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Q&A Allow a user to edit a threaded comment's title after the threaded comment has been created

I think it's reasonable for the person who created the thread to be able to edit the title so long as the only comments are from that user. As soon as there's a comment from someone else, though, ...

posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2021-10-05T15:35:27Z (about 3 years ago)
I think it's reasonable for the person who created the thread to be able to edit the title *so long as the only comments are from that user*.  As soon as there's a comment from someone else, though, there's the chance that changing the thread title can affect context for those comments (or even can be changed destructively), and -- unlike with posts -- readers can't audit these edits.