newlocalmedia wrote on 39115174-10-26

(I meant to classify this as an enhancement as it's not a defect/bug.)

trac user marcus wrote on 39344275-08-15

This appears to have been fixed.

as far as i can see you still can't edit generic comments. Editing comments is made possible for forum_topics, but not for generic_comments. I think this should make it into Elgg 1.9 ( @cash @brettp ) as this is very basic functionality. So this ticket needs to be reopend.

I believe @beck24 has a fine plugin for editing comments (would have to be updated for entities though).

@mrclay i think it should be part of default Elgg .... how about you?

I wouldn't give this possibility to end users. I think that comments are something that shouldn't be edited afterwards.

Admins however could be an exception. This would make it easier to remove inappropriate content. Then again this might be better as a separate plugin that would for example automatically attach some kind of a note to the comment: "This comment has been edited/hidden by admin because < insert reason >".

it is debatable if normal users should be able to edit comments, but
(group) admins should at least have this feature for moderation. If they
only have delete options, this will also cause problems with threaded
comments as they will delete the thread..

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I wouldn't give this possibility to end users. I think that comments are
something that shouldn't be edited afterwards.

Admins however could be an exception. This would make it easier to remove
inappropriate content. Then again this might be better as a separate plugin
that would for example automatically attach some kind of a note to the
comment: "This comment has been edited/hidden by admin because < insert
reason >".

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Just linking this: https://github.com/AU-Landing-Project/Editable-Comments-1.8.x

i used the edit comment feature on fakebooc many, many times to correct spellings and phrasings..
adding a label to say 'edited' improves the experience..
admin options to decide who can edit comments (and for many other options in elgg) would be a useful addition.

As the users may delete their comments, and add a new edited comment, this is, except for the sequence of the comments, the same as being able to edit - just in a more akward way. Hence, there is no logical reason for making it impossible to edit the users own comments, etc. Actually, I find it a weakness of Elgg.
Editing is also important for another reason: If you work with a comment for some time, it is very good to be able to store the text for the case that something evil should happen, e.g. browser break down or loss of internet connection, or ....

YES, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE RIGHT ...

I believe this is possible in 1.9