# Mods editing their own posts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984 "2003-04-16T00:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/61 "2003-04-16T22:29:04Z")
I like to have sweaty butt sex with golden retrievers. Oh, and I’m an asshat. _Last edited by Lynn Bodoni on 04-15-2003 at 6:35 PM_ ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/62 "2003-04-16T22:31:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Last edited by Eutychus on 04-15-2003 at 05:30 PM > Last edited by Lynn Bodoni on 04-15-2003 at 6:35 PM Ok, I can live with the mods having the power to edit posts, but now they get the ability to _time travel_? I’m envious. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/63 "2003-04-16T22:50:56Z")
And while it’s been fun, I’m going to ask that you don’t do this anymore. If done correctly, it’s not going to be possible to tell what we’ve edited and what was just a joke. So, please don’t do it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/64 "2003-04-16T23:21:34Z")
Aww, man Euty, I didn’t even get to do it once. Can’t you get better counterfitting measures, like putting real messages in purple or something? ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/65 "2003-04-17T00:22:39Z")
Aww dang. I was gonna put like “Last edited by your mom on last night at my place” or something in my sig. I always get here too late for the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/66 "2003-04-17T00:59:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*How’s something like this, **Ice Wolf**? > > [sub](edited to remove the line _Fuck you and the pig you rode in here on. How much time you think I got to waste on typing in horseshit explanations and trying to get the coding correct and making sure I didn’t make ANOTHER spelling error, just to assauge your delicate little feelings? I’ve got a fuckin’ Passover dinner I’m supposed to be cooking right now, anyway_ – Ukulele Ike, SDMB moderator for Cafe Society)[/sub] \*\* Yup. That’s it. That should sort out the doubters, **Ukelele Ike**. Bravo, that mod! _clap, clap, clap_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/67 "2003-04-17T01:01:02Z")
And ya know – I spelled your username wrong, and only realised it on submit. Apologies, sir. My grasp of spelling slips away … ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/68 "2003-04-17T03:39:41Z")
> [@](#): > > “Same corrective procedure”? I was under the impression that the basic procedure was to e-mail/beg a mod to edit your post for you. > > So you’re asking that instead of editing their own posts, mods should e-mail each other, and let a different mod edit their posts? **Medea’s Child** , the normal procedure as I see it, for non-critical errors such as coding, grammar, and spelling, is either to let it be and trust people to figure it out, or to post a correction. I think the mods have better things to do than to change my “teh” to “the” because I’m worried people aren’t going to understand what I mean. Mods edit posts when rules are broken, such as when copyrighted material is quoted in full. When that has occurred, the reason was either posted by the mod or starkly obvious. If a mod forgets its brain at home and posts in violation of the board’s rules, they’re more than welcome to change it once they tune back in, but I’m not expecting that to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/69 "2003-04-17T06:23:18Z")
Hey, ya never know… the mods could be using those classic CYA procedures they learned from the head honcho. _Last edited by the Hamsterette on 04-16-2003 at 11:45 PM_ F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/70 "2003-04-17T06:37:54Z")
Whoops… my apologies to **Eutychus**. That was a joke that I put in… without reading past the first page of the thread. But leave it in… as “the Hamsterette” is a very special nickname for me. (given to me by **Spoz** , who else? :D) Yep, I could have gone with another, more recent nickanme, but “last edited by the double-post Nazi” might be easily misinterpreted, especially in this thread about the mods here… oh well. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/71 "2003-04-17T06:40:08Z")
Whoops… my apologies to **Eutychus**. That was a joke that I put in… without reading past the first page of the thread. But leave it in… as “the Hamsterette” is a very special nickname for me. (given to me by **Spoz** , who else? :D) Yep, I could have gone with another, more recent nickname, but “last edited by the double-post Nazi” might be easily misinterpreted, especially in this thread about the mods here… oh well. Oh, and **Ukulele Ike** … it’s spelled “ **assuage** ”… 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/72 "2003-04-17T07:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*And ya know – I spelled your username wrong, and only realised it on submit. Apologies, sir. My grasp of spelling slips away … \*\* You could ask him to edit for you, since you can’t do it yourself… ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/73 "2003-04-17T07:52:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grimpixie \* > \*\*You could ask him to edit for you, since you can’t do it yourself… > > ::d&r:: \*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/74 "2003-04-17T10:10:37Z")
I have the ability to edit my own posts without all that edited by stuff. [sub]It is called the preview button[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/75 "2003-04-17T15:56:18Z")
Preach it, brother! ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/76 "2003-04-18T05:34:21Z")
I just discovered [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1452934#post1452934) by **UncleBeer** , from almost two years ago. He edited the post and briefly indicated why. In later edited posts by the same mod I’ve seen no explanation. I appreciated the note in that post. I’d like to see that trend continued. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/77 "2003-04-18T10:29:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I know the worry is that they will go back and change the entire post but if the OP wrote anything controversial in his post I’m sure someone would have quoted the original scribblings anyway in a response and his nefarious deed will be revealed to all. You’re assuming an honest quote. What if the “quote” was a lie, and not original at all? ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/78 "2003-04-18T15:16:21Z")
Oh, c’mon, Lib! Nobody around here would do anything like _that_! (Except maybe me, above. Straightforward answers like yours are too boring for me. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/79 "2003-04-18T16:38:36Z")
If I could edit posts this thread would be long gone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984.md?page=3)