Suggestion: in the database, label every reply with an id/timestamp/version/whatever of its parent. When rendering out nodes, mark them as "this reply was to an earlier version of a post" if that id does not match the current id of the parent node.
The problem it addresses is when an author updates a node with replies such that the replies are invalid or don't make sense. This way, at least readers would be warned that they should think before assuming that the replier is an idiot, and perhaps wonder instead about the original poster.
I suppose you could also allow repliers to update their posts to "certify" them with the latest version of the parent node, thereby removing the warning label. Not that they need bother.
I have no idea what the performance implications of this might be, although it seems like the parent node is already getting retrieved at the very least to print out its title. I'm also not sure if the problem it is addressing is big enough to bother with. But it popped into my head, so I thought I'd mention it.
Update: I could have just changed the entire contents of node to "anybody who replies to this node is a poopy head."
But I didn't.
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Re: Marking replies to updated nodes
by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 05, 2007 at 07:00 UTC | |
by muba (Priest) on Jan 05, 2007 at 11:46 UTC | |
by tye (Sage) on Jan 05, 2007 at 17:36 UTC | |
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 05, 2007 at 17:51 UTC | |
by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 05, 2007 at 18:27 UTC | |
by tye (Sage) on Jan 05, 2007 at 20:56 UTC | |
Re: Marking replies to updated nodes
by g0n (Priest) on Jan 05, 2007 at 12:03 UTC | |
Re: Marking replies to updated nodes
by bassplayer (Monsignor) on Jan 05, 2007 at 16:09 UTC | |
by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Jan 06, 2007 at 11:21 UTC |