Editing classified posts REVISED

[Keith Outten]

For many years the ability to edit threads and posts here never expired. Then we had a small group that decided they wanted to try to destroy every thread they had participated by editing their posts and removing pictures. This kind of behavior is disrespectful towards other people who also had posts in all of the threads that were targeted. Threads lose continuity when portions are removed and often cease to make sense.

Some public forums are not concerned about protecting the past. It has always been my opinion that our archives are important because they contain valuable information. People spend countless hours sharing their knowledge and pictures of projects here. We need to be responsible with the information we host and at least preserve it for all of the woodworkers to come, some of them may be your children and grandchildren.

You would be surprised how much woodworking information is available here including project pictures, drawings, pdf files and personal sketches. Most jump in and simply ask questions every day, some find out what a great resource our archives are.