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Look at the bellow question. It was asked just 2 mins before and was closed immediately. I think the user was not given enough time to edit his/her question. alt text http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5553/questionj.jpg
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Look at the bellow question. It was asked just 2 mins before and was closed immediately. I think the user was not given enough time to edit his/her question. alt text http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5553/questionj.jpg
There's simply no reason to have a feature like this.
The Ask Question page gives an author unlimited time to write a detailed question for everyone else to see. SO even has a live preview, which you don't get on many forums. (This, of course, applies to writing answers as well.)
In this specific case, I think it was entirely a matter of not knowing how to ask a complete, detailed question. The lone, seemingly irrelevant tag on the initial question underscored that fact. It may seem a bit harsh, but hopefully the author will read the "How to ask questions the smart way" article that was linked to in a comment on the original question.
I really don't think this user was going to make the post any better, whether you give them 2 minutes or 15 minutes or a whole hour.
A certain amount of effort is required to even be given the benefit of the doubt...
Once posted, a question is already either information or noise. If the question is not clear at all, it should be closed to avoid people wasting time on it.
For scenarios in which you need to gradually improve a post you are working on, the suitable feature request would be to Save drafts of questions or answers.
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. There was no reason for the question to stay open as long as it was. – C. Ross Apr 28 '10 at 12:42