From 99a123fa1680e5f3691f4e4a463ff9bc2196718e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:45:30 -0400 Subject: response --- doc/forum/editing_a_comment.mdwn | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/forum/editing_a_comment.mdwn b/doc/forum/editing_a_comment.mdwn index 8bddab3fb..eb534365e 100644 --- a/doc/forum/editing_a_comment.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/editing_a_comment.mdwn @@ -1 +1,11 @@ Is it possible to edit a comment? I did not find any button for it. + +> It was a design decision to not allow editing comments via the web +> interface. The thinking being that comments on blogs tend to not allow +> editing, and allowing wiki-style editing by anyone would sort of defeat +> the purpose of comments. +> +> I do think there is room to support more forum-style comments in ikiwiki. +> As long as the comment is not posted by an anonymous user, it would be +> possible to open up editing to the original commenter. One day, perhaps.. +> --[[Joey]] -- cgit v1.2.3