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Is it okay to point readers to the edit history of an answer for old, (mostly) out-of-date information?
Background: For the last year or so, new features for Windows Subsystem for Linux (currently my primary area of expertise here) have been limited to Windows 11. With a recent release of WSL last week,...
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What is the proper procedure for us laypeople to edit an answer?
How do I get rid of adware from Search Conduit/White Smoke?
A few days ago, I had this question answered with the assistance of another user. His answer did not entirely solve my problem, however. ...
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Should we edit link only answers?
There's lots of them around, and most times I comment asking the OP to edit the answer and add more detail. However there are some cases where the OP isn't around, but the answer is still valid (...
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Are welcome messages in answers acceptable?
I saw this answer and am not sure if the “Welcome to SuperUser.” at the beginning should be removed. It seems out of place to me…and aren't new users shown or emailed a welcome page or something ...
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Why do some answers don't have edit link?
Currently in this answer of question 226923 I am seeing that there is no link to edit the answer, whereas just below that answer I can see that there is link to edit that answer.
Both answers are ...
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Editing OS-specific questions or answers if the question or answer will also apply to another OS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should the original intent of a question be broadened to make the answers more canonical?
I recently found out that this question - How print multiple independent pages in one ...
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How should I handle ranting in answers?
I removed a rant from this answer. Is this the right thing to do or should I take some other action?
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When people give good answers to the wrong question
I asked this question last night just before going to bed. In summary, the question was "Why does my browser ask me before it will make an HTTPS connection?"
I've got two answers now, but both have ...
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