Timeline for What to do when an edit guesses the system being used rather than waiting for the querent to clarify?
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| Jul 29, 2020 at 15:32 | history | edited | NathanS | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 12, 2020 at 15:18 | comment | added | ZarHakkar | @user17995 Relevant to your searcher-centric stance, I've asked this question: What to do if seeking the answer to an existing question that's been closed because the system wasn't specified? | |
| Jun 28, 2018 at 0:49 | comment | added | Apocalisp | Consider that the OP may not be aware e.g. that there is more than one edition of Dungeons & Dragons. | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 6:26 | comment | added | user17995 | @mxyzplk: (Just got linked back here and noticed that you left a comment presumably addressed to me but forgot to ping me in it.) I upvoted two of the existing answers, which, to my mind, give adequate weight to the importance of being correct without attempting a level of perfect certainty nowhere else seen in SE posting or editing, and without encouraging pointless and aggravating passive aggression. ("No, you have to edit it yourself. I won't move a finger even though I know exactly what to do and how to do it.") | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 22:54 | history | edited | mxyzplkMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 26, 2017 at 3:42 | comment | added | mxyzplk Mod | Sadly the only three answers here agree. Consider submitting your own well-reasoned answer with an alternate conclusion, since a comment saying "I don't agree" doesn't help anything. | |
| Dec 26, 2017 at 0:18 | comment | added | user17995 | I strongly disagree with this answer, for two reasons. The first reason is that telling a new poster that they need to take some particular simple action that we ourselves are perfectly capable of (such as editing in an edition tag when we're certain of its applicability) is patronizing and wastes time. The second is that no SE site is designed to benefit the asker primarily, so whether they benefit from answers is irrelevant. Questions and answers are for searchers, and should be edited accordingly, as long as they don't stray from the original intent. | |
| Oct 24, 2017 at 18:39 | history | edited | mxyzplkMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 23, 2017 at 18:04 | comment | added | Wibbs | That was what I thought - I just wanted to have something 'official' on meta that I could point back to if I get a roll-back queried | |
| Mar 23, 2017 at 18:04 | vote | accept | Wibbs | ||
| Mar 23, 2017 at 12:12 | history | answered | mxyzplkMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |