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Typically, I edit¹ along the lines of:

or, as @SavvyUser mentioned in the comments@SavvyUser mentioned in the comments, defrobnicating the bellflange might be a slightly more elegant approach.

That is, if the approach is a slight or moderate improvement on my own answer.

If it's an entirely different or novel approach, typically I'll encourage them to post it as a separate answer proper, and upvote them if they do. If they demure, or if after a reasonable amount of time they have taken no action (reasonable varying with the norms of the specific site and tagset), I'll revert to strategy 1.

¹To call it out specifically, I personally prefer to integrate new information directly into the answer, in the most appropriate section of the prose, rather than tack on addenda in the form of "EDIT: better yet, defrobnicate it!"

Typically, I edit¹ along the lines of:

or, as @SavvyUser mentioned in the comments, defrobnicating the bellflange might be a slightly more elegant approach.

That is, if the approach is a slight or moderate improvement on my own answer.

If it's an entirely different or novel approach, typically I'll encourage them to post it as a separate answer proper, and upvote them if they do. If they demure, or if after a reasonable amount of time they have taken no action (reasonable varying with the norms of the specific site and tagset), I'll revert to strategy 1.

¹To call it out specifically, I personally prefer to integrate new information directly into the answer, in the most appropriate section of the prose, rather than tack on addenda in the form of "EDIT: better yet, defrobnicate it!"

Typically, I edit¹ along the lines of:

or, as @SavvyUser mentioned in the comments, defrobnicating the bellflange might be a slightly more elegant approach.

That is, if the approach is a slight or moderate improvement on my own answer.

If it's an entirely different or novel approach, typically I'll encourage them to post it as a separate answer proper, and upvote them if they do. If they demure, or if after a reasonable amount of time they have taken no action (reasonable varying with the norms of the specific site and tagset), I'll revert to strategy 1.

¹To call it out specifically, I personally prefer to integrate new information directly into the answer, in the most appropriate section of the prose, rather than tack on addenda in the form of "EDIT: better yet, defrobnicate it!"

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Typically, I edit¹ along the lines of:

or, as @SavvyUser mentioned in the comments, defrobnicating the bellflange might be a slightly more elegant approach.

That is, if the approach is a slight or moderate improvement on my own answer.

If it's an entirely different or novel approach, typically I'll encourage them to post it as a separate answer proper, and upvote them if heythey do. If they demure, or if after a reasonable amount of time they have taken no action (reasonable varying with the norms of the specific site and tagset), I'll revert to strategy 1.

¹To call it out specifically, I personally prefer to integrate new information directly into the answer, in the most appropriate section of the prose, rather than tack on addenda in the form of "EDIT: better yet, defrobnicate it!"

Typically, I edit¹ along the lines of:

or, as @SavvyUser mentioned in the comments, defrobnicating the bellflange might be a slightly more elegant approach.

That is, if the approach is a slight or moderate improvement on my own answer.

If it's an entirely different or novel approach, typically I'll encourage them to post it as a separate answer proper, and upvote them if hey do. If they demure, or if after a reasonable amount of time they have taken no action (reasonable varying with the norms of the specific site and tagset), I'll revert to strategy 1.

¹To call it out specifically, I personally prefer to integrate new information directly into the answer, in the most appropriate section of the prose, rather than tack on addenda in the form of "EDIT: better yet, defrobnicate it!"

Typically, I edit¹ along the lines of:

or, as @SavvyUser mentioned in the comments, defrobnicating the bellflange might be a slightly more elegant approach.

That is, if the approach is a slight or moderate improvement on my own answer.

If it's an entirely different or novel approach, typically I'll encourage them to post it as a separate answer proper, and upvote them if they do. If they demure, or if after a reasonable amount of time they have taken no action (reasonable varying with the norms of the specific site and tagset), I'll revert to strategy 1.

¹To call it out specifically, I personally prefer to integrate new information directly into the answer, in the most appropriate section of the prose, rather than tack on addenda in the form of "EDIT: better yet, defrobnicate it!"

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Dan Bron
Dan Bron
  • 2.2k
  • 2
  • 18
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Typically, I edit¹ along the lines of:

or, as @SavvyUser mentioned in the comments, defrobnicating the bellflange might be a slightly more elegant approach.

That is, if the approach is a slight or moderate improvement on my own answer.

If it's an entirely different or novel approach, typically I'll encourage them to post it as a separate answer proper, and upvote them if hey do. If they demure, or if after a reasonable amount of time they have taken no action (reasonable varying with the norms of the specific site and tagset), I'll revert to strategy 1.

¹To call it out specifically, I personally prefer to integrate new information directly into the answer, in the most appropriate section of the prose, rather than tack on addenda in the form of "EDIT: better yet, defrobnicate it!"