Timeline for Should I give a new answer or change the old one?
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| Feb 24, 2020 at 1:41 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | @LSpice In that case, let me clarify by suggesting you should read my first comment in the light of my second comment. I don't think I was really suggesting anything pro or con this alleged SE guideline (and actually, I'm not seeing how my suggestion for this particular case would result in the rather-than scenario you described, but I think I've said enough on this for now). | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 1:24 | comment | added | LSpice | @ToddTrimble, I don't mean no editing, I mean that (I think) the guideline is to have the answer after editing look like "Statement X is true.", rather than "Statement X is false. EDIT: Actually, it is true." I can't find documentation for this guideline, so I might be wrong, but I thought it was the SE best practice (even though I don't like it, because it has the effect of invalidating comments). | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 0:54 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | @LSpice Whenever one attempts to add a second answer on top of an answer one has already given, a pop-up box asks whether you're sure you want to do this instead of editing the old one. I'm not sure where you're getting that general SE philosophy from -- it sounds like a discouragement from editing. | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 0:28 | comment | added | LSpice | I thought @ToddTrimble's advice was actually contra the general SE philosophy of having answers in their final form, but can't find documentation of that. I did find this old MSE question, which seems to be essentially a duplicate: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40318/… . | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 17:51 | comment | added | YCor | I think replying to the comment that you completely rewrote the answer is enough without trying to preserve the previous answer if you think it's not worthwhile (one can always go into history of answers). | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 17:25 | history | edited | Daniele Tampieri | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 17, 2020 at 17:17 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | "Best practice" according to SE philosophy is probably to edit the old answer; you could do this by having the old answer above a fold (type three dashes on a line after the old) and then start the new response on a line below the three dashes. Or, you could buck the philosophy and make a second post if you'd like; usually no one here at MO minds. In that case, if you don't want to receive "credit" for the quick and dirty answer, you could make it community wiki. | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 16:55 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | If you change the old answer, try to preserve the previous version so the comment makes sense. At the very least, acknowledge that your new version addresses the concerns of the questioners comment as well as the question. Gerhard "We Can Learn From History" Paseman, 2020.02.17. | |
| Feb 17, 2020 at 16:13 | history | asked | Daniele Tampieri | CC BY-SA 4.0 |