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Updates various articles related to editing messages (settings, edit history, etc) for changes in UI, adding undocumented settings, and cleaning/linking documentation text and headers.
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@ -14,26 +14,27 @@ is highly configurable. Two things are true under any configuration:
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* Any message can be deleted at any time by an organization administrator.
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* Any message can be deleted at any time by an organization administrator.
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<div class="centered_table"></div>
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<div class="centered_table"></div>
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| | Admins | Members |
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| | Admins | Members |
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|--- |--- |--- |
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|--- |--- |--- |
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| Edit your message content | [1] | [1] |
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| Edit your message content | [1] | [1] |
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| Edit others' message content | | |
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| Edit others' message content | | |
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| Edit your message topics | [1] | [1] |
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| Edit your message topics | [1] | [1] |
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| Add a topic to a topicless message | [1] | [1] |
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| Add topic to messages without a topic | [1] | [1] |
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| Edit others' message topics | [1] | [2] |
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| Edit others' message topics | [1] | [2] |
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| Move topics between streams | [4] | [4] |
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| Move topics between streams | [3] | [3] |
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| Delete your messages | ✔ | [3] |
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| Delete your messages | ✔ | [4] |
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| Delete others' messages | ✔ | |
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| Delete others' messages | ✔ | |
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[1] Controlled by **Allow message editing**.
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[1] Controlled by **Allow message editing**.
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[2] Controlled by **Who can edit topic of any message**.
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[2] Controlled by **Who can edit topic of any message**.
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[3] Controlled by **Who can delete their own messages**.
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[3] Controlled by **Who can move messages between streams**, in
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[4] Controlled by **Who can move messages between streams**, in
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addition to other restrictions on editing topics.
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addition to other restrictions on editing topics.
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[4] Controlled by **Who can delete their own messages**
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and **Time limit for deleting messages**.
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There are a few useful things to understand about the message editing
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There are a few useful things to understand about the message editing
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settings.
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settings.
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@ -49,31 +50,34 @@ settings.
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in [exports](/help/export-your-organization). Deletion
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in [exports](/help/export-your-organization). Deletion
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permanently (and irretrievably) removes the message from Zulip.
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permanently (and irretrievably) removes the message from Zulip.
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You can access the message editing and deletion settings as follows.
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## Configure message editing and deletion
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### Configure message editing and deletion
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{start_tabs}
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{start_tabs}
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{settings_tab|organization-permissions}
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{settings_tab|organization-permissions}
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4. Under **Message editing**, configure **Allow message editing**,
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1. Under **Message editing**, configure:
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**Who can edit topic of any message**, and **Who can delete their own messages**.
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- **Allow message editing**
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- **Who can edit topic of any message**
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- **Who can delete their own messages**
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- **Time limit for deleting messages**
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{!save-changes.md!}
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{!save-changes.md!}
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{end_tabs}
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{end_tabs}
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### Configure who can move topics between streams
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## Configure who can move topics between streams
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By default, only organization administrators can move topics between
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You can configure which [roles](/help/roles-and-permissions)
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streams. You can configure which roles have permission to do so:
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have permission to move topics between streams.
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{start_tabs}
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{start_tabs}
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{settings_tab|organization-permissions}
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{settings_tab|organization-permissions}
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2. Under **Message editing**, configure **Who can move messages between streams**.
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1. Under **Message editing**, configure
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**Who can move messages between streams**.
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{!save-changes.md!}
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{!save-changes.md!}
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* [Restrict private messages](/help/restrict-private-messages)
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* [Restrict private messages](/help/restrict-private-messages)
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* [Restrict wildcard mentions](/help/restrict-wildcard-mentions)
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* [Restrict wildcard mentions](/help/restrict-wildcard-mentions)
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* [Block image and link previews](/help/allow-image-link-previews)
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* [Block image and link previews](/help/allow-image-link-previews)
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* [Restrict message editing](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion)
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* [Disable message edit history](/help/disable-message-edit-history)
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* [Disable message edit history](/help/disable-message-edit-history)
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* [Manage editing of old messages](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion)
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* [Hide message content in emails](/help/hide-message-content-in-emails)
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* [Hide message content in emails](/help/hide-message-content-in-emails)
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* [Message retention policy](/help/message-retention-policy)
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* [Message retention policy](/help/message-retention-policy)
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* [Weekly digest emails](/help/digest-emails)
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* [Weekly digest emails](/help/digest-emails)
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# Require topics in stream messages
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# Require topics in stream messages
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Administrators can configure whether stream messages must have a
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specified topic.
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## Require topics in stream messages
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{!admin-only.md!}
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{!admin-only.md!}
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By default, users are not required to specify a topic in stream messages; if
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a user sends a message without a topic, the message's topic is displayed as
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**(no topic)**.
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If [message editing](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion) is
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enabled, any other user can then edit the topic of messages without a
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topic to set a topic, regardless of the value of the [topic editing
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policy](/help/configure-who-can-edit-topics).
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You can instead choose to require a topic for new stream messages.
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### Require topics in stream messages
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{start_tabs}
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{start_tabs}
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{settings_tab|organization-settings}
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{settings_tab|organization-settings}
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2. Under **Message feed**, select **Require topics in messages to streams**.
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1. Under **Other settings**, toggle
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**Require topics in streams messages**.
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{!save-changes.md!}
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{!save-changes.md!}
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{end_tabs}
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{end_tabs}
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## Stream messages without a topic
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If a user sends a message without a topic, the message's topic is
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displayed as **(no topic)**.
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When [message editing](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion)
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is enabled, any user can [add a topic](/help/rename-a-topic)
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to messages without a topic. They can do so regardless of whether
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they can [edit topics in general](/help/configure-who-can-edit-topics).
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# View a message's edit history
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# View a message's edit history
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By default, users can view the edit history of any edited message. Edited
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Users can view the edit history of any edited or moved message.
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messages have `EDITED` written in gray either above or to the left of the
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message.
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Messages with any content edits are labeled **EDITED**, while messages
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that have only been [moved to a new
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stream](/help/move-content-to-another-stream) or
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[topic](/help/move-content-to-another-topic) are labeled **MOVED**.
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Organization administrators can
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Organization administrators can
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[disable message edit history](/help/disable-message-edit-history).
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[disable message edit history](/help/disable-message-edit-history).
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### View a message's edit history
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## View a message's edit history
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### Via the main message feed
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{start_tabs}
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1. Click on the message's **EDITED** or **MOVED** label.
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{end_tabs}
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### Via the message menu (alternate method)
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You will only see **View edit history** in the dropdown menu if
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You will only see **View edit history** in the dropdown
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menu if the message has been moved or edited, and
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message edit history is enabled in the organization.
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{end_tabs}
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## Related articles
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* [Restrict message editing](/help/configure-message-editing-and-deletion)
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* [Disable message edit history](/help/disable-message-edit-history)
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