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For how long can I edit comment... really?
I have just seen this:
Followed by this (after hitting "Cancel"):
One of these information is in contradiction with another.
What is the exact value of timeframe where I can edit my ...
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Will edited comments to one post notify the poster multiple times? [duplicate]
I checked the What events trigger an inbox notification? and searched for "edit" but didn't find this specific problem about "edited comments".
Since "Another user comments on ...
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How do I ask long clarifications on an answer?
Someone has left a thoughtful answer to my question.
I have a bunch of clarifications, and for now I've left these as a set of long comments. Is this the appropriate way to do this, or should I have ...
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What are the limits with edits to questions?
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I understand the basic idea of the question editing functions, both the person asking and the person reading or answering's perspective. From my understanding:
Person asking do edits because:
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When editing an answer, the OP highlight on comments changes users when comments are expanded
When using the full page editor (like someone without editing privileges), I noticed that the highlight to show who is the "original poster" on comments will swap between the answer OP and ...
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Edit-locking comments is really not all that useful [duplicate]
Anyone who has been on SE for any length of time knows the bypass of copying the comment, deleting it, and reposting it. Yes, that puts our revised comment out of order, but that is often acceptable.
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Is it inappropriate to ask moderator to share details related to my comment's edit history (when it was edited by a mod/staff)?
One of my comments which I did not edit had the pencil symbol beside it and the tooltip mentioned "this comment was edited one time". So, it is obvious that some moderator or staff edited my ...
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What's the reasoning behind the availability of edit history for a message in chat but not in posts (for regular user)?
In chat we (as a regular user) can see a complete history of edits to a message, even made a few seconds apart.
But for a regular user (non-mod/staff) there is no history of edits to a comment in ...
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Guidance for new users who are responding to comments [duplicate]
There is a pattern that I frequently see with new users: the user posts a question, someone leaves a comment requesting clarification, and the user posts the clarification in a comment. I anticipate ...
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Good practices for describing progress made on a question?
I have recently started asking some more complex questions on which I have made partial but significant progress toward an answer since originally asking the question.
Can someone recommend good ...
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Flag comments "please edit to clarify X", "done" for deletion?
Should comments like "please add details of X to your answer", "done" be flagged for deletion?
Deleting them would improve readability of the thread. The answer-relevant ...
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What is the etiquette for extending my question?
I've recently asked a question, then thought about it more, and now I want to add to my question something like "I've tried A and it didn't work. Might B work?"
What is the etiquette for this kind of ...
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Are attempted edits to deleted comments submitted and shown to moderators?
It's a known issue that attempting to edit your own comment that has been deleted while you're editing it will result in your edited text appearing to just disappear into the void without any sort of ...
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Can I edit my comments on the Stack Overflow blog?
I posted a comment on What senior developers can learn from beginners on the Stack Overflow blog. When I wrote my comment, I failed to realize that <cctype> and <ctype.h> would each be ...
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Directly editing or leaving a comment instead? [duplicate]
I tried to find a faq post about that, but couldn't find one.
When should one directly edit a post and when should one just suggest improvement in comments instead?
So far, I have been using my "gut ...
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