Questions tagged [community-wiki]
Community Wiki is a flag that can be applied to answers (and questions) which lowers the barrier for editing and prevents any rep gain/loss from voting.
22 questions
1 vote
0 answers
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Is being able to vote on Community wiki posts a bug?
I was just looking at This question and I hovered over the voting buttons, and then a title showed "This answer is useful" (or whatever that sentence be), and the mouse cursor was a pointer, so I just ...
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4 votes
1 answer
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Conversion to community wiki after multiple edits by a single user?
I've been continuously improving my answer on Freelance charging based on tasks completed Now after my 11th revision, without any other contributers adding to my answer, my answer has been converted ...
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6 votes
1 answer
169 views
Correctness vs "ownership" on community wiki
This answer has become a CW, presumably because it was edited several times. It cites Martin Fowler, but the quotation is paraphrased, so I edited it, posting the original quote and a link to the ...
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10 votes
1 answer
256 views
Why question becomes commmunity wiki after >10 updates?
I often update and save my question to see how it renders, instead of checking it in instant preview. I prefer that way. Also, I often spot single problems in my post and want to correct them ...
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2 votes
1 answer
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How did this turn into a community wiki?
Just curious, this question turned into a community wiki mighty fast and doesn't have the up votes or activity I typically see with community wikis https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/...
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-4 votes
1 answer
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Is it possible to remove the Community Wiki status of a question?
I noticed my question was automatically updated to Community Wiki after 15 answers, and that prevents me from enjoying the upvotes. Is it possible to remove this status? Note: the question only had ...
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1 vote
1 answer
80 views
Question made CW and still adding rep
This question was made CW (I'm not sure why - the whole CW criteria is pretty difficult to understand now) yet I am still getting rep accumulated when up-voted. My understanding is that rep is not ...
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9 votes
3 answers
195 views
Upvote In Community Wiki
Is there a reason to upvote community wiki posts? Does an upvote on the community wiki matter if there is no rep associated (why waste a vote on it if I can't give credit to someone for a good ...
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