This was originally in the "CoC and Moderation Discussion" thread, but I'm going to reply to it here because it's a better fit:
GobO_Fire wrote:
shab wrote:
is it possible to just have a bot that pms you a link to any post that gets fiddled with and have it opt-in/opt-out or whatever
Theoretically, I could write this as a database object. Whether I actually can will depend on if the version of the database we're using (some versions of MySQL don't support the object I would use), on me getting schematics for the tables and columns in the database, verifying that editing, moving posts to a different forum (how we "delete"), and moving posts to a different thread all trigger the event I think it would, and (of course) it being something we decide we want to do.
I've already sent a message to the admins to find out the DB version. If that's not the right version, this whole idea is dead in the water. If we are on the right version, then the discussion of this idea can continue and if the decision is made to go ahead and do it I'll get the schematics.
So... All of those "will depend on" statements in the first paragraph has turned out positive. We're on the right version, I have the table schematics, and all those events are actually one "trigger" item on the database (an update of the posts table).
As for the last one... we're willing to go there, but it's not going to be done any time soon. I need to find a block of time - I'm guessing about 4-6 hours or so including documentation - where I can sit and concentrate on the code and get it written. I prefer to do something like this in one, maybe two, big chunks of time, rather than 10 minutes here, 20 minutes there, etc. And after it's written, it'll need a good spin through the test site to make sure it works correctly and that it doesn't adversely affect performance.
So, this will happen but it might be a while (Dec-Jan) before it shows up on the site. In the interim, we're trying to send PMs to folks when their posts get edited or deleted for reasons other than CoC violations. We can't always - sometimes time is limited - but we're trying to do so as often as possible.
So, hang tight and we'll have this feature eventually - including the ability to turn it on or off via your UCP.