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Electroman Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunstable, England Posts: 2821 Good Answers: 45	Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 11:36 AM
	Hi Admin, would it be possible to add an edit function to allow the author of a post to edit it to be off topic by the normal 5 points? A number of times I've previewed a post and thought I'd better make it off topic, but then when I go back into the editor there is no choice to change it to off topic? A couple of times I've gone ahead and posted it and had to mark it off topic by one point which isn't enough to collapse it... It must be simple to allow the author of a post to be able to score his own post by 5 points for off topic isn't it? John. __________________ A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - Googling is far worse!
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#1 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 1:11 PM
	I asked for that in this thread - but didn't get very far. Worth asking again, tho'. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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ozzb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rosedale, Maryland USA Posts: 5197 Good Answers: 266	#2 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 5:32 PM
	A box at the bottom allows you the mark it off topic. It will score it a 5 __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 5:41 PM
	Yes, yes, but that's before you hit "submit". We've been through this. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#8 In reply to #2 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/30/2008 3:45 AM
	Sorry, ozzb , you must've found the new feature after Mark added it and before his post here. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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mgaulin The Architect Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GlobalSpec, Troy NY Posts: 386 Good Answers: 5	#4 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 5:42 PM
	Hi I just updated the system to work as you describe. So, whenever you rate your own comment as "off-topic" (using the Rate button) it will get 5 points of off-topic-ness added to it, not just 1 point. Thanks Mark __________________ Mark Gaulin
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 5:45 PM
	Thanks! __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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Electroman Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunstable, England Posts: 2821 Good Answers: 45	#6 In reply to #5 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 6:25 PM
	GrEAT........ thanks for that...... John __________________ A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - Googling is far worse!
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Sparkstation Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Christchurch, (The Garden City), South Island, New Zealand Posts: 4395 Good Answers: 230	#7 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/29/2008 9:44 PM
	Hello Mark, Your quick response is much appreciated. Kind Regards from far away.... SparkY __________________ "The number of inventions increases faster than the need for them at the time" - SparkY
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Randall Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 5826 Good Answers: 322	#9 In reply to #7 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/30/2008 3:53 AM
	Hey, cut that out: the muds piling up on the left hand side of my desk. (Just wanted to try the new function.) __________________ If you spend all your time looking for people and things to complain about: trust me, you will find plenty to complain about.
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Electroman Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunstable, England Posts: 2821 Good Answers: 45	#10 In reply to #9 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/30/2008 9:52 AM
	Thought I'd check it works as well __________________ A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - Googling is far worse!
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#11 In reply to #10 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/30/2008 4:20 PM
	I'll trust you guys when you say it works, therefore I won't try marking this "OT". You'll have to gang up on me ! __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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Electroman Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunstable, England Posts: 2821 Good Answers: 45	#12 In reply to #11 Re: Admin... Is it possible to add off topic..... 05/31/2008 10:39 AM
	2 so far.... __________________ A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - Googling is far worse!
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