Why do I need 50 reputation to improve other people's answers when appropriate? - Meta Stack Overflow
This is just ridiculous. I have been using Stack Overflow for quite some time and when I find an answer which I can extend or improve, I can't because I don't have enough points, and this system is ridiculous. I don't need to ask questions because most questions have already been answered!
edited Nov 4 '16 at 17:37
Momshad Dinuri AlveeMomshad Dinuri Alvee
marked as duplicate by Peter Mortensen, TylerH, user6263819, davidism, Andrew Brooke Nov 4 '16 at 18:11
migrated from stackoverflow.com Nov 4 '16 at 12:28
you do realize that this kind of complaint isn't going to resonate well, right? – garglblarg Nov 4 '16 at 12:20
just answer questions and gain rep. – Nina Scholz Nov 4 '16 at 12:20
This "question" shows that you shouldn't be able to freely edit. – user1106925 Nov 4 '16 at 12:26
After migration I was able to upvote @NinaScholz comment again :P – Washington Guedes Nov 4 '16 at 12:30
I downvoted the question too, but the comment upvotes weren't restarted – Washington Guedes Nov 4 '16 at 12:32
"I don't need to ask questions because most questions have already been answered!" Isn't that exactly the goal we wanted to reach? – πάντα ῥεῖ Nov 4 '16 at 13:11
@PeterMortensen He's not asking to be able to comment; he's asking to be able to edit. – Servy Nov 4 '16 at 17:38
The canonical question seems to be 50 reputation points to make comments (depending on what extend or improve means exactly - it could be referring to posting comments in order to suggest improvement to the poster or others). – Peter Mortensen Nov 4 '16 at 17:40
You don't need 50 reputation to improve other people's questions and answers. In fact, you don't need to be logged in at all (the 'edit' link is then called 'improve this question/answer'). Your suggested edits don't apply immediately; they will be put into a queue where they will be reviewed by other users.
Why do I need 50 reputation to improve other people's answers when appropriate? - Meta Stack Overflow
This is just ridiculous. I have been using Stack Overflow for quite some time and when I find an answer which I can extend or improve, I can't because I don't have enough points, and this system is ridiculous. I don't need to ask questions because most questions have already been answered!
edited Nov 4 '16 at 17:37
Momshad Dinuri AlveeMomshad Dinuri Alvee
marked as duplicate by Peter Mortensen, TylerH, user6263819, davidism, Andrew Brooke Nov 4 '16 at 18:11
migrated from stackoverflow.com Nov 4 '16 at 12:28
you do realize that this kind of complaint isn't going to resonate well, right? – garglblarg Nov 4 '16 at 12:20
just answer questions and gain rep. – Nina Scholz Nov 4 '16 at 12:20
This "question" shows that you shouldn't be able to freely edit. – user1106925 Nov 4 '16 at 12:26
After migration I was able to upvote @NinaScholz comment again :P – Washington Guedes
 Nov 4 '16 at 12:30
I downvoted the question too, but the comment upvotes weren't restarted – Washington Guedes Nov 4 '16 at 12:32
"I don't need to ask questions because most questions have already been answered!" Isn't that exactly the goal we wanted to reach? – πάντα ῥεῖ Nov 4 '16 at 13:11
@PeterMortensen He's not asking to be able to comment; he's asking to be able to edit. – Servy Nov 4 '16 at 17:38
The canonical question seems to be 50 reputation points to make comments (depending on what extend or improve means exactly - it could be referring to posting comments in order to suggest improvement to the poster or others). – Peter Mortensen Nov 4 '16 at 17:40
You don't need 50 reputation to improve other people's questions and answers. In fact, you don't need to be logged in at all (the 'edit' link is then called 'improve this question/answer'). Your suggested edits don't apply immediately; they will be put into a queue where they will be reviewed by other users.