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Old 06-11-2007, 19:41   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Stripey View Post
Is there any particular reason why there is this 5 minute grace period? Because it's clearly open to abuse. If a post has been edited it should be marked as such.
Yep, there is a point to it. I'm sure I'm not alone in making a post and then re-reading it to discover a typo, spelling mistake, link or image that has not displayed correctly within the post. The 5 minute window gives everyone a chance to correct such things without notice.

The reason this grace period is limited to 5 minutes is to reduce the chance of any abuse.
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