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Hello,

As somebody answered me in my one of the question: Regular Post-Answer is showing as "Community-wiki Answer"

I also know and he also answered that "An answer posted to a Community Wiki question will also be Community Wiki."

Then, Check out my question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3405695/importantuseful-websites-for-the-android-related-stuff/3405735#3405735 Here the question is as a "community wiki" and i have also given answer,...then why didnt it marked as "Community wiki" answer??

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As the others said, it's because you posted the answer before the question became CW. You can use the revisions view to see when a post was made CW; you answered at 13:00 and it became CW at 13:02.

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  • But now it is shown as "Community wiki", dont know whats happening?
    – Paresh Mayani
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 8:03
  • @Paresh CW is short for Community Wiki. I'm not sure which part you're confused by; the definition of Community Wiki is here if that helps
    – Michael Mrozek
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 13:07
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If he answers before you make it a Community Wiki, it isn't marked CW.

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  • But now it is shown as "Community wiki", dont know whats happening?
    – Paresh Mayani
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 8:03
  • @Paresh The author can manually mark it as a CW. This is common in situations like your where a question turns CW and the answer doesn't. Usually the author will manually mark their answer as CW to fit in with the rest of the answers.
    – Tyler Carter
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 15:41
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The answer was given before the question was marked as Community Wiki. Only answers given after the question becomes Community Wiki are set as CW by default.

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