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[Kodeking]

Why can'y users other than mods change the displayed title of the thread in the auction forum? Is it so people don't get confused?

 

[Jeff]

Originally posted by Kodeking
Why can'y users other than mods change the displayed title of the thread in the auction forum? Is it so people don't get confused?

Do you mean to "edit/alter" the thread "title" of a Sales or Auction thread if the terms of the Sale or Auction have been revised/modified? :o
There are a myriad of reasons why there is Admin/Mod-only access to this type of capacity, but I want to make sure I understand the question completely first. Generally, as it exists now, I only "modify" a "title" if it's obvious (such as a length issue), though I have "corrected" minor spelling mistakes, as well and typically at the User's request. Mass changing of thread titles could lend to confusion (a member trying to easily locate a specific thread at a later time, for example), at the very least IMHO. In one example, there was a title "One-letter.COM AVAILABLE!" where I received dozens of PM's (it was for the domain name "one-letter.com", NOT A one-letter .COM that was available to register). LOL. I edited this title to, "one-letter.com" AVAILABLE!" to, as I posted, keep us sane. Alex got me on that one, big-time! :p
Thanks.