Let me know the reason, there is a good lad or lassie

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

By far the better (and more honest) course is either to humbly acknowledge the mistake or set out why you said what you did in the first place.

We can't always do that in the RPG forums, though. It would be quite inappropriate to interrupt a game to make a post apologizing for forgetting to eliminate your signature or mistaking where another character was supposed to be.

-Aylwen

Edited to add that you could actually post such apologies in the Discussion thread. Silly me.

[Diamond18]

I had that happen to me once. I won't mention thread or name, but I had the unfortunate experience of asking someone to back up some vague claims they made in a post, (i.e. challenging those claims as unfounded) and instead of replying to me they edited their post in such a way that made me look like a rude snitty idiot, as well as rendering my post nonsensical. But that was a long time ago, about two years now. I'm not bitter about it at all....

[the phantom]

I don't think I've ever given a reason for editing. I didn't because I assumed everyone knew that the phantom would never-

edit a post in a way that changes its content

When I have made an edit in the past it was because I elected to substitute "sprinted" for "ran", or "I seriously doubt that..." for "I don't think that...", or some other silly little change. I would not dream of putting my fellow Downers through the horrors that Miss Diamond endured.

But if it is important to you I will try to give a reason for any future edits. Would something along the lines of "whimsical wording waffling" be suitable?

[HerenIstarion]

It would be perfect

I hope you don't look at the whole issue as the silly whim of mine. I know it is not mandatory, nor set by the rules or stated in BD Policies, just 'thus shall I sleep better'

cheers