# Can we have an Edit Log please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** completed\ **Created:** [April 24, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-an-edit-log-please/86066 "2018-04-24T14:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-an-edit-log-please/86066/3 "2018-04-24T22:23:55Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > This is usually handled by reducing the editing grace period (defaults to 5 minutes / 300 seconds) and post edit time limit (defaults to 60 days / 86400 minutes) in the site settings. I see absolutely no reason for a bunch of other custom features when those site settings control it perfectly. Not sure what you mean Jeff - how is it _handled_ when they have 60 days to come back and edit their older posts and nobody is notified of such edits? Our edit period is 12 hours and they sneak in even with that. But edit spam was just one aspect - being able to see who’s regularly doing housekeeping tasks around the forum would be incredibly handy. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-an-edit-log-please/86066)._