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<p>We could remove the "Watch" button and display some explanatory text as long as the changeset is still open.</p>
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<p>The reason for prohibiting comments on open changesets is they're still volatile and could change (<a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/845" class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load issue title" data-id="49891452" data-permission-text="Issue title is private" data-url="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/845">#845</a>). These reasons don't apply to watching a changeset.</p>

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