# Discourse changes to posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-changes-to-posts/913425>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-changes-to-posts/913425 "2020-06-27T19:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-changes-to-posts/913425/30 "2020-06-29T22:27:33Z")

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I’m still confused about the orange pencils. Over in “[Test-dont read.(sorry folks,I already miss the old site!) - #72 by JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read-sorry-folks-i-already-miss-the-old-site/911872/72)” I just made a post, and edited it twice, but I don’t see anything that indicates that (to me or anyone else).

In GQ there’s a thread, “[Term conspiracy theorists use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-conspircay-theorists-use/913665)” which _does_ have the orange pencil. The OP did indicate (with a manual “ETA:”) that the post had been edited–so, does that mean that sometimes the system _does_ show an indication of a user-edit? If so, when does it do that, and when not, and why?

Alternatively, if that orange pencil is for a system-edit, why the heck would Discourse have edited that OP? The only such system-edits I’ve run across so far have been when you quote the entire post for the post right before yours, which presumably wouldn’t apply to an OP.

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