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Answer by Shog9 for Is it OK to edit the question to change the author's...
The amount of blind dogma being repeated in this thread is depressing... NO it's not appropriate to change a question such that it no longer reflects what the asker needed help with - but in order to...
View ArticleAnswer by apsillers for Is it OK to edit the question to change the author's...
I no longer fully agree with the answer given below, but I have left it intact for community assessment. I endorse Shoq9's answer and point out that the ability to inject authorial intent is compatible...
View ArticleAnswer by user289086 for Is it OK to edit the question to change the author's...
Yes it is reasonable to completely overhaul a poor closed question into what could be a good open one, even if it changes the base assumptions of an otherwise unanswered question.This does several...
View ArticleAnswer by Cerbrus for Is it OK to edit the question to change the author's...
To answer your main question: "Is it OK to edit the question to change the author's intention?"Absolutely not.Completely changing the intentions of the question is hardly ever a good idea.Your linked...
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I am talking about the following question:Why is a `fork()` call not optimized away in an infinite loop?The author asked a low-quality question which was definitely not a quality-add to the site. A...
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