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This question was triggered by Why do some files appear twice in Unity Dash?Why do some files appear twice in Unity Dash?

After receiving an answer that was clearly correct, The OP drastically edited the original question creating in effect an entirely new question. This seems counter-intuitive to me as the end result makes it difficult if not impossible for those with the same original question to locate the correct answer to that question without asking it over again.

What I did was rollback the question to it's original state and suggest that the OP ask a new question on the topic that the answer triggered for him.

This seems the most logical approach to me. I'm looking to the community to chime in on this and provide feedback on what is perceived to be the best approach in instances such as this.

While it may not have been the OP's intent to make us less effective in our work, that's clearly the result of edits that change the question entirely rather than providing clarification on the original question. This may be a duplicate question as I'm certain this has happened before, but I couldn't find one.

This question was triggered by Why do some files appear twice in Unity Dash?

After receiving an answer that was clearly correct, The OP drastically edited the original question creating in effect an entirely new question. This seems counter-intuitive to me as the end result makes it difficult if not impossible for those with the same original question to locate the correct answer to that question without asking it over again.

What I did was rollback the question to it's original state and suggest that the OP ask a new question on the topic that the answer triggered for him.

This seems the most logical approach to me. I'm looking to the community to chime in on this and provide feedback on what is perceived to be the best approach in instances such as this.

While it may not have been the OP's intent to make us less effective in our work, that's clearly the result of edits that change the question entirely rather than providing clarification on the original question. This may be a duplicate question as I'm certain this has happened before, but I couldn't find one.

This question was triggered by Why do some files appear twice in Unity Dash?

After receiving an answer that was clearly correct, The OP drastically edited the original question creating in effect an entirely new question. This seems counter-intuitive to me as the end result makes it difficult if not impossible for those with the same original question to locate the correct answer to that question without asking it over again.

What I did was rollback the question to it's original state and suggest that the OP ask a new question on the topic that the answer triggered for him.

This seems the most logical approach to me. I'm looking to the community to chime in on this and provide feedback on what is perceived to be the best approach in instances such as this.

While it may not have been the OP's intent to make us less effective in our work, that's clearly the result of edits that change the question entirely rather than providing clarification on the original question. This may be a duplicate question as I'm certain this has happened before, but I couldn't find one.

small edits in title (as it was not the case of using numbers)
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Best practices when an OP edits the answered question creating an entirely new 1one?

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Best practices when an OP edits the answered question creating an entirely new 1?

This question was triggered by Why do some files appear twice in Unity Dash?

After receiving an answer that was clearly correct, The OP drastically edited the original question creating in effect an entirely new question. This seems counter-intuitive to me as the end result makes it difficult if not impossible for those with the same original question to locate the correct answer to that question without asking it over again.

What I did was rollback the question to it's original state and suggest that the OP ask a new question on the topic that the answer triggered for him.

This seems the most logical approach to me. I'm looking to the community to chime in on this and provide feedback on what is perceived to be the best approach in instances such as this.

While it may not have been the OP's intent to make us less effective in our work, that's clearly the result of edits that change the question entirely rather than providing clarification on the original question. This may be a duplicate question as I'm certain this has happened before, but I couldn't find one.