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Threshold for turning posts to CW Mode, on 8th revision or 9th?

There's a few similar questions around here. Most of them suggest the answer is

  • Six edits by four different people, or
  • Eight edits by the original poster

But in a recent answer of mine I made ten edits, and the answer is still not a community wiki.

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marked as duplicate by Pops, Adam Davis, Robert Harvey Feb 13 '12 at 19:26


You only made 9 edits. Try it again and see if that does it. There are 10 revisions, but only 9 edits to the original version. –  Adam Davis Feb 13 '12 at 15:55
One of your edits was probably inside the grace period; when you first post you have a few minutes to edit without it counting as an "edit" (so you don't clog up revision history I guess) –  Ben Brocka Feb 13 '12 at 15:56
You might be counting the initial post as an "edit". I see only 9... oops; I see @AdamDavis already said that. D'oh! (on mobile; can't delete) –  Andrew Barber Feb 13 '12 at 15:59
If you link to the questions that say six/eight, I'll go try to fix them. –  Pops Feb 13 '12 at 16:20
@PopularDemand (1) meta.stackexchange.com/a/46015/162042 (2) meta.stackexchange.com/a/14095/162042 –  Paul Feb 13 '12 at 16:22
Updated, thanks. –  Pops Feb 13 '12 at 16:49

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The FAQ question on Community Wiki posts states that a post will be made CW if;

  • 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.

... and a few other reasons, which aren't relevant to your question.

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