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Is it acceptable to heavily edit my closed question?

Editing questions means that people have to come back and fix their answers to take into account the new information. … If there are several answers and editing your question completely invalidates the answers, it's probably best to ask a new question. …
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What is (or what should be) the etiquette for editing old questions or posts?

The only general comment I have on editing old posts is that if all you're doing is removing "thanks" or capitalizing "I" in one or two spots you should really look at the post critically. …
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What is, or should be the "right way" to edit a post for readability/formatting, and usage o...

When editing, "Make it readable" is pretty much the guiding advice -- If it looks better when you're finished you did it right :) Generally that means backticks for commands, Quote blocks for quotations …
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Some kind of 'edit locking'

If I take out the lock to start editing and then get sucked into a meeting (which happens all too frequently) is the lock held until I come back and click "cancel edit"? …
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