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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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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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Can we have comments shown when editing a post in the review queue
I recently came across an answer in the low quality posts review queue on Interpersonal Skills. Some comments had been left asking for clarification which were subsequently answered (also in comments) ...
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Why is there no autocomplete for pinging editors?
I hope this example shows why autocomplete would be useful beyond the comfort of the commenter:
I recently had an issue where someone edited a post (which I'm not the author of) only to add one extra ...
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Could new users be prompted to edit instead of commenting? [duplicate]
It's very common to ask for additional information on a question. This is perhaps most common with new users who are a little unfamiliar with the need to put all relevant information in their ...
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Allow 5 minutes for editing a comment since last edit rather than the creation time
I am very picky about how I phrase myself and will often read, reread, edit, reread, and edit again continuously despite being happy with each revision upon submission, though often only briefly, ...
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Editing a comment creates an edit box below the comment, not instead of
At some point a change was made (recently?) which changed the comment edit box from replacing the posted comment with an edit box, to adding the edit box below the posted comment.
Here is an example ...
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Could comments be shown on the edit [question/answer] page?
A lot of Stack Exchange sites treat comments as "suggested improvements" for questions and answers they're posted on, and users/mods will often suggest incorporating content from comments into the ...
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Why can't people with the "edit answer" privilege edit comments? [duplicate]
I haven't found an explanation on Stack Exchange about what's the difference between the concepts of answers and comments.
If we can edit answers, why can't we edit comments too?
For example, I've ...
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Could revisions be displayed inline with comments?
Any heavily trafficked answer (and some well-maintained questions) will have accrued edits over time to respond to feedback, bugs, errors, edge cases, and occasionally changes to relevant specs. ...
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Switch edit pencil direction for comments edited by other-than-attributed-author
In this discussion, the issue was raised that moderators' ability to edit comments sometimes results in a situation where a mod is putting words in a user's mouth or having them say something ...
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Changes made for comment
There is an option to see the edit done for the post for both the answer and question. Why not the same feature for a comment?
If a user made any change on a comment as the same way showing edited ...
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optimization - linking comments to edits
It has become quite a common occurrence now that I edit a post, flag a comment for removal citing the 'obsolete' reason, and almost all of those flags get marked as helpful, and the comment removed.
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Use a comment as a reason for an edit [duplicate]
One of the purposes of comments is to provide feedback on a post, and this request is specific to the comments that are feedback on ways to improve the post.
When an edit is being made to a post, the ...
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Can we have an "edit question" magic link for answer comments?
Yet another request for a magic link. In the following situations:
I answer a question, the asker replies to me in a comment, and I want to reply to them asking them to edit certain information into ...
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