Emile comments on Official Less Wrong Redesign: Call for Suggestions - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Louie 20 April 2011 05:56PM

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Comment author: Emile 21 April 2011 06:46:18AM 6 points [-]

Save the history of edited posts and comments, like a wiki; that would make it less of a problem to allow moderators or even high karma posters to edit comments (to fix broken links and formatting etc.), and would also reduce the occasional problem where a reply doesn't make sense any more after a comment is edited.

Comment author: JGWeissman 21 April 2011 06:54:26AM 3 points [-]

Also, don't allow deletion of a comment with replies.

Comment author: mutterc 24 April 2011 01:37:50PM 0 points [-]

If you allow editing someone can edit the comment to "(deleted)" or "(withdrawn)" or something like that.

Comment author: JGWeissman 24 April 2011 04:59:29PM 0 points [-]

Yes, there is a reason my "don't allow deletions" suggestion was made as an enhancement to Emile's "save editing history" suggestion, rather than stand alone.

Though a lot of comments get deleted by people who aren't aware that they just received a reply.