# Shared-Edits Improvements

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-edits-improvements/232713>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** shared-edits\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-edits-improvements/232713 "2021-10-29T14:37:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ralf\_Stockmann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ralf_stockmann/32/505867_2.png) [@Ralf\_Stockmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ralf_Stockmann)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-edits-improvements/232713/1 "2021-10-29T14:37:15Z")

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We did some further testings on odd behaviours of the - otherwise great - [shared edit mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shared-edits/167583). Here are some findings:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/f/1f0ce7ac899f3ddfbb8e38a87898d78d72d4608e.png)

> Note that the plugin does not enable edit _access_ per se. This means that if you want non-moderators to be able to collaboratively edit the post you must also make the post a Wiki (green, optional):

If I enabled Shared Edits, I have the option to make it a wiki, too. But if I do so via the `Make Wiki` option, it still reads “Make Wiki”. It will enter Wiki mode, though. But there is no way to revoke the Wiki.

> Moderators can toggle shared edits on a topic (red) via the gear icon on the composer bar

I would like to see an option, where the right to start/stop shared edits is linked to the right to start/end a wiki. The functionality is quite similar, why choosing different rights (mods only)?

Now this is a critical one:

1. I set a posting into wiki **and** shared edit mode
2. Some people start editing away in the shared edit composer
3. Some _other_ people use the “classic” wiki editor - via the revisions link on the same posting at the same time:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/3/23b655c435a5f884a7b77f0a8581f3edfa3b3a37.png)

and then at the bottom `Edit Post`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/7/37afca6694834ded0df93135eae5391372fd52d7.png)

Now things get ugly real quick. Like - reeeealy ugly. Lots of overwritten stuff, changes not saved, revision conflicts. My understanding is, that shared edits is not designed to work _at the same time_ as classic wiki editing (completely understandable from a technical view).

I figure the best way to solve this would be to redirect the `Edit Post` button to the new shared edits composer?

Hence the shared edits composer doesn’t offer the option to edit the metadata of the posting (titel, tags etc.), there has to be a solution for that, too.

One could argue “just tell your people to stay away from the revisions-pencil”, but this is not how it works - a lot of our users like this way instead of scrolling down to the end of a long WikiPad posting.

I see this might not an easy one to be fixed, but right now the shared edits feature is quite broken. We’ve tried it on several postings with different people, and _always_ conflicts arose.

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