Beluga Project - buildup

[berserk]

Hello Gentlemen.

My picture server has

Hello Gentlemen.

My picture server has changed and that's the reason why the pictures in my preview postings don't show up. Because the fact that I can't edit my own postings, I decide not to continue this thread. For me it makes no sense to continue without the pictures from the beginning.

I'm sad about this. To follow the building progress please use our homepage on projekt1710.com

With kind regards

Andreas

[tmsmalley]

Hi Andreas -
SubCommittee members

Hi Andreas -
SubCommittee members are able to edit their posts. You may join by going to http://www.subcommittee.com/SubComm/join.cfm and following the steps.

Membership has its privileges

Tim

http://www.subcommittee.com/SubComm/join.cfm

[aeroengineer1]

Tim,

I'll say it straight up,

Tim,

I'll say it straight up, I think it is a dumb thing to exclude editing posts from the average user. Perhaps a thing that would be good for a member only is to have the personal web space, but not to be able to edit post seems silly. I know that I post late at night many times and my thinking is not always in a coherent string. Also, perhaps membership might include the access to the local pages to the chapters. There has to be a better way; and membership does include the report. Why would we want to leave inaccurate information out there?

Adam

[tmsmalley]

No problemo, Adam - They

[color=#000000]No problemo, Adam - They can always add corrected info to the end of their thread.

The thinking has always been that folks who chose not to join but still make use of this site (supported by the dues paid by SC members) will have a bit less functionality than the fellows that pay the $26 per year dues. This helps keep us from having to eventually raise dues to pay for the site.

If the SC membership wants this changed, I am sure the EC is willing to listen; but personally, I am not a big fan of giving stuff away at the expense of the paying members. What do you other SC members think?

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[aeroengineer1]

Tim,

There is a flaw in

[color=#000000]Tim,

There is a flaw in the logic on this one. You are saying that an extra post from a non paying member is less cost than going and editing a previous post, and that those that pay dues are basically giving the rest a free ride. I see two logical solutions]

[tmsmalley]

Adam -
Fair enough. Your

Adam -
Fair enough. Your logic - and a couple of emails I have received - make sense. Let me run it by the EC and see if there are any other objections to allowing registered forum users to editing posts.

Tim

[berserk]

Hello Gentlemen!

First of all I

Hello Gentlemen!

First of all I want to thank you, Adam, for your kind words about this.

And please apologize, that I use resources I did not pay for. I don’t want to utilize someone. I just want to share our project with others, just for fun. For me building submarines stands in the first place. But it concerns probably actually more business. That's a sad way to enlist members.

Dear Admin, you can delete my account.


With kind regards

Andreas Jungmann

[PaulC]

Hi Tim,

I agree with Adam

Hi Tim,

I agree with Adam on this. Free message boards that allow post editing are so ubiquitous - even model sub based ones - that the odds of the ability to edit posts moving someone to join our organization is practically nil.

Shouldn't the goal of the website be to build relationships? The less barriers to participation the better (and the better the grammar/spelling in posts too).

Better still if the boards/site were a place where membership was a mouse click away once a person is moved to join.

[anonymous]

I'll second that Paul. It

I'll second that Paul. It is sad to lose our friends from this board like this. Especially those who are so talented and have some of the most to offer with the advancement of the hobby.

I will miss you guys and your building threads as it is one of the things I look most forward to on SC.

I think a non member should be able to edit their posts at the very lease.

Steve

[casey thrower]

Taking the webpage away from

Taking the webpage away from non paying people is one thing, but taking away the edit feature is stupid. Lets not go overboard with the BS.



Edited By Casey Thrower on 1141172451

[gerwalk]

It's sad to see these

It's sad to see these extremelly valuable talents are leaving these forums. I've never understood the need of a membership to edit a post (this is the only web forum I know that ask for such a thing)

These guys are sharing their skills around the world for "free" even translating their work into foreing languages and patiently answering questions from ignorants like me (i.e. english, even into spanish!]http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_sad.gif[/img]

[collins class]

As a SC member I

As a SC member I have no problem with allowing non-members to edit their posts. I was a non-member for about 8 months myself and it wasn't the post editting functionality that enticed me to join, it was the SCR and the ability to have my own page etc on the website (which I still haven't set up).

I think it is particularly difficult to justify membership of the SC when folks in Europe have also very active clubs including SONAR. I am tempted to join SONAR myself as they have some cool articles in their reports.

The engineering of the Europeans is something to behold with their completely different architectures to achieve the same results. Diversity is the key and I would like the opportunity to learn off everyone that has experience in the field no matter where they are or whether they are an SC member or not. These forums and others like it including Subpirates are all learning resources for me and I hope will provide the opportunity regardless of their membership status to share.

My 0.02c

Byron

[tmsmalley]

---We fixed this a couple

---We fixed this a couple of days ago ---

"Registered Members" (non-SC members) are now able to edit their posts as long as they are registered on the forum.

As Adam pointed out to me, allowing people to fix a typo or a broken photo link isn't going to cost SC members a dime and will help keep information correct and relevant.

Pretty tough to argue with logic like that!