# Test: An edited post

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-an-edited-post/684466>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 24, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-an-edited-post/684466 "2014-03-24T19:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-an-edited-post/684466/1 "2014-03-24T19:12:12Z")

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I hope this isn’t going to happen, but if it does…

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-an-edited-post/684466/2 "2014-03-24T20:45:57Z")

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So which is worse, the extra period or the capital T?

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-an-edited-post/684466/3 "2014-03-24T20:51:18Z")

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The semicolon.

And, really, that it exists at all. The edit window is so short that it’s hard to pull any context shenanigans by editing your post, and I probably go back and fix some little idiot thing in half of mine. I’d just as soon see it dropped, unless the PTB are going to open a longer edit window.