When you forget to edit a name, or someone forgets to edit a prep?
When the new log board comes in, VIP's can go back into the log and edit those out. Preserving an entertaining post - but removing the violation that would prevent the rest of the community viewing it.
This is essentially how we'd use editing on the mainboard. The main mode of moderation is still deletion - I've made all of one edit on someone elses post, to remove a personal attack on a character that was 'slipped in' in some brackets - but some of the time we VIP's don't actually
want to delete a post. For us, there is something in the post that we feel would be productive. This is a chance for us to preserve that, and avoid 'forum nazi accusations' where we blitz entire threads because of one tiny mention that rule-breaks.
And as the prime suspect in all forum nazi cases, I'd enjoy a little credit toward better moderation to balance the poo people throw the other way.
Yhorian