[mb-users] What happens if I make a second edit while another edit is still open for voting?

[Mika Heiska]

1. Nope

2. I think the change B made will get approved without any issues, 
overriding the A's earlier change.

3. Of this I'm not sure, but either the A edit gets approved, or it gets 
a failed dependency fail. My bet is on approved.

4. No difference, as far as I have seen.


Thanks god for the yellow highlight on items that have pending edits 
though, and thank god for the people who are curious enough to check 
them before making their own set of edits.


~Mika

Jim DeLaHunt wrote:
> Suppose person A changes an existing data item (e.g. a TrackTitle), leading
> to a one-week vote period; and, during that period, person B makes a
> different change to the same data item.  
> 
> 1. Does person B start their change with the results of person A's changes?
> 
> 2. What happens to person B's change if person A's change is approved after
> person B's change is made but before it's approved?
> 
> 3. What happens to person A's change if person B's change is approved before
> person A's change is approved?
> 
> 4. Are the answers different if person A and person B are the same person? 
> i.e. what happens if you try to make two successive edits to the same item?
> 
> As I read http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/HowEditingWorks , it doesn't address
> these questions. 
> 
> (Note also that while it's possible — and maybe better — for a contributor
> to cancel one change before making a second change to the same item, this
> does not actually answer question 4.)
> 
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