editing own comments in the context of misrepresentation may i draw your attention to wp talk 'altering a comment after it has been replied to robs the reply of its original context it can also be confusing before you change consider taking one of the following steps contact the person s who replied through their talk page and ask if it is okay to delete or change your text use strike through or a place holder to show the comment has been altered strike through is typed like this and ends up like this a placeholder is a phrase such as thoughtless and stupid comment removed by the author this will ensure that your fellow editors' irritated responses still make sense in turn they may then wish to replace their reply with something like irritated response to deleted comment removed apology accepted please restore your original wording so that the responses of other editors remain meaningful and consider alternative methods of making a fresh proposal