Prevent user's vote from supporting noncontemporary definitions

[machawk1]

Recording this here for the sake of discussion, as brought up by @jkunze at the Feb 27, 2023 meeting —

When a YAMZ user votes (V₀) on a definition (d₀) for a term (t), that definition may change in time d₀ → d₁. The user's vote V₀ is retained, attached to the term t, now with a new definition d₁, thus showing support (assuming an upvote) for a definition (d₁) of a term (t) that they may not advocate/support.

Votes should be tied to a term-definition pair (t and d₀) to prevent this violation of intention (e.g., V₀ supporting d₁).

[jkunze]

I wonder if we can learn from how StackOverflow deals with the same issue. I assume some changes are permitted after voting, but what effect does that have? Is change limited, eg, comments are fine but not foundational changes? Are vote weight affected at all?

[machawk1]

Also quite relevant, when Twitter introduced its limited "Edit Tweet" feature, the same sort of dilemma occurred re:support of the likers/tweeters/commenters. There was some discussion around what sort of edits were to be permitted, I believe to maintain the original spirit of the tweet (e.g., typos), but this should not be a limitation imposed in YAMZ.

We could probably investigate and learn from others on this front, be it StackOverflow, Twitter, or any system where the OP can pull the ol' switcheroo.