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Anton Geraschenko comments on ""Community Wiki" checkbox only appears when I edit" (996)

Anton Geraschenko — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:33:41 -0800

It looks like you need 10 reputation to see the CW checkbox when you first ask a question. I think this is fine, since it protects new users from making a post CW before they know what that means (remember that CW is currently irreversible).

Anton Geraschenko comments on ""Community Wiki" checkbox only appears when I edit" (963)

Anton Geraschenko — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:52:33 -0800

My experiments also confirm that the CW checkbox doesn't appear for new users. I've asked this question on meta.SO.

Harald Hanche-Olsen comments on ""Community Wiki" checkbox only appears when I edit" (962)

Harald Hanche-Olsen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:45:28 -0800

When I log out and try to post an answer, I don't see the community wiki checkbox. If I log in, I see it. So your hypothesis appears to be right.

fraedhur comments on ""Community Wiki" checkbox only appears when I edit" (949)

fraedhur — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:03:25 -0800

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but contrary to what the FAQ says:
"The post's author checks the community wiki checkbox when composing the question or answer."
I don't see the community wiki checkbox until *after* I've posted my question and go back to edit it.

I've tried using Firefox and Safari, so I don't think it's a browser problem. Maybe originally people needed to have N reputation points before they could community wiki something, and this is a relic of that?