Timeline for Should I edit other people's answers to remove incorrect content, or should I ask them to do it themselves?
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| Aug 13, 2010 at 0:00 | comment | added | Jon Seigel | @MrX: Yeah. Obviously considering the context of editing is pretty key. At the same time, it's subjective, so all the guidance we can give is "be nice, and use your best judgement." | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 23:44 | comment | added | Shog9 | @MrXexxed: We're talking about answers here, not questions. For questions, I agree - you shouldn't add or remove from the code itself apart from whitespace (in whitespace-agnostic languages) for formatting purposes. | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 23:22 | comment | added | MrABC | I'd be very wary about editing code except for formatting if the question is effectively "why isn't my code working/not doing what I expect", as it may well be that your 'correction' hides the fault and stops the people viewing help correct it. I've seen it done in the past. | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 22:52 | comment | added | Shog9 | That last sentence is key, I think: for good or ill, edits should help the author get his point across. | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 22:51 | comment | added | Michael Mrozek | The last category is editing for formatting, which I would definitely say is fine; it's pretty much the only time I find myself editing answers | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 22:42 | history | answered | Jon Seigel | CC BY-SA 2.5 |