Timeline for Why is the time limit for editing comments 5 minutes?
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| Feb 16, 2020 at 4:06 | comment | added | Rob | One problem is that some comments are automatically generated by the system (assigning the first reviewer's name to it) and benefit from adding additional information to the end or specifying which answer (in the case of duplicate closure comments) out of the many answers the question; hoping to reduce the subsequent ensuing pings of protest. Either seven minutes, or three minutes of inactivity, would slow the "quickest repliers in the West" contest - thus, Abacus' point has merit where deleting and reposting breaks the Review Queue link mechanism. | |
| Sep 13, 2014 at 14:07 | comment | added | keshlam | It's a solution which invalidates the justifications for the problem. | |
| Jan 30, 2014 at 20:28 | comment | added | Abacus | Thanks Joe Z., that's a good point. I have done that now and it's a good solution. | |
| Sep 3, 2013 at 9:39 | comment | added | Jay Brunet | @Joe damn, too late now :-( | |
| Jun 20, 2013 at 18:14 | comment | added | Joe Z. | You could just delete and repost. | |
| May 1, 2013 at 20:25 | history | answered | Abacus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |