This isn't exactly on topic, but it sort of relates to the title, and I don't think what I want to ask is worth a whole new thread.
I was recently slapped for losing my temper with a new user on the wip board. I deserved it for how I responded, but my views on the matter are unchanged. If you see me on the wip usually I'm the one encouraging the user to put in things that will stop their thread from getting flamed, to give you an idea of how often I lose my temper over a newbish thread. I e-mailed the mod who slapped me to make sure he understood what I had meant in the post, so that... well, 'cause it seemed like the right thing to do. I didn't e-mail him to tell him the slap was undeserved, because it was.
I understood I'd have to wait for all my posts to show up for a while, but to my horror I found I can no longer edit my posts. I'm the kind of person who edits almost every post, because I often forget to say something and don't want to double post. Also, in threads for games I'm making, I need to edit a number of things because I don't want to make three posts in a row (like I'd need to in my current one just to say I'd found the e-mail rich had sent me), and I need to update the first post a lot to fit the current state of the game.
If this is a forum bug and not related to slaps I don't mind that really, as I know it will be back up soon. But if it is related to slaps, it seems like a real problem. Why couldn't edits to existing posts need a mod check before they update as well? Not being able to edit makes posting very difficult, and may contribute to people complaining that new users don't know how to use the edit button. It just seems a slap means your edits should need to be approved, not banned.
Or maybe I've got it wrong. Should I avoid the forum when I'm slapped? It seems like slapped people should be encouraged to use the forum so they can prove they've matured and no longer need it... And I don't want to avoid the forum. But I also don't want to make tons of posts just because my edit button stopped working.
I suppose I'm just not the kind of person who gets slapped often, because the usual people who get slapped don't seem to care about what they say at all and never edit...
