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Why is my edit not accurate? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Question history attributed changes to me that I didn't make I edited a post earlier and somehow I replaced List<Person> with GenericList<Person> as can be ...
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Simultaneous edits of different users merged as one? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Question history attributed changes to me that I didn't make When editing a post, I noticed that after the edit another "correction" (which I hadn't made) seems to have ...
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No warning when OP edits question during the five minute grace period [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 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?)...
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Bug in edit history associated with initial answer phase (non-recorded) [duplicate]

I am referring to this answer. The initial answer had some tab-delimited code that was quite messy looking, as well as a Google link to search results associated with MDN. I waited what I thought was ...
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Suggested edit incorrectly attributed to me [duplicate]

There was a suggested edit that collided with an edit by the OP. The OP had added information to the question, but the suggested edit was missing this, so in the comparison it was like the edit ...
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Invalid entries in edit changelog [duplicate]

For example in this question shows changes I did not make, attributed to my suggested edit. I did not change contents of database examples (Qty columns). Similarly, I did not add "(with how many times ...
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Why did a moderator delete my answer after the OP indicated it was correct?

A moderator just deleted my answer after I solved the OP's problem (he commented with "Worked straight away. Thanks. I'll accept when the time limit ends :)". Why was my answer deleted? I read the FAQ,...
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Revision Edit Countdown timer (or "The 4-minute timer problem")

Background Stack Overflow has a five-minute edit interval where you can continue editing the current revision before a new revision is logged. While editing, one of the bigger internal quandaries I ...
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Is the '5-minute window' responsible for making me look bad?

I made a minor edit to this answer on SO to fix the format of a broken link. Looking at the revision history now, it appears I fixed nothing and furthermore removed a useful example. At first I was ...
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My suggested edit includes changes that I did not make

I recently made this edit. Strangely though, it includes changes that I did not make. I did make all of the changes outside of the code block, but I did not delete the comments within the code block. ...
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What is the purpose of voting for questions on Stack Exchange sites? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why do we vote on questions? I get why you vote on answers, but what is the purpose of voting for questions? Perhaps there is some documentation somewhere that explains it. ...
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Don't allow edit suggestion during grace period

I just edited an answer that contained some code that was overall neat and correct, but wouldn't compile. I made it compile clean and (in my opinion) more readable. The edit got rejected as too minor,...
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Editing a post that possibly has a suggested edit

I'm fairly new, especially at editing posts, and I would like to help out a bit more. I just edited a post, and when looking at the revision history, it shows I am the only editor. However, the ...
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Edit record disappeared

I just edited the answer by hopeseekr to this question. How do I save data in an application scope in PHP? I removed a short sentence at the start of the answer. There is no record on the answer or ...
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My suggested edit and author's edit were merged

here are the similar questions I found: Question history attributed changes to me that I didn't make SO says I made a change that I didn't make There is no 5-minute edit window when using the ...
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