# Allow user to edit post that is older than the allowed edit time

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-edit-post-that-is-older-than-the-allowed-edit-time/43151
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** wiki-posts
**Created:** [25 באפריל,‏ 2016,‏ 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-edit-post-that-is-older-than-the-allowed-edit-time/43151 "2016-04-25T03:46:31Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [26 באפריל,‏ 2016,‏ 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-edit-post-that-is-older-than-the-allowed-edit-time/43151/3 "2016-04-26T07:07:06Z")

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Very much agreed on the edge case here. We avoid this at Stonehearth by allowing edits without a time limit, but it would be nice to be able to have a reasonable default limit, and them lift it where needed, versus the current catch-all site-setting option.

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