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Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#26: Nov 20th 2011 at 4:03:25 PM

I never edit my posts. EVER.

[Fortunately, we have me to edit them for him. —Morven]

edited 20th Nov '11 6:37:56 PM by Morven

"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#27: Nov 20th 2011 at 6:36:47 PM

[up]You forgot to jokingly edit that post.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#28: Nov 20th 2011 at 6:46:54 PM

They remove any potential class a post might have, though. They just look bad on posts.

Can't agree with you more. I also think that there should be a preview function. Maybe we can request Fast Eddie for that fuction?

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
ABNDT Since: Mar, 2011
#29: Nov 20th 2011 at 6:55:40 PM

Typos and incorrect formatting slip by me more often than I would like, so it's likely that any given post of mine will have an edit mark. I join the collection of tropers in support of a preview function.

BooleanEarth And a happy new year. from Banned Land Since: Jul, 2011
And a happy new year.
#30: Nov 20th 2011 at 6:57:21 PM

I do this constantly. I'm a bit of a Serial Tweaker.

"In the land of the insecure, the one-balled man is king." - Haven
Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#31: Nov 20th 2011 at 6:59:06 PM

If there is a typo or something I have to add on, or if I get ninja'd and need to change my arrows.

Usually not too often, though. I'm pretty good at proofreading. 30%, maybe?

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
#32: Nov 20th 2011 at 7:00:57 PM

I do it quite a bit, actually.

I also don't really like the edit stain. It looks so... odd. Eh, I don't know how to describe it.

There's a thread for a forum preview button here.

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Pyroninja42 Forum Villain from the War Room Since: Jan, 2011
Forum Villain
#33: Nov 20th 2011 at 7:09:48 PM

I, too, don't like the edit stain, as I stated earlier. Why do we even have them?

"Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person that doesn't get it."
Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
#34: Nov 20th 2011 at 7:17:39 PM

[up]Dunno.

For historians in the future? tongue

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Pyroninja42 Forum Villain from the War Room Since: Jan, 2011
Forum Villain
#35: Nov 20th 2011 at 7:18:16 PM

Yeah, well, what are they doing to help us?

"Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person that doesn't get it."
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#36: Nov 20th 2011 at 7:21:36 PM

NOBODY CARES ABOUT US!

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Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#38: Nov 20th 2011 at 8:02:13 PM

I edit my posts fairly often, though not as much as I once did.

(When I first started posting here, I edited almost every post I made.)

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Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#39: Nov 20th 2011 at 8:17:10 PM

I don't really mind the "edit stain" [Even though my posts never have one, because I'm a boss. (Except when Morven edits them, that jerkbag.)]

What's everyone's issue with it?

"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
intellectual rapist
#40: Nov 21st 2011 at 2:13:53 AM

50%
i try to be the perfectionist
and try to get it the correct way
edit stain is ugleh

This level of trolling is reasonable for Commander Obvious. What do you think of this, everyone?
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#41: Nov 21st 2011 at 3:29:24 AM

Compulsive Serial Tweaker here. I'll even go back to posts made weeks earlier to correct some minor error that nobody cared about, simply because I can't let stupid mistakes stand.

Also, I never get my phrasing right on the first try, and I only think of the right words / potholes after the fact. Like so.

edited 21st Nov '11 3:31:50 AM by Pyrite

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
MrMallard Since: Oct, 2010
#42: Nov 21st 2011 at 6:37:51 AM

The edit stain isn't so bad.

It could be pink, and have Rick Astley GI Fs or something.

tropetown Since: Mar, 2011
#43: Nov 21st 2011 at 6:48:50 AM

The edit mark makes the post look... impure. It's like having a pimple; yeah, it's not the end of the world to get one, but you still don't like looking at it.

juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#44: Nov 21st 2011 at 1:55:56 PM

It feels alien, really.

I think it should be like most forums and not register an edit made right away after posting.

Oh, and the edit dates are registered in order to avoid orwellian editing for both readability and moderation purposes

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abstractematics Since: May, 2011
#45: Nov 21st 2011 at 2:01:27 PM

Probably 60-70%.

A majority of the time due to ninjas - something as simple as changing the number of arrows.

Sometimes due to fix or improve my posts, or to add new content or to reply to more posts.

Now using Trivialis handle.
Teemo from Nottingham, UK (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: In another castle
#46: Nov 21st 2011 at 11:12:08 PM

Typically, I only edit if I muffed formatting.

EnemyMayan from A van down by the river Since: Jun, 2011
#47: Nov 22nd 2011 at 11:19:29 AM

Generally, I proofread as I go and catch typos in time to backspace them. So the only times I edit are:

  • If I get ninjaed, and have to shoehorn in a response to a post that wasn't there when I replied (Example: Tacking on "@Idler20: Welcome To TV Tropes" at the end of a post that otherwise wasn't directed at Idler20).
  • If a trope name has changed on me, or the trope doesn't exist anymore (in which case I'll put in a Pot Hole to Permanent Red Link Club in order to make the link blue) or it's my fault the link is red because I'm not always as good at formatting as I think I am.
  • If some other formatting besides links got screwed up somehow (Example: I'm now putting the word house in blue every time I use it in a post — this link will explain why — and the first time I did it, I learned the hard way that forum coding is slightly different from Wiki markup where colors are concerned).

I don't edit for Blue-and-Orange Morality... no matter how fucked-up it is or how much controversy it causes, my honest opinion remains in every post I've ever made here.

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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
Decemberist
#48: Nov 22nd 2011 at 11:22:44 AM

I never edit my posts unless I get ninja'ed or self thumping

edited 22nd Nov '11 11:23:03 AM by whaleofyournightmare

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Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#49: Nov 22nd 2011 at 4:20:39 PM

1 out of 5 of my posts are edited. So, roughly 20%. Generally, they're too short for me to miss typos or make an unclear point.

Enzeru icon by implodingoracle from Orlando, FL ¬ôχಠ♥¯ Since: Mar, 2011
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#50: Nov 22nd 2011 at 6:53:03 PM

I also would like a post preview button. I tend to forget or mis-phrase the weirdest and stupidest things. *I know "stupidest" isn't a real word yet.


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