To avoid addendums and clarifications posted as answers, (Yes I'm guiltly) if the question asker were able to update (or at least add text too (maybe force it to be a different color?)) a question.

I was thinking about this topic (being able to edit questions etc.) and I think we possibly can't edit questions because they are moderated. If a question gets posted to the front page and is then edited, it could well include something offensive.

I would like to see these "top level" node (i.e. anything that starts a new discussion thread) being editable, perhaps it could be made a feature of higher level monks. If you need a certain number of XPs to be able to edit your own "top level" posts, then a user could abuse it at most once before having the privlidge revoked.

So, vroom is it because they get moderated?

In reply to RE: RE: Cleaning up Categorized Questions and Answers by nuance
in thread Cleaning up Categorized Questions and Answers by vroom

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