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When someone asks a new question people sometimes comment, "This should be a community wiki".

The FAQ about CW isn't explicit about which new question should be CW; it says that:

• CW makes it easier for people to edit other people answers (by requiring less rep to do so)
• CW happens automatically in a variety of circumstances, or can be toggled by a moderator

(I might also have read, somewhere else, that a purpose of CW is to prevent rep-whoring by the questioner.)

So, my question: when, if ever, should a questioner mark their own question CW?

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Edit: the new answer is, Never: users can not mark questions wiki anymore, across the network.

When someone asks a new question people sometimes comment, "This should be a community wiki".

The FAQ about CW isn't explicit about which new question should be CW; it says that:

• CW makes it easier for people to edit other people answers (by requiring less rep to do so)
• CW happens automatically in a variety of circumstances, or can be toggled by a moderator

(I might also have read, somewhere else, that a purpose of CW is to prevent rep-whoring by the questioner.)

So, my question: when, if ever, should a questioner mark their own question CW?

Return to FAQ index

Edit: the new answer is, Never: users can not mark questions wiki anymore, across the network.