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GDPR Request: Post Edit does not contain the edit
X\PostHistory.json contains the Initial Title, Initial Tag, Initial Body, Edit Title, Edit Tag, and Edit Body. But it does not contain what exactly was edited!
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Button to show the version of the question as of when answer was posted / last edited?
Sometimes when reading an answer it doesn't seem to correspond entirely to the question asked, and if I want to find out why the procedure then becomes:
Scroll up to the question again
Check if it ...
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Make it easier to retract questions altered by other people
When writing questions on Stack Exchange, sometimes the questions get altered or modified by moderators (to "make them better"). Sometimes, to such an extent that the final question bears little or no ...
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Why are On Hold Questions included in 'Active'
Lately there seems to have been a flood of poor relevance questions which are being put "On Hold" however these questions still show up in the Newest and Active lists - surely being "On Hold" they can/...
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Hidden question metadata for other editors
I was thinking the other day how cool it'd be to be able to hide so-called "metadata" inside otherwise "publicly visible" content, perhaps explaining how/why something was worded or formatted a ...
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How to confirm edits not in my expertise field?
Most of the edited content I am offered to approve by the system is really what I do not have expertise in.
For example I get many edited questions/answers from Java tagged questions even though I ...
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Can I be notified when a post that I answered was edited? [duplicate]
Sometimes the OP change something significant in his question which affects my answer.
Is there some way I can be notified when:
A certain question was edited?
Question that I answered was edited?
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Answers embedded in questions by low rep users
I've been "working" the unanswered question queue in VB.NET and have come across quite a few questions with answers either embedded in the question body (by the OP) or answers in the comments section (...
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Recent edit on a question
The question that was posted first had a recent change on that question based on the comments or from answers, for which I would have earlier answered. How does stackoverflow or stackexchange do ...
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Add "editing in progress" to questions/answers [duplicate]
This process has happened to me several times:
Read question (miss important detail)
Answer (incorrectly, thanks to missed detail)
Click "answer", page refreshes. See other answers, realize mistake.
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Review Link in Question/Answers itself
Can we get a Review Question, and Review Answer link directly on questions/answers that haven't previously been reviewed?
A lot of times I find myself browsing newest questions, or unanswered ...
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Can't See "Please do not use these words in titles" without Scrolling
When editing titles (to take out tags, for instance), I occasionally press Enter while the selection is in the "Title" text box, and nothing happens. After a while, I figure it out:
The problem is ...
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Warning on extensive question editing
I've seen this (annoying) pattern too many times: a user posts a simple question, which I answer precisely. But then the OP says "yeah but my issue is actually like this" and proceeds to entirely ...
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Give the question author a moment of peace and quiet with their new baby (using a visual flag)
Update 1 - Enhanced with visual indicator
After further consideration including my comment to @Jason and @Pekka's same sentiment, it would not make sense to technically lock out the community ...
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Is there no path back to the question from the edit page?
I went to edit my question, and got put into a revision editing list somehow, and I see that someone has edited it since I started, but there's no link back that I can find. Would it be possible to ...
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