Timeline for Amend an accepted answer to be more correct
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| Aug 18, 2011 at 21:48 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @womble - I can agree with that, but I also think we should encourage the OP to improve their answer and edit it ourselves only when that may not happen (or doesn't happen quickly enough) -- that way the OP gets something out of it too (more knowledge, positive reinforcement for writing more complete answers). -- I've occasionally withheld an upvote until an answer was edited, it's a good carrot :) | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 21:42 | comment | added | womble Mod | @Holocryptic: I believe the philosophy of the network is that content-related edits, as long as they are respectful of the original poster, are more accepted and encouraged than typographical fixes. This is based on the podcasts and early SO blog posts. | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 20:16 | comment | added | artifex | @Holocryptic I really like this approach, to give the original answerer the chance to edit the question. Perhaps you should turn this into an answer. Back to the point of my question: I believe that another answer would be less beneficial to the community (the correct answer would be spread across two answers) | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 19:55 | comment | added | Holocryptic | @voretaq7, in which case deletion is usually the way to go | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 19:55 | comment | added | Holocryptic | My opinion is that if there is more to offer, add another answer. Or alternatively, ask permission from the original answer-er to make the edit. I've seen that at least once. | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 19:53 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @artifex - I can think of one special-case exception: If the original answer is overtly dangerous without the amendment (and even then it's probably better to flag or downvote) | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 19:52 | comment | added | artifex | @Holocryptic even if the answer is more complete after and the original answer is left completely unchanged just amended? | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 19:50 | comment | added | Holocryptic | Yeah, that's generally poor form. Editing an answer to fix typos, or maybe style it with numbering or code formatting, but don't add content. | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 19:50 | comment | added | artifex | I see. This is what i felt aswell. I guess its a broader discussion about community vs the person posting the question in here somewhere. Anyways, i look forward to more discussion on the topic | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 19:47 | history | answered | voretaq7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |