How do I contact a moderator to re-allow post editing?

454Casull · 23rd November 2020, 04:20 AM

I thought I could just send a DM/PM to a mod, but that option doesn't appear to exist...

AllenB · 23rd November 2020, 04:23 AM

Try clicking on the username and choosing send private message. Alternatively you can click the report button on your own post (the red triangle at the lower left). Post editing is usually reserved for exceptional circumstances, to preserve the flow of a thread.

Cal Weldon · 23rd November 2020, 04:31 AM

You have 30 minutes, after which, as Allen says, you contact one of us.

454Casull · 23rd November 2020, 04:42 AM

Ah, OK, weird. The first two mods whose names I came across were planet10 and anatech, and neither of them gave me the option to send them a message. But I can see that I can send messages to both of you.

Strange.

PRR · 23rd November 2020, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 454Casull

...neither of them gave me the option to send them a message....

If you do not need personal service, the triangle "!"

icon lower-left of your message in question is generally best. This puts the request in the Moderator's Dashboard, so the next mod online/awake will see the request.

Pulling the curtain: here is a screen-snippet of another forum on different software and redacted for my privacy. But the essential functions have changed little since 1990. Mod Reports go in a to-do list. Logged-in mods have a Moderate menu. In this one, if there is stuff to do, it blinks. Any Mod can read the report, act on it, or not, close it, or not.

When there are 100,000+ members on a free forum, you get some strange reports. That's why the Report icon here warns of "overuse..penalties". However *your* issue with re-edit time-out in a long useful thread is (IMHO only) a reasonable request. (Especially since it is hard to express this forum's edit-lock in one thought.)

planet10 · 23rd November 2020, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 454Casull

...planet10 and anatech

planet10 has his personal message capabilty turned off (you have to email me) and Chris is so busy right now he is essentially MIA.

dave

454Casull · 23rd November 2020, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by planet10

planet10 has his personal message capabilty turned off (you have to email me) and Chris is so busy right now he is essentially MIA.

dave

Thanks. Essentially a coincidence with the first names I saw, then.

Appreciate everyone's feedback.

Cal Weldon · 23rd November 2020, 08:43 PM

As PRR suggests, if it is a general request simply hit the red triangle.

23rd November 2020, 04:20 AM	#1
454Casull diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada	How do I contact a moderator to re-allow post editing? I thought I could just send a DM/PM to a mod, but that option doesn't appear to exist...

23rd November 2020, 04:31 AM	#3
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Near Vancouver	You have 30 minutes, after which, as Allen says, you contact one of us. __________________ http://www.calweldonconsulting.ca/

23rd November 2020, 08:43 PM	#8
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Near Vancouver	As PRR suggests, if it is a general request simply hit the red triangle. __________________ http://www.calweldonconsulting.ca/

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23rd November 2020, 04:23 AM	#2
AllenB diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008	Try clicking on the username and choosing send private message. Alternatively you can click the report button on your own post (the red triangle at the lower left). Post editing is usually reserved for exceptional circumstances, to preserve the flow of a thread.

23rd November 2020, 04:42 AM	#4
454Casull diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada	Ah, OK, weird. The first two mods whose names I came across were planet10 and anatech, and neither of them gave me the option to send them a message. But I can see that I can send messages to both of you. Strange.