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But the editor changed the style of the answer. And what's the limit to what an editor can do? Can he re-write it completely without my approval? If I contribu
by henrikschroder 14y ago
But the editor changed the style of the answer. And what's the limit to what an editor can do? Can he re-write it completely without my approval?
If I contributed to something like SO, I would be furious if someone else changed a piece of text that's attributed to me as the author, into something that's not my style, my grammar, my way of writing.
- asveikau 14y agoI think the attitude that the Stack Exchange folks are trying to foster with the edits is to not have a lot of ego involved. It's not a place for ee cummings to demonstrate his personal preference of punctuation. It's more wiki-like. You need to gain a substantial amount of rep before you can edit other people's answers, which one would think filters most of the less tasteful edits. (I'd say edits on answers are actually pretty rare. Edits on questions are more common because lots of unclear questions are asked by people with poor English skills and people who aren't yet familiar with the conventions on the site.) I won't say that everything the Stack Exchange people have done is perfect or well thought out but the editing of other people's content is certainly interesting and I think it's rare that it's used poorly or offensively.