# Why can't I edit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 18, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515 "2002-08-18T13:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515/1 "2002-08-18T13:25:28Z")
Please check out the [About This Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2) forum for info related to the nuts & bolts issues of the board. Your question has been asked and answered [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=127128). ---
**Author:** ![Dandmb50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dandmb50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandmb50)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515/2 "2002-08-18T13:33:36Z")
well someone just answer this one here, because I’m having the same problem. There must be a simple answer? What is it? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515/3 "2002-08-18T14:02:38Z")
It’s possible, given Board hangups (which are getting worse every single day) that the post with the links did not exist when the second question was posted. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515/4 "2002-08-18T16:56:04Z")
> [@](#): > > There must be a simple answer? > What is it? That you are not allowed to edit your posts on this message board. That this is because tempers get hot, people occasionally post things that might be litigious, and the board administration feels they shouldn’t be able to go back and remove the offending remarks, and then say, “I never said that and you can’t prove it.” ---
**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:** [August 18, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515/5 "2002-08-18T13:42:33Z")
I agree with **Skogcat**. If you’re finding the thread linked-to daunting (though I don’t know why you would) – check out **Polycarp’s** answer. A concise one. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515/6 "2002-08-18T13:36:17Z")
Why not just click the link? ---
**Author:** ![GunNut76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@GunNut76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunNut76)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-edit/124515/7 "2002-08-18T13:13:37Z")
Can someone PLEASE tell me why **I** can’t edit **MY** own post? Has there been a rash of people editing their own posts for some ungodly evil master plan concieved in the mind of someone like Dr. Evil? I’d like to know…'cause as you know “Knowing is half the battle!”🆒