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Community Wiki really isn't used much anymore. Partially, as I explain below, that's because it's a malfeature. But more importantly, we now have Suggested EditsSuggested Edits, which means that even anonymous users can fix problems in posts. It's nice that low-reputation users can skip the review process on CW questions, but very few questions lend themselves to this sort of treatment in my experience. (There's an argument to be made for CW posts in the meta.* side of a site, but I don't intend to make that argument.)

Community Wiki really isn't used much anymore. Partially, as I explain below, that's because it's a malfeature. But more importantly, we now have Suggested Edits, which means that even anonymous users can fix problems in posts. It's nice that low-reputation users can skip the review process on CW questions, but very few questions lend themselves to this sort of treatment in my experience. (There's an argument to be made for CW posts in the meta.* side of a site, but I don't intend to make that argument.)

Community Wiki really isn't used much anymore. Partially, as I explain below, that's because it's a malfeature. But more importantly, we now have Suggested Edits, which means that even anonymous users can fix problems in posts. It's nice that low-reputation users can skip the review process on CW questions, but very few questions lend themselves to this sort of treatment in my experience. (There's an argument to be made for CW posts in the meta.* side of a site, but I don't intend to make that argument.)

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  • A thoughtful answer to my Philosophy question.
  • A continuously updated question concerning Genealogy and Family History.
  • An answeranswer that has been calledcalled "one of the best answers on SO" andand a "Beautiful answer" andand "one of the best answers I have read on this site."
  • [Insert other examples that I've noticed but can no longer find or new examples as they come up.]
  • A thoughtful answer to my Philosophy question.
  • A continuously updated question concerning Genealogy and Family History.
  • An answer that has been called "one of the best answers on SO" and a "Beautiful answer" and "one of the best answers I have read on this site."
  • [Insert other examples that I've noticed but can no longer find or new examples as they come up.]
  • A thoughtful answer to my Philosophy question.
  • A continuously updated question concerning Genealogy and Family History.
  • An answer that has been called "one of the best answers on SO" and a "Beautiful answer" and "one of the best answers I have read on this site."
  • [Insert other examples that I've noticed but can no longer find or new examples as they come up.]
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  • A thoughtful answer to my Philosophy question.
  • A continuously updated questionquestion concerning Genealogy and Family History.
  • An answer that has been called "one of the best answers on SO" and a "Beautiful answer" and "one of the best answers I have read on this site."
  • [Insert other examples that I've noticed but can no longer find or new examples as they come up.]
  • A thoughtful answer to my Philosophy question.
  • A continuously updated question concerning Genealogy and Family History.
  • An answer that has been called "one of the best answers on SO" and a "Beautiful answer" and "one of the best answers I have read on this site."
  • [Insert other examples that I've noticed but can no longer find or new examples as they come up.]
  • A thoughtful answer to my Philosophy question.
  • A continuously updated question concerning Genealogy and Family History.
  • An answer that has been called "one of the best answers on SO" and a "Beautiful answer" and "one of the best answers I have read on this site."
  • [Insert other examples that I've noticed but can no longer find or new examples as they come up.]
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A somewhat unusual situation in which CW seems like it means one thing, but actually is unintended. (It is, I believe, an argument to scrap this "feature".)
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Added the current solution (flagging) and another example post.
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Make a positive suggestion rather than just rant against CW.
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