Timeline for Basing your answer off of other user's answer to the same question
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| Sep 20, 2013 at 3:29 | comment | added | terdon | @nhinkle first of all sorry, I converted my answer to a comment since it ws not really worth an answer and posted here instead of on the original question by mistake :/. As for CW my point was that if you are going to take another's answer, at least make it CW so you are not perceived as 'stealing rep'. | |
| Sep 20, 2013 at 3:25 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | @terdon CW isn't really meant as a get-out-of-rep-free card. What would make more sense is if the original answerer had disappeared, to adopt the original answer, flesh it out, and then ask for it to be made CW since it's not entirely the original person's answer more, and is indeed a community owned post. | |
| Sep 20, 2013 at 2:47 | comment | added | terdon | In this particular case, I would have edited the original. The user whose post you cited is new and needs the rep more than you do. If you are not adding any new information but just followed the links he provided and posted a question quoting the information you found there, I would consider it polite to at least mark your post as community wiki. That way, you won't be getting rep points for information you took from another's answer. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 17:21 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | @Bob that's not the editor's problem though. Editing is an inherent part of Stack Exchange; if somebody responds negatively to it then they need to reconsider where they choose to contribute content. Some users can be unhappy when you edit their answers, but some would be yet more unhappy if you copied it verbatim and then fluffed it up in a different answer. Both are allowed by the CC license used on SE, but editing is officially encouraged, whereas copy-and-fluff is not. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 17:21 | vote | accept | That Brazilian Guy | ||
| Sep 19, 2013 at 17:20 | comment | added | Bob | Sometimes, though, some people can be rather unhappy with edits that are 'too major' (even if they don't change the meaning of the post). | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 17:17 | history | answered | nhinkleMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |