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May 6, 2021
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Ability to edit an idea

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  • May 6, 2021
  • 25 replies
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Would be helpful to have a way for users to edit the title and/or content of an idea once posted. In my case I goofed up here with the title (making it badges) and couldn’t update. Even if there was a way for me to close off the idea or delete it and create a new one would work too.

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daniel.boon
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May 20, 2021

Thanks for sharing this @Scott Baldwin. Indeed we’d like to make it possible for end users to at least edit the content of an idea, as this is available with other user-generated content types (questions, conversations, replies).

Editing the title is something we don’t have available for any of the content types but I can also see the logic behind this → probably we’d apply the same rule we do for editing content, where registered users not being able to edit the title after 90 minutes.

Deleting ideas as an end user is an interesting one. If end users gained editing capabilities, would you really want them to also be able to delete ideas? Or is this an alternative to solve the problem of ‘I posted the wrong content’?

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daniel.boon
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May 20, 2021
Updated idea status New → Open
inSided product alumnus
May 20, 2021

In this case editing would address the deletion use case for sure.

adam.ballhaussen
Helper ⭐️
May 20, 2021

Voted! I agree that editing would be sufficient here (no deleting necessary)

Adam B.
jvdbelt
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June 3, 2021

Voted! I agree that editing would be sufficient here (no deleting necessary)

However, the ability to delete your own reaction in an idea would be great. Just now, I accidentally posted a reaction in the wrong idea. I had to ask for help to delete it. Would be great if I could do this myself.

daniel.boon
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July 1, 2021
The following idea has been merged into this idea:

All the votes have been transferred into this idea.
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Cristina
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May 6, 2022
The following idea has been merged into this idea:

All the votes have been transferred into this idea.
Cristina
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May 6, 2022
The following idea has been merged into this idea:

All the votes have been transferred into this idea.
Suvi Lehtovaara
Helper ⭐️⭐️
September 26, 2022

Any news about this one @Cristina ?

https://yhteiso.elisa.fi/
Cristina
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September 27, 2022

Hi @Suvi Lehtovaara, thank you for the follow-up! Unfortunately, no news around the edit option on ideas, though we are striving to implement it before the end of the year. 🤞