As most of you know, a post be in “wiki mode”, i.e editable by other board members (if you have been given the rights to apply this feature to your posts). This can be used to collectively develop something, e.g a piece of documentation. Here is just a little reflection (and guess!) on how this is used most effectively:
Make TWO posts to start your thread. The very top one is the wiki post. The second one is your main discussion message including comments about the initial post.
It is otherwise a problem for yourself and others to modify that first post. Not only might someone mistakenly modify something that you intended to remain intact, but the modifications may also make bits in your introductory message irrelevant which confuses readers. If, however, the first post is totally modifiable, then it is more obvious that your succeeding post may no longer fully “match it”.
@admin - might there even be a way to post inject a top post in a thread? The realization that “we need a collectively modifiable post for this thread” might only come after the fact, for example when people kindly post improvements on provided code etc.