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When a question is migrated over to another site and none of the users who have contributed to it on the old site exist on the destination site, should that post be attributed to Community until it gets edited in order to preserve the normal flow of the main page?

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    Why? What does this add?
    – ChrisF Mod
    Commented Apr 28, 2012 at 10:55
  • @ChrisF nothing except consistency - certainly not suggesting this is a high priority :L
    – Rory
    Commented Apr 28, 2012 at 10:56
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    @Rory It's not really consistent, though. When you see Community on the front page, it's because it owns the last edit or bumps the post. It doesn't indicate post ownership.
    – Adam Lear StaffMod
    Commented Apr 28, 2012 at 14:45
  • if "Community-attributed" the question / answer gain upvotes and later some of the users register at target site, how would the reputation work for them? Note it would better be consistent with case when user is already registered at target prior to migration
    – gnat
    Commented Apr 28, 2012 at 14:57

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Actually, the missing attribution serves a purpose: It indicates that a question was migrated from another site (rather than edited by an anonymous user or "randomly poked" by the Community user), and therefore is more likely in need of retagging.

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