# Trust Level 1 -- Basic : Edit own posts for 3 - 5 days after posting
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383
**Category:** Site feedback
**Tags:** trust-levels
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383 "2024-04-17T23:33:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/1 "2024-04-17T23:33:54Z")
Hi š
Itās quite common that I think of better wording for a question I asked recently. But, often, the 1st day has already passed.
Reading [Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/) I understand that:
- `Trust Level 0 -- New` are able to edit their own posts for only 1 day after posting,
- `Trust Level 1 -- Basic` are able to edit their own posts for only 1 day after posting,
- `Trust Level 2 -- Member` are able to edit their own posts for up to 30 days after posting.
My opinion is that, for progressiveness, it would be good to set Trust Level 1 to be able to edit their own posts for 3 - 5 days after posting.
What do you think about that? š
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/2 "2024-04-18T10:45:20Z")
Those as all settings that the admin can change. If itās appropriate for your community to have longer you can change them. Search āpost edit limitā in the admin settings.
I think the defaults are good enough for most communities.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/3 "2024-04-18T10:51:37Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Those as all settings that the admin can change
I donāt think you can set different timeframes for tl0 and tl1 at the moment, because there is just one setting for both.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/4 "2024-04-18T11:27:23Z")
True enough! I looked quickly and didnāt notice that the request was for three settings when there are only two. Itās not very hard to get to tl1, though, so another setting wouldnāt affect many users.
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/5 "2024-04-18T16:23:32Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Itās not very hard to get to tl1, though, so another setting wouldnāt affect many users.
(Iām not an admin, only a user of multiple instances.)
Would you agree to set that here?
Should I ask for it in an other category?
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/6 "2024-04-18T17:44:52Z")
What paffman meant is that thereās not currently a setting for that in core, and adding it wouldnāt positively affect that many users, since it is quite easy to move from TL0 to TL1.
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/7 "2024-04-19T01:25:17Z")
Thatās what I understood.
What I meant is that:
- For progressiveness, it would be better to set TL0 to 1 day and TL1 to 3 - 5 days, but if you prefer to set both to 3 - 5 days it doesnāt bother me. š
- I would like you (one who is able) to set TL0 & TL1 to 3 - 5 days right here, on this server. (Do you agree? / Should I ask for it in an other category?)
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/8 "2024-04-19T02:41:32Z")
> [@Thomas\_DC](#):
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> I would like you (one who is able) to set TL0 & TL1 to 3 - 5 days right here, on this server.
That isnāt currently possible, itād require a core Discourse update for that to occur.
(Also I canāt change settings here, Iām not admin, nor staff at all)
> [@Thomas\_DC](#):
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> it would be better to set TL0 to 1 day and TL1 to 3 - 5 days
Might be me, but this feels like a very niche use case. Being active for a short while will typically bump one to TL2, so the state of being in TL1 and wanting to edit an over a day old post feels slim to me.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/9 "2024-04-19T05:10:42Z")
> [@Thomas\_DC](#):
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> I would like you (one who is able) to set TL0 & TL1 to 3 - 5 days right here, on this server. (Do you agree? / Should I ask for it in an other category?)
Iām afraid weāre happy with the default and this is not something that we are currently open to changing here on meta.
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/10 "2025-02-11T02:30:15Z")
> [@Firepup650](#):
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> Being active for a short while will typically bump one to TL2, so the state of being in TL1 and wanting to edit an over a day old post feels slim to me.
At that time, I compared my statistics to [Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/), and considering I come here only to improve [discourse.gnome.org](http://discourse.gnome.org) but not having Discourse as a main tool for myself, I thought TL2 was far away.
But now, I agree with you, since comparing my statistics again (I had enough things to ask or tell! š ), it seems to me that I should bump to TL2, shouldnāt I?
Is there a moderator who could check which criteria is not true for my account, please? š
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### Author:  [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/11 "2025-02-12T18:47:24Z")
Iām moving this conversation to #Contribute > Site feedback since it appears to be more about how trust levels work on Meta than about the Discourse product in general.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/13 "2025-02-12T19:13:44Z")
You are TL2 here on meta already. Is there something you are wanting to do with one of your posts that you cannot? If so, please flag it for moderator attention and one of us will help you.
I donāt see any compelling arguments in this topic to make a change to how trust levels are set up here or to Discourse defaults (which I think is what motivated you to start this topic in the first place) given that itās not hard to reach TL2 and the current settings work well for preventing spam.
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/14 "2025-02-12T22:23:56Z")
> [@Thomas\_DC](#):
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> Is there a moderator who could check which criteria is not true for my account, please? š
> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> You are TL2 here on meta already.
Thank you very much. š
Could you tell me what was wrong, please? š
I have _exactly_ the same pb at [discourse.gnome.org](http://discourse.gnome.org).
> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> I donāt see any compelling arguments in this topic to make a change to how trust levels are set up here or to Discourse defaults (which I think is what motivated you to start this topic in the first place) given that itās not hard to reach TL2 and the current settings work well for preventing spam.
I agree. š
The pb is it was not automatic. It seems to be a bug somewhere.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/15 "2025-02-12T23:06:56Z")
It was automatic? I did not change anything manually to do with your trust levels. You are TL2 here.
Not really sure where this conversation is going so I am going to close this topic. If you learn something new about your problem that you think we can help you with, please start a new topic.
You can also reach out to folks at the other forum that you are on. We donāt have any control over how other sites set up their trust levels.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-1-basic-edit-own-posts-for-3-5-days-after-posting/304383/16 "2025-02-12T23:07:01Z")