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Question history attributed changes to me that I didn't make

When I was editing this question today the OP came back an made an edit during the grace period (five minutes?) when revisions are not tracked.

When I saved my edits I noticed that I'd apparently overwritten his update (he had added a link to the version of jQuery Data Tables he was using).

The system didn't warn me that changes had been made presumably because this is only tracked using revision numbers. Maybe it should do this (i.e. by calculating a hash of the original post then creating a new hash before allowing me to save. Then check if anything changed by comparing the hashes if the revision number is still the same - like a belt an braces check)?

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  • The revision history says that you edited long after the original poster's 5 minute grace period was up. About 25 minutes elapsed between the end of the grace period and the time that your edit was submitted. What am I missing here?
    – Cody Gray
    Commented Jul 27, 2011 at 9:45
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    Yes...but the OP made his revisions during the grace period which the system didn't see or warn me about.
    – Kev Mod
    Commented Jul 27, 2011 at 9:48
  • @Kev - did you have the edit screen open for 25+ minutes before saving?
    – Nick Craver Mod
    Commented Jul 27, 2011 at 10:22
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    @nick - um...possibly.
    – Kev Mod
    Commented Jul 27, 2011 at 10:43
  • While this is focusing on a different aspect, the root "bug" is the same as has been previously reported and previously discussed. The report is marked "status-review", so there is hope for some things being changed.
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Commented Jul 27, 2011 at 13:18

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