User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-24894325-20161029150752/@comment-24894325-20161113001831

Let admins correct me if I'm wrong, but these small deviations do not affect the editing time. Maybe that was the original rational for waiting till the top/bottom of the hour: to avoid the necessity of using a chronometer to determine the editing time. Let me explain: say, the episode was available at 9:45-9:50. Amazon Video gives its length as 45 minutes. So it ended around 10:30-10:35. The policy requires to wait till the top of the hour, which is 11:00, the usual editing time. In other words, small fluctuations of broadcast/streaming time can be disregarded and the policy can be simple. Simple policies are easy to follow, and they prevent conflicts.

In particular, not only can we stop arguing now, but there is no need to argue in the future.