"Reason for Editing" problem or normal function?

[jdebler]

On some user groups on my forum, the option of "Show edited by note on edited messages?" is set to NO. Works fine, except for when editing a post, if anything is entered in the "Reason for Editing" field and then the entire "edited note" appears to all, even unregistered/not logged in users.

When going back to re-edit the post and removing what was in the "Reason for Editing" field, the "edited note" still appears.

Is this a normal?

[Steve Machol]

Yes, that is normal.

[jdebler]

Thanks, Steve. Just wanted to make sure, I never noticed it before.

[Andy]

The "Reason for Editing" question has to be one of the most frequently asked questions on vBulletin.com.

I sure hope the vBulletin team will address this simple fix in version 4.0.

To start with I'd like to see a master switch to disable the "Reason for Editing" field altogether. I have never used this function and allow my members to add a note to their post if they have have added new data and would benefit from this message.

[jdebler]

The "Reason for Editing" question has to be one of the most frequently asked questions on vBulletin.com.

Whoops! I did a search but only found results for 3.6 and didn't think it was appropriate when I am referring to my 3.7 install.