Should we require users to provide an edit reason for wiki posts?

[fsflover]

@alzer89

A grace period of something like an hour (or up to 48 hours) to be able to edit without providing a reason would be useful in stopping people from editing posts months after posting (thus bumping them to the top) without providing context.

There is already a grace period of 10 minutes, after which all further edits are visible for everybody. I’m not sure if it only works for ordinary posts.

See also: Updating the original post is a problem for email users

@alzer89

@fsflover

Did you actually experience any cases when that would improve anything on this forum?

I have. Accountability of your words.

I don’t understand. The existing visible edit history already provides that.

@alzer89

(or even requiring edits to be approved by the original author) would be fantastic.

This doesn’t scale. The author should not be forever responsible for the post, they should have the right to free themselves from this duty.

Edited the title by adding “for wiki posts”.