Some questions on Stackoverflow or other sites in SE are marked as community wiki. This means that anyone (above a minimum reputation/Karma) can edit the question or the answers, that there is no “main author” anymore, but instead a mix of authors defined by percentage of contribution, no one gets reputation/Karma on anything.
I think that the loss of authorship is important so that anyone would feel comfortable editing the question/answers to make it a better source of up to date knowledge
Like a community wiki on stackexchange? Sounds valuable. (I think suggestions should be a default)
What do you mean by that?
Some questions on Stackoverflow or other sites in SE are marked as community wiki. This means that anyone (above a minimum reputation/Karma) can edit the question or the answers, that there is no “main author” anymore, but instead a mix of authors defined by percentage of contribution, no one gets reputation/Karma on anything.
I think that the loss of authorship is important so that anyone would feel comfortable editing the question/answers to make it a better source of up to date knowledge