# What do we want? Quick Edit. When do we want it? Within a reasonable timeframe.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-want-quick-edit-when-do-we-want-it-within-a-reasonable-timeframe/237429>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 31, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-want-quick-edit-when-do-we-want-it-within-a-reasonable-timeframe/237429 "2004-03-31T00:00:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-want-quick-edit-when-do-we-want-it-within-a-reasonable-timeframe/237429/21 "2004-04-01T06:37:05Z")

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> [@TJdude825](#):
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> Bolding mine.  
> I think I remember reading somewhere that SDMB uses vBulletin code, and some agreement with vBulletin prevents them from adding anything to the code that runs the board.

Not according to the standard [vBulletin license agreement](http://www.vbulletin.com/order/license_agreement.php):

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> The Software source code may be altered (at your risk)

There’s a web site, [vbulletin.org](http://www.vbulletin.org), dedicated to modifying vBulletin, and the official site has a link to it.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-want-quick-edit-when-do-we-want-it-within-a-reasonable-timeframe/237429/22 "2004-04-01T07:41:27Z")

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We will only do the bare minimum of hacking the board software. The tech support people at the Reader insist on this. Frankly, the board is buggy enough out of the box, we don’t need to introduce other variables into the equation.

As for doing anything quickly, the SDMB does not do ANY changes to the message board quickly. It may seem so, but the stuff that appears has usually been talked about (by the mods and the Reader) for quite a while. We don’t usually do stuff on a timetable, either. I was expecting the subscription plan to start a couple of YEARS ago.

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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-want-quick-edit-when-do-we-want-it-within-a-reasonable-timeframe/237429/23 "2004-04-01T07:52:09Z")

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Okay, okay. I guess I’m not that vain. Who’s the vocalist?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-want-quick-edit-when-do-we-want-it-within-a-reasonable-timeframe/237429/24 "2004-04-01T10:53:55Z")

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> [@Mr2001](#):
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> That would only happen if (1) people were allowed to edit posts after others had replied to them, and (2) the original text was gone forever once it had been edited. Both of my suggestions would prevent this problem.

Yes, understood. Just explaining why editing _could_ be a bad thing if it was enabled in its basic format.

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