danb35
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I'm noticing recently a number of posts (including at least one of mine) that are subsequently marked "edited by a moderator." No reason is stated, just "Last edited by a moderator: (date/time)". When I raised the question, @wblock replied that
I certainly understand editing posts in the case of TOS violations. If there's substance to the post that can be retained, and (for example) abusive language, or links to illegal material, be removed, it makes perfect sense to do so, rather than to delete the post en toto. But this smacks of having a copy editor, and is (IMO) entirely too paternalistic. This is a community forum, not your documentation. Certainly you should take the effort to ensure that your docs are free of spelling and grammatical errors, and that your trademarks are used properly. But this isn't your documentation, and nothing in the forum rules indicates that posts are subject to editing for grammar.
In short, I don't believe this is proper, and I don't think it's helpful either. Reserve editing for TOS violations, and even then use it sparingly. And if you're going to edit someone else's post, you should say why you did so.
I can't agree with that, but not wanting to derail that thread, I figured I'd bring it up here, as this seems like the most relevant place.I edit posts to fix the capitalization of FreeNAS, spelling, usage of its/it's, (s) pluralization, and other things.
I certainly understand editing posts in the case of TOS violations. If there's substance to the post that can be retained, and (for example) abusive language, or links to illegal material, be removed, it makes perfect sense to do so, rather than to delete the post en toto. But this smacks of having a copy editor, and is (IMO) entirely too paternalistic. This is a community forum, not your documentation. Certainly you should take the effort to ensure that your docs are free of spelling and grammatical errors, and that your trademarks are used properly. But this isn't your documentation, and nothing in the forum rules indicates that posts are subject to editing for grammar.
In short, I don't believe this is proper, and I don't think it's helpful either. Reserve editing for TOS violations, and even then use it sparingly. And if you're going to edit someone else's post, you should say why you did so.