as being unwanted, tacitly, in rule 4 of the listed terms. Maybe that definition is vague in that area but it IS highly objectional to other forum sites and admins in that they have either set up a routine to send an error message about double posting or members may flag the post. It is too easy to double-click the post comment because when the browser and server sit there and take a minute to finish the posting cycle the poster is inclined to hit the refresh button on once again the Post comment button.

In actual practice the message reached the server and was processed and entered in maybe a second, meaning a multiple post WILL result!

It's extremely easy to set a filter for double posting, also easy to autosearch at a regular interval for duplicates across the server and either trim or send a warning and ask which will be proper to cut. Server space is finite and valuable. Those who disagree need to study the cases of several sites such as Audiokarma.org that have endured extreme hardships because they did not gauge their server needs wisely and in this case the membership rose to 8,000 members and above so quickly the server functions and database were throttled back severely for a good while, then the provider sold their IP out from under them leaving them without a website for a while...then there was a big hassle reintegrating the database. They are much wiser now and have 20,000 members now plus they adopted a paid subscriber system for premium contents. Now the Statesman isn't about to have these problems per se, but it's nonsensical to allow it.

One more thing. Other sites place a stamp on edits, and some make entering a reason mandatory, although you can put a character in the entry and proceed just as easily. Those explanations can be polled and rated.

As fastidious about errors as I tend to be that would be a lot. I assume that the same subject with only spaces in the body will be filtered also and that catches me also.

Your mileage may be more tenable to you.