[Suggestion] The Edit Button

[MasterTrainer]

I think this would be cool for me and for the others if an edit-history of a user could be seen by a click of a button (i.e. view edit history)

Would this be beneficial to the Hive in some way, in your opinion?

EDIT: To make some posts private, maybe add an option to the post that says: "Allow Public View of Edit History"

 

[Ralle]

This already exists. I think only mods can see it though.

 

[MasterTrainer]

This already exists. I think only mods can see it though.

Ohh.... is that so?

Well that makes sense; though I think that should be included in the FAQ section of the Hive...

 

[Daffa]

Only the user and mods can see the EDIT button history, I for example, usually fond of checking my post editing history

 

[MasterTrainer]

I see... but what I was trying to suggest was that all users whatever their rank is could see the Edit button; this would benefit me but I don't know about the other hivers. I have yet to think of a situation why that would be considered as a "bad thing".

 

[Daffa]

The Bad Things are :
The comments that contains insults is still accessible
Privacy is gone ;_;

 

[BallisticTerrain]

People sometimes edit their posts when they post something they didn't mean to or don't want other people to see anymore.
That would remove this.

 

[MasterTrainer]

I think there's a way around this problem:

Add an option to the post, that says something like this: "Allow Public view of Edit History"

 

[BallisticTerrain]

Yes, but why would anyone ever check that?\
Also, how would this benefit you?

 

[MasterTrainer]

I don't know about the other people but for me:

Let's say I've made a post, then I updated it. In the case that I want other people to see the edit history of the updates I 'll check the box.

 

[BallisticTerrain]

That looks like it would be easy to implement, but if it isn't I wouldn't say it's worth it.

 

[I3lackDeath]

This already exists. I think only mods can see it though.

As far as I know, only Administrators can view histories of Edits.

 

[Daffa]

As far as I know, only Administrators can view histories of Edits.

Really? Only Admins, AFAIK, mods and admin can access the edit history.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Never came by such a thing.
Did any of you ever feel the need to check on the edit history of your posts? :V
I remember about two occasions where this has actually been necessary/useful, and anything else but necessities make things more complicated.

I don't know about the other people but for me:

Let's say I've made a post, then I updated it. In the case that I want other people to see the edit history of the updates I 'll check the box.

That doesn't make much sense, actually. If you edit your posts, you do so for a reason. Why else would you do it? So showcasing your edit history publicly because of this is paradox.

The only situations where this would be necessary, is when bad shit went down, and Staff has to check up on something - and here, it makes most sense that only admins have the ability to look into Edit histories.

 

[RED BARON]

I don't know about the other people but for me:

Let's say I've made a post, then I updated it. In the case that I want other people to see the edit history of the updates I 'll check the box.

-Just add the update in the post it self.. your writing the edit history anyway, so making your own "history" should be no trouble.

Do not see any reason for this I must admit, since it sounds like you reason for wanting it is easily durable without it, and those situations that truly require it is already solved by having staff being able to access it.

 

[MasterTrainer]

Well, you all make a reasonable argument, and I think the yes-to-no ratio of the answers regarding the topic is 1:5, so I therefore withdraw the suggestion.

 

[Ralle]

I don't think there's any need for everyone to show the edit history. Posts are not a wiki. I only want you to see the latest version of a given post, because it is the one I made last.