Why does "edited by [user] at [time]" only appear after some edits?

[dmorison]

I write too quicky. Quite often, i'll post and then dive into "Owner Edit" and correct the mistakes.

Why does the "Edited By [user] at [time]" only appear at the bottom of your post after some edits and not others?

Also, does editing a post add to the workload of the moderators - are they re-flagged for moderation; and as result are you larfing at us behind our backs when 7 successive edit take place to correct minor typo's?

[Yidaki]

>Why does "edited by [user] at [time]" only appear after some edits?

Either because someone answered the edited post allready or because the predefined time frame is over.

[rcjordan]

>Why does the "Edited By [user] at [time]" only appear at the bottom of your post after some edits and not others?

If your post doesn't have a reply following it, then the edit mark is dropped. That helps reduce the noise on posts by those that do tend to dive back into a post for a quick typo fix, etc.

[dmorison]

Thanks - I can sleep now :)

[rcjordan]

>does editing a post add to the workload of the moderators

No.

An added point to my previous comment; the last-edit timestamp really gets important when the original post is changed substantially, particularly when replies downstream seem out of context, etc.