# Edits should require approval as well
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** approval
**Created:** [3월 26, 2018, 3:33오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882 "2018-03-26T15:33:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)
#### Post date: [3월 26, 2018, 3:33오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/1 "2018-03-26T15:33:29Z")
Is there any way to require an edit to be approved by an admin/mod as well?
We currently require utilize moderator approval required if TL \< 3. It works fine for the initial submission however say a user submits a post, then a moderator approves it. The user is completely free to go an edit that post with no restriction. There is no subsequent approval required.
Are there any thoughts to adding this functionality? I see this as a pretty big gap in the current moderation/approval functionality. This window would essentially allow a user to say whatever with no restrictions once the initial post is approved.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [3월 26, 2018, 3:34오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/2 "2018-03-26T15:34:39Z")
You could turn off trust level of time settings allowing editing.
The settings you want to look at are
> `editing grace period`
>
> _For (n) seconds after posting, editing will not create a new version in the post history._
and
> `post edit time limit`
>
> _The author can edit or delete their post for (n) minutes after posting. Set to 0 for forever._
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### Author:  [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)
#### Post date: [3월 26, 2018, 3:38오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/3 "2018-03-26T15:38:42Z")
@pfaffman
I’m not following, which parameter are you recommending? Would this stop users from editing posts however?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [3월 26, 2018, 7:53오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/4 "2018-03-26T19:53:14Z")
Search site settings for ‘edit’. There are settings controlling who and for how long you can edit a post.
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### Author:  [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)
#### Post date: [3월 27, 2018, 12:49오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/5 "2018-03-27T00:49:44Z")
@pfaffman
I do see those however that doesn’t necessarily hit the root issue. Users should be able to edit their posts however a new moderation item such as: post edited should require mod approval.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [3월 27, 2018, 1:25오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/6 "2018-03-27T01:25:40Z")
Warning, I built a system similar to this at Stack Overflow and it took multiple months to get all the polish right. It was pretty large scale and involved anonymous edits as well, so it may be a bit bigger than what a basic plugin needs.
We are not particularly keen about adding this to core for now, but it can be a plugin for sure and core should provide the extensibility require to implement it.
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### Author:  [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)
#### Post date: [3월 27, 2018, 12:23오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/7 "2018-03-27T12:23:55Z")
Thanks @sam
I started exploring pluginirizing it last night, I’ll take that approach.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [7월 23, 2020, 1:19오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-should-require-approval-as-well/83882/8 "2020-07-23T13:19:10Z")