Where have my edit option gone?

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In summary, there is a discussion about the edit option being missing for older posts. It is clarified that edits are only possible within 20-24 hours of the original post. However, some users feel that the time limit should be longer or that there should be a limit based on when someone has replied to a post.
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Where have my "edit" option gone??

I was going to edit an earlier post by me, but I couldn't find the edit option!
What's happened?

EDIT: It works in this subforum, though..strange.

2.EDIT: It seems I've lost all edit options on posts earlier than today.
 
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Edits are now only possible within 20-24 hours of the original post.
 
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Thanks for the clarification, Evo!
 
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Evo said:
Edits are now only possible within 20-24 hours of the original post.
This seems lika a bad idea to me. In my opinion, the time limit should much longer (if we need a time limit at all). Why not make it, say, 7 days?
 
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The time limit is actually a lot less than 20-24 hours. I can't edit the posting I made about 13 hours ago.
 
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Hmm...it seems it would make more sense to limit editing once someone has replied to a post rather than based on an arbitrary time interval. That way, someone doesn't reply to a post and then return to see that their reply makes no sense because the original content was changed. Keeps people honest that way ;-)
 

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1. What happened to the edit option on my document?

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5. What should I do if the edit option is missing on a shared document?

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