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Unclear question is clarified in comment, later comment is deleted and contradictory clarification added to question
Before editing the question, I would probably edit the answer, and explain why it answers a slightly different question than the one which was asked (refering to the deleted comment and the edit). It ...
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When someone asks a "code improvement" question, should we edit it to an "algorithm improvement" question instead of closing as off-topic?
Stating that a question about code performance being off-topic here / belonging on Stack Overflow is inherently wrong. Those types of questions should be posted here ("software architecture and design"...
Thomas OwensMod
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When someone asks a "code improvement" question, should we edit it to an "algorithm improvement" question instead of closing as off-topic?
I made an edit attempt to focus the question to being one of the best algorithm approach that would result in the least amount of operations worse case. I also reopened it, it was close to being ...
maple_shaftMod
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When someone asks a "code improvement" question, should we edit it to an "algorithm improvement" question instead of closing as off-topic?
Whenever we see a question about fixing/improving code that can easily be interpreted as asking us to suggest a better algorithm, should we edit it to focus on the algorithm instead of closing it as ...
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Unclear question is clarified in comment, later comment is deleted and contradictory clarification added to question
This is a tough one.
One option would be to edit the question after getting the clarification in a comment. You can even use the edit description to note that the clarification edits were derived from ...
Thomas OwensMod
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How long should I expect to wait for a simple edit to be approved?
My experience with this community here is that sometimes you have to give them around a week or two to react. There are only a handful of members who actively participate in improving things like ...
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7 years old closed as off-topic question (4 years ago) being edited
I don't know for sure about the specific question you're asking about, but a quite likely reason you'll see more of this type of activity occurring (i.e., old posts being edited) now is as explained ...
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How is this unclear?
I've reopened. I don't see a problem with the question as a whole. The title is more click-baity than what we're used to, but I don't think that's necessarily a problem. If someone wanted to edit that,...
Thomas OwensMod
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Should there be a pencil in edited comments?
The pencil shows that the comment has been edited, not that it is editable.
If you can edit a comment there will be an "edit" link visible at the end after the time stamp.
ChrisFMod
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Excessive editing of a post
Editing and collaboration are fundamental parts of Stack Exchange. Except for rare cases of content disputes (a large number of edits and rollbacks or Meta discussion on a particular post's quality) ...
Thomas OwensMod
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How is this unclear?
I think this question could benefit greatly from simply rewriting it to not have the "alien" focus.
For example, "can UTF-8 support a new language with millions of specific character glyphs?"
Right ...
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Arguing with answers VS expressing ideas
Hmm, It was a bit... inconsiderate of whatshisname to simply delete your added text. I sympathise.
However, let say he made the same edit, but waited a year and instead of "this isn't a site for ...
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Should I approve edits on off-topic questions or answers to poor or off-topic questions?
No. Especially if it's an older question that has fallen off the homepage - all you'll be doing is bumping up a question that doesn't belong or is already closed. If the edit doesn't fix the actual ...
Thomas OwensMod
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Rejected edit accidentally - Can we revoke the rejection we made?
I looked at it. Rejection seems appropriate in this case - the edits are extremely minor and do not significantly improve the post. One of the edits even added "emphasized text", which is the helper ...
Thomas OwensMod
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