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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm guessing it's so that other members who post to the thread don't have their posts appear under a materially altered title which might have affected their post or participation in the thread altogether. It would be akin to how after a short interval to fix typos, sense, what have you, members can see if a post has been edited.
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Seems a perfectly valid reason, issybird, though I had more of DiapDealer's thought in the mind. Naturally, once other members have contributed to the thread/post, the OP should not/may not edit it.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I could be mistaken, but I believe a user can edit a new thread's title as long as no one has replied to the initial post yet. Once there are replies, a mod/editor is required.
I could be all wet, though. It's been a long time since I've had to attempt such an endeavor without special powers.
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