I agree entirely. This should never be allowed by regular members that are not staff.
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You have to have earned a trust level to be able to do this and 99% of the time itās only done to be helpful. It makes sense though that if anyone should abuse this, they should lose their trust level. The mislabeling of a topic or putting it in the wrong place is such a minute issue for a mod to have to deal with. Itās also an easy mistake for a newcomer who hasnāt earned the level to change it themselves.
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Absolutely. I donāt think Iāve ever seen an instance where the ability was abused (not to say it hasnāt ever happened, but it definitely hasnāt been an issue in general). Iāve changed a few topic titles but if I remember correctly its always been adding [REQ] to a clone request or something similar.
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I would like to propose a change weāve been talking about just this morning. I donāt agree with Regulars being able to change other peopleās thread titles. Even though most of the time itās done out of good intentions, to me thatās editing another memberās words and I donāt believe in that. This should be a moderator function only. My not so humble opinion 
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There was a lot of pushback when I originally poster that thought. How about a compromise? Those with the turkey flair?
The point is this has happened and never should have.
Itās a pink pigeon petal 
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I agree 100%ā¦ This must have been some sort of software glitch that sneaked through the cracks. I can not believe Lars actually intended that to be the global forum configuration.
Where can we read a documentation page (is there a link for it?) that describes all the privileges of various ābadgesā and so forth?
I agree. That is censorship and should never be allowed by non-staff.
Is the rare case of abuse a fair trade off for what would be a constant strain on the mods over a relatively minor issue? Itās up to Lars and the mods how to handle this.
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An example was provided earlier. I didnāt see how the change done by the other member was an improvement - it just was his wording preference. In that regard, another memberās personal preference is being forced on another. Why? Who elected anyone else to be the grammar police, or syntax police, or I know better than you police? But the fact is, this privilege has been abused.
Why? Why is it important for one member to be allowed to change another memberās words? If it was simple as @VapeyMama states, adding [REQ] or something similar, thatās one thing. But to reword someone elseās title. Why stop there? Why not let people edit other memberās posts? To me thereās zero difference. Like I said, Iāve had people do this. I quietly changed it back to my own wording. Never again. Iāll raise a stank, you can bet on that.
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@oldvaporuser @50YearsOfCigars I disagree, itās done very rarely and if trusted members canāt be trusted then remove that trust level. Itās a piddly task - the mods have enough on their hands imho.
Iāve done it three times that I can recall, none in a malicious manner.
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Geez, I guess I dont get on enough as I have not been displeased with how the forum has been operating since I joined. Good points in here and trademark ELR civility. Good job all.
The one and only thing that completely pisses me off in fora are edits by mods (others can change my thread titles here!?) that do not include verbiage like āedited by moderator forā¦ā that is BS because I feel like in such cases someone else is attempting to hijack my voice. I leave those places and never go back.
My vote is to be respectful to all and communicate a grievance with anyone that offends you, directly. You are an adult, handle your own fuggin business. If you are offendedā¦YOU are offended. Dont hide behind āthe kidsā, saving non-merkins, or any other lame excuse. Its fine to tell someone they have offended you imo. Otherwise, how would the offender know? People are all different, so it needs to be communicated. Im not calling any one out, this is my view of the world.
As for the image we project to noobs, if we all continue to respect each other, I dont see that being an issue, but itās not my site and therefore not my call. Lars has considerations of which I am 100.0% ignorant.
In all my time here Ive never found these norms to be burdensome, and at least from my perspective, I didnt think it needed to be said to the great people that visit here (thatās yāall). I also love that the mods have not acted as infallible Gods, and Id like that norm to stay as is. I reckon āansweringā @JoJoās āpleaā for agreed-upon guidelines/enforcement is the best way to prevent devolvement into a much worse, more authoratarian, state than having a few enforced rules.
My hastily written, likely to be edited later, thoughts. Much love.
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RESPECT
It all comes down to respect for one another.
Amongst my male peers I can be as lewd as the next guy, in mixed company totally different guy.
For me there is a time and place for particular humour and in a mixed forum I tend to err on the side of caution and decency.
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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.
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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.
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Whateverā¦
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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/
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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.
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Another Example:
Added the Acronym 
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