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    Yes! Perhaps with the option to delete comments, too. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:26
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    I like this a lot, but it would require us to have a full public revision history for comments. We don't store prior comment revisions, just edit in place and increment a counter.. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:27
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    I'm for this only if we have better tracking of this. As it stands, we some history when we do it as a diamond, but it doesn't tell us what changes were made. If we want to open this up really wide, we really need better methods to track who did what. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:28
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    I think this would be mostly useful for cleaning up flame wars (as opposed to typos, etc). Perhaps a very simple comment removed by Joe "I have 20K and you don't" Smith, rather than a full edit with revisions. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:29
  • @Jon "Edit comments" vs. "Delete commments": Why don't you post that as a separate idea for voting. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:44
  • @Robert - I wasn't going to steal your thunder, but this guy did: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69989/… Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:46
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    What about the ability to edit only your own comments at any time (no 5 minute limit)? Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:47
  • @JonS (I did get the right one, but for people's comprehension's sake...) A nifty ability, but that feels really underwhelming for a 20k privilege. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:49
  • @Grace: Agreed. What I proposed could even be a 10k ability, IMO. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:51
  • @JonSeigel ~ meh ... 15k or better, I think. Commented Nov 12, 2010 at 0:32
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    Even if it was just the insanely annoying 15 second sliding comment timer was removed I'd go for it. Commented Nov 12, 2010 at 1:42
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    To me this sounds a bit strange, you already get the priv to edit typos at 2000, why get it again at 20k Commented Nov 12, 2010 at 7:41
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    Comments are already considered a second class citizen; more attention to them (both as a 20k power and to fix minor errors) seems out of place. Commented Nov 13, 2010 at 4:04
  • @Robert: Editing will be used for deleting, just by entering 15 periods or zero-width spaces. Commented Nov 13, 2010 at 4:05
  • @RubyJunk Robert was suggesting editing other user's comments, high rep users still can't do that. User were always able to edit their own comments, regardless of reputation. Commented Jan 9, 2016 at 17:10