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Editing doesn't cut it as it is, because there's inadequate feedback to other question participants that things have changed.

Joel Coehoorn
– Joel Coehoorn Mod

2009-10-29 18:56:22 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2009 at 18:56
You're right that there should be more feedback, but still: the same information should be more consolidated into one answer instead of being spread out

Ivo Flipse
– Ivo Flipse

2009-10-29 19:33:53 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2009 at 19:33
I used to edit other questions quite heavily, but after finding out that 50% of the users don't like it, even when improving the answer, I stopped doing it regularly.

Georg Schölly
– Georg Schölly

2010-01-04 23:32:09 +00:00
Commented Jan 4, 2010 at 23:32

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