[edited by: ... ] now automatic?

[whoisgregg]

Just noticed a post which i edited had the standard boilerplate added to the bottom:

[edited by: whoisgregg at 3:33 am (utc) on Jan. 28, 2005]

Is this now automatic on all posts? Can I stop doing my lazy "<edited by uhhh me, like just now />" type tags and rely on the system to do it for me?

If so, thanks for adding this feature!

If not, why did it happen this one time?

[vkaryl]

I THINK this shows normally when you reconnect from a different IP. At least that's when I seem to see it. I tend to add the [Edit/reason therefor] as a courtesy more than anything.

Of course, it's entirely possible that I'm so far out in left field that I will NEVER figure out who's on first....

[whoisgregg]

I tend to add the [Edit/reason therefor] as a courtesy more than anything.

I like to do this as well, which was why I was excited about the system doing it for me that time.

As for IP changes, I don't think I would have triggered anything like that during the course of that post. It was literally a "post, see post, click edit" all within 20 seconds or so...

[bakedjake]

Edit accreditations appear after someone has replied to your post. As long as you edit before someone replies to you, no edit trail is left.

Also, any edit by a moderator is automatically given an edit tag, and we're generally required to fill out a reason.

[whoisgregg]

Makes sense, someone had posted a second after me. Thanks Jake. :)

[vkaryl]

Thanks, jake. Nice to know....

[SEOMike]

Thanks Jake. I wondered why sometimes the tag would show up and sometimes not.

Since it's automatic after someone has posted after you, could there be a field added within the post edit screen for us to add an edit reason? That'd be nice!