As Designed Bug or intended: Editing links

[frm]

LD Version

2.3

XenForo Version

2.3

PHP Version

8.3.12

Database & Version

MariaDB

Are there any errors being throw?

No

I'm unsure if this is intended or a bug, and if it's applicable to other add ons, or if it's as designed.

However, if X owns a link and Y has editing privileges, it seems like when "posting an update" that the forum post should automatically be made by Y and not the owner X.

X is the owner, but they were not the person that made the edit.

 

[Bob]

It is as designed (I use XFRM as a standard for this specific feature).

You are more than welcome to make a suggestion, but I doubt that I will be making any changes to this any time soon (just as a heads up in case you want to pursue customization)

 

[frm]

It is as designed (I use XFRM as a standard for this specific feature).

You are more than welcome to make a suggestion, but I doubt that I will be making any changes to this any time soon (just as a heads up in case you want to pursue customization)

Roger. I may take the suggestion over there.

If you edit a thread as a moderator, it will show edited by a moderator. The differences don't make logical sense. (I know you can do a silent edit, too).

For now, I just do a name change update, which seems to work for me just fine as it's a rarity to have to use.

Thanks for the explanation!

FWIW if the community wants to see XF following what's most logical:

"Post as update" irrational compared to XenForo threads: Change post owner on update

There are members Adam and Bill. Adam is a member and Bill is a moderator (or housekeeper) for XFRM. Adam adds a resource to XFRM and updates it as needed. Bill notices an error in the resource. As Bill has permission to edit resources, he edits the resource; perhaps a date mentioned is...

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