# Can We Edit Our Own Posts Now?

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**Created:** [April 30, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-edit-our-own-posts-now/242799 "2004-04-30T03:59:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-edit-our-own-posts-now/242799/1 "2004-04-30T03:59:20Z")

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Oddly enough, I think I saw evidence that someone did this here recently. And they **weren’t** a moderator IIRC. Anyways, I have never had a problems not being able to correct my own posts. On the contrary, I think it has taught me to be careful what I say and post.

For what it’s worth though, here goes nothing:

IF I CAN EDIT MY OWN POST, I WILL REMOVE THIS.

Oh well, I tried 🙂 .

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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-edit-our-own-posts-now/242799/2 "2004-04-30T04:51:39Z")

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Eureka! For once I have a cite to back up what I am saying. [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252550) is the thread I am referring to:

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> …edit: Guam, the Virgin Islands or other protectorates are also welcome in the discussion…  
> (This post has been edited by Eleusis on Apr 23 2004, 03:16 AM)

And **Eleusis** is clearly:

> [@](#):
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> Charter Member

Anyways, I think I get the **joke** now (from **Eleusis** ’ sig):

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> _“I’m not a mod, and we still can’t edit. That was a joke”_ - Eleusis

Well, I guess if anything can be learnt from this, it is that I should check out my sources before I post (realize though I wasn’t _exactly_ sure where I had seen this before I posted this).

Sorry **Eleusis** , for making a spectacle of you and your post 🙂 . Lest this thread go to waste though, I do still have one question about editing: If you need to edit something, a title, some info in your OP, etc., under what circumstances would it be possible (and prudent) to ask one of the mods to do it for you? I’ve noticed mods rarely edit, typically chosing to close and move threads instead.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-edit-our-own-posts-now/242799/3 "2004-04-30T05:05:45Z")

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I used to have that edit text as my .sig.