# How to Edit Posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879>\
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**Created:** [March 28, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879 "2007-03-28T19:05:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879/1 "2007-03-28T19:05:26Z")

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How do you put the reason for editing when you edit a post? Like edited by BobLibDem, reason: fixed spelling. I have edited a few but I don’t see how you enter the reason.

If this was covered, kindly steer me to it and this post can be deleted.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879/2 "2007-03-28T19:11:35Z")

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Starting from the post text entry area and going up are these areas:

guided/enhanced mode  
formatting buttons  
font/size/color dropdowns  
A message that reads “message originally posted by (userid, date, time)”  
A text box labeled “Title”  
A text box labeled “Reason for Editing”.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879/3 "2007-03-28T19:13:50Z")

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When you go to edit a post, you have a couple of boxes above your draft re-editing. One is labelled as the reason for the edit.

Yes, it’s labelled, “Reason for Editing:”

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879/4 "2007-03-28T19:18:45Z")

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OK let me try.

Son of a gun- that was easy! Don’t know why I didn’t see it before. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879/5 "2007-03-28T19:51:51Z")

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I filled in that box and I did not receive a raisin for editing. It may be a bug.

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879/6 "2007-03-28T19:54:26Z")

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[QUOTE=stolichnaya]  
I filled in that box and I did not receive a raisin for editing. It may be a bug.  
[/QUOTE]  
Sometimes raisins look like bugs, but they’re usually not.

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**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-posts/397879/7 "2007-03-28T19:57:52Z")

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Whatever it is, it’s not tasty.

Powers that be, I want my raisin.