Fossil SCM

Adjust forum-closure docs to match the previous check-in.

stephan 2023-06-10 19:12 trunk
Commit 420d6e77e48e2140e10e5fe715a346c395d6ffabbbe7a47a8c5e7dc9e96c0b90
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--- www/forum.wiki
+++ www/forum.wiki
@@ -393,19 +393,19 @@
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bypassed. Any user, admin or otherwise, who can push changes to a
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repository may bypass closure of a post by setting the appropriate
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artifact tags on a local copy and pushing those changes to a remote
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copy of the forum.
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-Closing may be achieved in two ways:
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-
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- * When a given post is selected in the web interface, a "Close" or
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- "Re-open" button will appear under the post if the user has
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- permissions to perform that operation.
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- * A Close option is added at the bottom of the Edit page, permissions
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- permitting.
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+The option to close a post, permissions permitting, appears as a
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+"Close" button on the currently-selected post. If the selected post is
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+alread closed, a "Re-open" button will be shown instead. In order to
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+re-open a post, <em>the closed post itself</em> must be
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+selected. Selecting a response to that post, which is implicitly
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+closed by the closure of its parent, will <em>not</em> offer a re-open
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+option.
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Though forum users are permitted to delete their own posts, they are
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not permitted, without appropriate permissions, to close their own
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posts. This is intentional, as closing one's own post can be used to
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-antagonize other forum-goers. For example, by posting something
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+antagonize other forum users. For example, by posting something
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trollish or highly contraversial in nature and closing the post to
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further responses.
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--- www/forum.wiki
+++ www/forum.wiki
@@ -393,19 +393,19 @@
393 bypassed. Any user, admin or otherwise, who can push changes to a
394 repository may bypass closure of a post by setting the appropriate
395 artifact tags on a local copy and pushing those changes to a remote
396 copy of the forum.
397
398 Closing may be achieved in two ways:
399
400 * When a given post is selected in the web interface, a "Close" or
401 "Re-open" button will appear under the post if the user has
402 permissions to perform that operation.
403 * A Close option is added at the bottom of the Edit page, permissions
404 permitting.
405
406 Though forum users are permitted to delete their own posts, they are
407 not permitted, without appropriate permissions, to close their own
408 posts. This is intentional, as closing one's own post can be used to
409 antagonize other forum-goers. For example, by posting something
410 trollish or highly contraversial in nature and closing the post to
411 further responses.
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--- www/forum.wiki
+++ www/forum.wiki
@@ -393,19 +393,19 @@
393 bypassed. Any user, admin or otherwise, who can push changes to a
394 repository may bypass closure of a post by setting the appropriate
395 artifact tags on a local copy and pushing those changes to a remote
396 copy of the forum.
397
398 The option to close a post, permissions permitting, appears as a
399 "Close" button on the currently-selected post. If the selected post is
400 alread closed, a "Re-open" button will be shown instead. In order to
401 re-open a post, <em>the closed post itself</em> must be
402 selected. Selecting a response to that post, which is implicitly
403 closed by the closure of its parent, will <em>not</em> offer a re-open
404 option.
405
406 Though forum users are permitted to delete their own posts, they are
407 not permitted, without appropriate permissions, to close their own
408 posts. This is intentional, as closing one's own post can be used to
409 antagonize other forum users. For example, by posting something
410 trollish or highly contraversial in nature and closing the post to
411 further responses.
412

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