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<p>extracted from syntax page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Retroactive Content Changing==<br /> There is a potential problem where a user edits a question or answer so as to change the sense of it &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; some consequences (answers to a question, ratings of an answer) have already been registered.<br /> <br /> The rigorous way to prevent this would be for vote to be tied to a particular revision of a question/answer. I am hoping that community monitoring will turn out to be more effective at preventing malicious content-modification than revision control would be -- e.g. users can vote on whether an edit reflects a significant change to a item&#039;s meaning, and whether it should have been posted as a separate item. That will also take some development, but won&#039;t be as much of a usability obstacle as making everyone vote &#039;&#039;again&#039;&#039; every time there&#039;s a minor tweak to an answer&#039;s content.<br /> <br /> In any case, I&#039;m taking the approach of developing the simplest system that&#039;s usable, but trying to anticipate problems and having ideas fleshed out for dealing with them if they happen.</div>

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