Honestly I donāt see the need for members to have the ability to edit other members postsā¦
and before anyone says itās just the title. The title is still part of the original postā¦ you canāt post a new topic without a titleā¦ so itās part of the original post.
This should be be a staff only ability - admins, moderators, and possibly mentors and wizards.
And if itās so rare, why are others here saying itās allowed under the pretense of taking the burden off moderators? Itās just been 2 mods for the past year or so, and now there are whatā¦4-5 more? Let the editing of memberās wordsā¦however innocuous they may beā¦be the responsibility of moderator staff only and not to just anyone who can use their own personal views as a way of changing anotherās wording. It may seems a silly argument to you, but to me I think itās egregious.
Whateverā¦
It doesnāt irk me either way tbh. Happy to do it if itās helpful, happy to not have the ability and let the mods do it.
But then why have trusted members? Or pink flying pigeon badge holders? Letās all just be members with mods moderating 
/opens can of worms and backs away quietly/
Itās a trade off between the rare case of offending someone and the constant head ache of finding a mod, pestering a mod, making them stop what theyāre doing to come make such a minor adjustment.
Another Example:
Added the Acronym 
I donāt mind the worms. 
Open discussion is important.
Here we go, maybe this will make my point more clear to you. Right now when I check on Latest threads, I can see several with punctuation errors, capitalization where there shouldnāt be, and just all sorts of things I could change to make the titles ābetter.ā So what Iām hearing is I should be allowed to go in and change those? And if I did, do you think anyone would mind? I mean really, some of these have run on sentences and comma splices which just irk the hell out of me.
Whateverā¦
I understand and appreciate your point. Personally, if editing a title to correct the form or to assist with grammar (especially for a member with English as a second language) helps make a search of topics better and produce more results then I am ok with it.
Readability is very important, if you can add / improve something and have been trusted to do so, I say go for it. 
But what if I liked it better without the acronym
Or I think it looks better like
You know youāre a vaper when ________ .
Should I change it just because I think it looks betterā¦
Would that be imposing my will on the original posters thought
Thatās why I proposed cutting it off in the first place. The fact that it was pushed back on and that it is at LEAST restricted to members of a certain level is why I backed off. But I do actually agree with you man. I do actually think meting out staff responsibilities is wrong. I just relented because of the punt-back.
Ok, then why canāt I go into YOUR posts and edit the content? I think I can add / improve some of your posts. Why is the authorās thread title not given the same respect as message body? So far the answers have all been very insufficient. And I submit that your āeditsā in many cases are not warranted, and merely reflect your personal tastes.
You are assuming that you understand intent (I feel like your intentions are good, dont get me wrong) I use non-words, bad grammar and punctuation the way I want toā¦if others dont like it or feel its incorrect, Iād hope theyād ask me rather than assume their interpretation is what I was going for.
Ended with a preposition and not, not, not fixed to make a point. My words, spelling, punctuation, and grammar are mine.
Oh no, I only want the ability to edit your posts like you edit other peoples titles. It would be great fun!
I hope the mod staff is reading this crap. Because others may be happy sweeping it under the carpet as a nothing burger, but to me itās extremely serious. Thereās the talk of our posts being a permanent part of the internet, yet the author doesnāt even need to grant permission or even be communicated with before someone chooses to change their words. BS with the emphasis on S.
You hit the nail on the head. Only the staff should have the ability to change or delete a post. Using the excuse your helping the staff by cutting down on what should be their job is crap. @SthrnMixer is right and should consider this extremely serious.
Sarcastically put, but fundamentally correct.
Simple google search
