philosophy" - if I may ;-) Here are the options :
- a post is something definitive that was said at the time it was said. Though his / her author might want to edit it afterwards, it reflects something about him / her and the state of the discussion at that point of time. Therefore the discussion shall not be changed afterwards, even for "cosmetic" issues such as spelling -> if someone doesn't want to take the time to write without spelling mistakes it says something about him / her - a post is a piece of information posted by someone who meant something that might or might not have been reflected properly in the post. Therefore an author should be allowed to edit any of his posts afterwards to change it.
Notwithstanding all that BS, I think the best thing to do is to provide the edit feature and tell people that it is a bad practice to use it to alter the overall meaning of the discussion.
...and most other forum apps out there allow users to edit their posts nowadays... -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
Thank you, Guillaume. Sorry for the duplicate posting of my original message. I am indeed liking xwiki. Keep up the good work. Forrest Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Hi Forrest, thanks for the feedback :-)
I'll try to see whether I can tackle the issue somehow... I'll keep you informed about my progress.
Thanks for trying out XWiki and getting back to the community with your suggestions :-)
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