Post in topic unedit-able

[piratemonkey]

Browser, version and OS: Chrome 88, Android 10

 

Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened? I Made a post in a thread that was subsequently locked

 

 

What happened? The post was not editable

 

 

What did you expect to happen? To be able to edit the post

 

 

Link to a page where it happened, if applicable: n/a

 

Screenshots of the issue, if applicable: 

 

Any other relevant details: this could be intentional, however I think I remember being able to edit before. 

 

 

If it's a cloudflare error, what was the ray ID from the bottom of the error page? N/a

[Spotty]

Just now, piratemonkey said:

Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened? I Made a post in a thread that was subsequently locked

What happened? The post was not editable

You can't edit posts in locked threads.

[Skiiwee29]

This is intended in locked topics/threads. 

[piratemonkey]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

You can't edit posts in locked threads.

 

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

This is intended in locked topics/threads. 

Thank you both, I thought you could. You should be able to imo, but there are obvious reasons as to why one shouldn't be able to

[Spotty]

17 minutes ago, piratemonkey said:

You should be able to imo, but there are obvious reasons as to why one shouldn't be able to

Is there a reason why you should be able to edit posts in locked threads?

The reasons for not allowing it are pretty strong, so to be clear I don't think this is going to change any time soon. Just curious what the reasons for wanting to edit posts in a locked thread are.

Edited February 3, 2021 by Spotty

[piratemonkey]

7 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Is there a reason why you should be able to edit posts in locked threads?

The reasons for not allowing it are pretty strong, so to be clear I don't think this is going to change any time soon. Just curious what the reasons for wanting to edit posts in a locked thread are.

Specifically for that post I screen shot, I was going to clarify what I meant since I couldn't reply to a person who quoted me. Personally, I'd use it just for clarifying or small mistakes (grammatical in nature). But again, I do understand why it's like this