There are a few bonuses for having a time limit.

1) It prevents a member from getting angry and deleting all their posting...changing history and leaving huge holes in the forums.

2) It prevents posts from getting so long from added information that they become difficult to read, so adding another post to the thread helps many in their reading and understanding.

3) It prevents history from being changed in conflict.

4) It allows moderators to do their job more effeciently with a "real time" perception.

I could go on about the "reasons" for an editing limit.

12 hours has been chosen as a reasonable editing time limit. As I've stated before...some communities only allow for 1 hour.

I'll say again, when you PM a mod, you don't have to give "whys"...just ask. Alot of times a request might not even be necessary because you can add additional information or correction in another post/response.

When posts are edited alot to add information, it's missed alot of the time because it doesn't show up as a new post to flag for the member reading, so when you go back and add to an older post alot of the time the additional (and maybe really important) information is missed. For that reason alone, with or without the edit limit, I think it's a good idea to create a new post within a thread for additional information to *really* get it out there.

If you have difficulties due to meds or illness, don't hesitate to shoot a friend, mod or admin a PM and have them read your post for you within the 12 hour limit. They can give you their feedback in the time allowed. Again, if you choose not to do that, you can clarify in a subsequent post.

To sum up, there are alot of reasons for the limit, and 12 hours will remain that limit for now.

I can't express enough that it just takes a quick PM saying, "Hey, will you remove, change, edit this post for me in this manner?" No one is here to question why you want it done. Dahlek mentioned that she wanted that done and the mod thought it should stay. It's not up to us to determine that (as long as it's in the guidelines and doesn't drastically change the history of a thread). In other words, it's not up to us to judge the reasoning unless it's an extreme, or out of the ordinary, request.

If you feel you can't or won't ask for an edit, you can always add a correction, or expand, in a following post.

Again, the 12 hours will stand for now but we will revisit it at a later date. If you don't feel comfortable asking a mod/admin who have stated time and again that we're here for you in any manner we can be, or please feel free to make your own corrections in a subsequent post.

Thanks!

KD