I tested that and it didn't work out, but I found something that did since you helped me find the code in private.php.
I heavily modified all of this so it would be a setting controllable from the admin CP when editing or adding forums, and so there were no bugs in post or topic titles when editing replying or posting a new thread, as well as applying it to the edit reason hack I have on our forums from Firefly's assortment of hacks available. It all works great and I have you to thank Logician, because you led this lost hacker to all the right places.
Thanks!