# Editing Test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 5, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119 "2013-09-05T22:08:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119/1 "2013-09-05T22:08:44Z")

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I just want to see if you can edit a post after five minutes if you open the page before that time.

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**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119/2 "2013-09-05T22:14:49Z")

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The administrator has specified that you can only edit messages for 5 minutes after you have posted. This limit has expired, so you must contact the administrator to make alterations on your message.

OK, no, you can’t.

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**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119/3 "2013-09-05T23:19:09Z")

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Damn. I thought this was going to be some text/copy that needed to be edited.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119/4 "2013-09-05T23:20:45Z")

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Me, too. That would have been more fun.

Although this way we can see an experiment completed with a definite result.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119/5 "2013-09-06T02:55:09Z")

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> [@Mathematics](#):
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> I just want to see if you can edit a post after five minutes if you open the page before that time.

“I would like to ascertain whether one can edit a post after five minutes have elapsed if one travels back in time to open a page in the past.”

Do I get the job?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-test/668119/6 "2013-09-06T04:00:53Z")

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Now, here’s the trick. When you edit to add something (especially if it’s lengthy) and that window pops up, don’t clear it or you’ll lose everything. Highlight what you added (with the window still there), copy the text, _then_ hit OK. Then you can paste what you copied into a new post.