NationStates Jolt Archive

I was unsure before, but now I'm not (Okay, I still am, but please don't pay to much attention). Once a post has been replied to you can't edit it anymore. While I do see the benefits of this (There's no more "I never said that" "Yes you did!" "Oh, yeah? Go look!" "you.......you.......you edited, didn't you! Meanie!") there are many drawbacks (especially for us NS users, who are constantly going back).

People who run storefronts (like myself) are constantly editing their posts for new products and information. My main storefront had nearly 80 edits, and I was planning on a lot more in the future.

We are constantly making spelling and grammar errors which, though tolerable, are still a major irritant. It realy does lower the RP quality when the spelling is bad, and now we can't even change it if we manage to notice it.

Say you just post something which you didn't mean to. Or maybe a sibling came into your room when you were in the bathroom and posted something. Or perhaps you were given incorrect information off NS and then wrote an incorrect post in response.

Frankly, we are so used to our editing ability that we rely upon it and need it. Is the inability to edit replied posts going to be permanent, or just a part of the shakedown for the new forums?

Sorry to kill your edit-ability for that post there, Klonor.

Anyway, can we even edit posts that haven't been replied to? See, my problem is I want to change the font size in one of my posts, and the edit button? Missing.

Apparently there's a big difference between size 11 font on Jolt and size 11 font on the old server. Makes it look like someone's freaking yelling their lungs out when they're trying to whisper, don'tchyaknow.

Anyway, can we even edit posts that haven't been replied to? See, my problem is I want to change the font size in one of my posts, and the edit button? Missing.Editing ability disappears after 15 minutes. It does not, as far as I know, have to do with replies.

Upon further investigation..........I screwed up. Replies do not interfere with editing. My bad.

Editing ability disappears after 15 minutes. It does not, as far as I know, have to do with replies.

Yeah, this has really got to be changed. I always catch typos like an hour or two after I post, so not being able to go back and fix that is annoying. :(

Well, no long term edit function stinks worse than a 3 day old fish in the summer :( How's the Keeper of the Hall going to take care of that huge list of ex-nations?

So, let me get this straight.

Because the img tags from Jolt don't work on these forums, my factbook now has URLs instead of my carefully selected pictures.

I'd edit it, but...oh, wait...there's no long term edit function. So, I can't add any new information, either.

I'd go and copy everything from my factbook to something new, so I didn't have to retype...but wait! Search is disabled!

...someone will suffer over this nonsense. :gundge:

Can't edit days later, cant use img tags?
makes the forum useless
I'll have to quit soon if its not remedied

cant use img tags?Images do work here. I've seen some off-Jolt emoticons used.

Check your profile's options- initially seeing pictures, avatars, and I think Signatures are diabled to load quicker, but I changed it all and I see pictures fine now.