[Python-ideas] Clearer communication

[Abe Dillon]

[Chris Angelico]
>
> And then people wonder whether quoted text really aligns with the
> original post, whether "sort by post date/time" actually means what it
> says, and whether people have actually changed their stance while
> editing a post. No thank you. In accounting, git repositories, and
> mailing lists, you cannot edit the past - you can only post a
> follow-up.


It's common etiquette to clearly label your edits. That's why you'll see
people write "EDIT: I changed X, Y, and Z due to <this comment>". Reddit
can show how long ago a given post was edited (if it was at all) and
commenters can flag posts that were edited in a misleading way. There's
also no inherent reason a forum couldn't keep and expose the full history
of edits to each post. It would be interesting if you could link to a
specific edit so when some one says "I don't understand X and you weren't
clear about Z" you could edit your post to clarify and link to the edit in
a response saying "I edited <http://www.google.com> my post to clarify.
Thanks!"


On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 4:29 PM Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:21 AM Adrien Ricocotam <ricocotam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On a forum (no matter the form), you can edit the original post. Thus,
> when something was unclear, false or needed an edit, the author (or others)
> can edit the original post. So when someone actually reads the original
> post, s-he doesn't have to read the 20 mails of clearing things up to have
> a clear idea of what's the proposal. This is a minus one for mailing lists
> in my opinion.
> >
>
> And then people wonder whether quoted text really aligns with the
> original post, whether "sort by post date/time" actually means what it
> says, and whether people have actually changed their stance while
> editing a post. No thank you. In accounting, git repositories, and
> mailing lists, you cannot edit the past - you can only post a
> follow-up.
>
> ChrisA
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