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Re: Possible problem/bug
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:26:38 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> writes:
> This is an unfortunate side effect of the "no edit, only cancel"
> policy here... but this side effect is, I think, massively drowned
> out by the positive effects of not being able to revise your words
> in a way that makes replies inconsistent.
I used to be able to use Supersedes to change my articles, but I
haven't been able to do that anymore. I don't know if it is a policy
change or a bug.
Superseding is more or less the same as canceling an article and
posting a new one, but it is done in one run. It has the same
problems as canceling and reposting with respect to the
mail-interface: Subscribers to the mail interface will get multiple
copies.
Fredrik
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| (...) Speculating: I suspect it was a policy change because the effect of Supersede on the historical record is that you changed a particular article at the very point in the thread where it previously was, which is in effect an edit. Mail (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) This is an unfortunate side effect of the "no edit, only cancel" policy here... but this side effect is, I think, massively drowned out by the positive effects of not being able to revise your words in a way that makes replies inconsistent. (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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