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I've edited this answer 12 times, each time trying to improve it in some way. Suddenly it is marked as community wiki. Did a mod do this, or did I accidentally do this (by clicking on community wiki inadvertently), or, as I suspect, did I do this as a consequence of hitting some magic number of edits (and was that number 12, or did I just not notice it earlier)?

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Posts that are edited 10 times by the OP are automatically converted to community wiki.

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Posts enter community wiki mode when one of the following happens:

  • The body of the post has been edited by at least five (5) different users.

  • The post has been edited ten (10) times by the original owner.

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  • Is there a way to reclaim it? I was hoping to use my final version as a Purim Derashah this year. I guess I could just always go look at previous versions and copy the one I like best.
    – Seth J
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:37
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    @SethJ How does CW prevent you from using it as a Purim Derasha?
    – HodofHod Mod
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:42
  • @SethJ, I don't see why not to dewikify it. Done. Try to combine smaller edits into larger ones in the future.
    – msh210 Mod
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:49
  • I can't just casually print the most recent version if someone else has been editing it.
    – Seth J
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:53
  • @msh210 How do you do that?
    – Seth J
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:53
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    @SethJ True, but the fact that it's not CW doesn't prevent anyone with 500+ rep from editing it at anytime. Moot point now. :-D
    – HodofHod Mod
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:54
  • @SethJ It's a moderator ability. See here: meta.stackexchange.com/a/83373/168660
    – HodofHod Mod
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:55
  • True. Thanks, both of you.
    – Seth J
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 2:55

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