[wp-forums] Editing Forum Sticky Posts?

[Mika A Epstein]

Damn, I thought I did this... Glad I looked to check.

Deleted for you.

Gary Gale wrote:
>
> So the new post is ready to be, err, posted. The URL for the current 
> sticky post that's to be zapped is 
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-biographia-problem-please-read-this-first-before-posting 
> ... let me know when you've done deleting and I'll post the 
> replacement up.
>
> Thanks again
>
> -Gary
>
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> On 28 Sep 2012, at 16:15, Mika A Epstein wrote:
>
>>
>> Sure :D Easy enough to delete for us ;) Just toss the link up.
>>
>> (This is one case where it's very reasonable to say 'Delete my post 
>> please' ;) )
>>
>> Gary Gale wrote:
>>>
>>> Excellent; I end up with the desired result so if you're happy to 
>>> delete it, I can easily create a new one. I'll get a new post up and 
>>> suitably sticky over the weekend (it's coming to the end of a long 
>>> long week over here in the UK) and then let you know the URL of the 
>>> one to be deleted and you can work your admin magic.
>>>
>>> Thanks for this and double thanks for the quick reply.
>>>
>>> -Gary
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> gary at vicchi.org | twitter.com/vicchi | 
>>> www.linkedin.com/in/garygale | www.garygale.com
>>>
>>> On 28 Sep 2012, at 16:08, Mika A Epstein wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We could delete it and you can make a new one, or if you want to 
>>>> send the new text, I suspect we can edit it for you. It may be an 
>>>> 'admin only' thing, though I know even I can't reopen a 12month old 
>>>> sticky to edit it.
>>>>
>>>> Gary Gale wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I try to keep a close eye on the forums for the couple of plugins 
>>>>> I've written and the (not so) new concept of sticky posts is an 
>>>>> excellent one. So I've set up a sticky post along the lines of 
>>>>> "please read this first before posting" detailing plugin specific 
>>>>> information which makes dealing with support threads so much 
>>>>> easier ... assuming people read the sticky post first that is!
>>>>>
>>>>> But over time, that information isn't as up to date as it can be. 
>>>>> I could unset the sticky flag and gradually let the post float 
>>>>> downwards as people post new stuff and create a new sticky post to 
>>>>> supercede the original ... but is there any way I can edit/update 
>>>>> a sticky post that I've posted (and which is on a forum for a 
>>>>> plugin that I've written)?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm expecting the answer to be "no, that's not the way the forums 
>>>>> code works" but there's (hopefully) no harm in asking ...
>>>>>
>>>>> -Gary
>>>>>
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