Editing is a core, fundamental Stack Exchange value; we allow editing by registered and unregistered users (if peer reviewed).
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Suggested edit approved with one approval vote [duplicate]
I have rejected an edit today which was approved with only one approval vote.
The edit received only three votes with two rejects and one approval.
The editor already suggested the same edit before ...
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Greeting formula [duplicate]
Sorry if this is a basic question, but why can't I post something like Hello people or Hello dear coders, when asking a question?
It never appears, when it's written in the first line.
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Should I remove a tag if the question isn't specifically about the tag's topic?
For example, if I encountered the following question:
In C++ I can increment int a like so: a++. How is this done in Java?
If this question is tagged with C++, should I remove the C++ tag?
To ...
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Best ways to improve this question?
I tried to explain myself and edited this question but I noticed someone just recently downvoted it still anyways:
How to turn on editing for the webbrowser control? (turn on WYSIWYG features)
I ...
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Do reviewers need more coffee?
Introduction
I was tempted to make an historic novel of this question, but decided against it, since someone might not understand the subtle quality of the novel I was about to write.
History
I was ...
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Include revision history in inline editing [duplicate]
If the user have reputation higher than 2K they are given the inline editor when editing questions and answers. However, the revisions are not shown in inline editing.
Inline editing for user with ...
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Stack Overflow's edit interface not displaying the revision(s)
In Meta, when we edit a post the revision will be displayed on the "Rev" field above
"Title", as shown below:
But when I try to edit in Stack Overflow this feature is missing, i.e. it is not ...
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Anyone notice that sometimes edits are not catalogued? [duplicate]
By virtue of the nature of the question, I can't give concrete evidence, since I don't record my screen, but over the past few days, I've tried to change a downvote or an upvote after an edit has ...
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Handling suggested edits to make answers consistent with name changes in question
Scenario 1: A case of confidentiality
An OP edited his question to replace specific project names with generic ones for confidentiality reasons†. After that, he suggested an edit to apply the ...
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The strange case of Dr. Upvoter and Mr. Edit
Not a rant, just curiosity :)
In this question from Jan 2013, I answered normally (not my best answer ever, but still worth reading I guess, and it gained one upvote).
Another answer was marked as ...
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Is this a valid edit ?
I'm troubled about following edit:
Is it valid or invalid?
http://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/2524680
It seems like the editor really went out of his or her way to clean up this post; ...
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Another Option Reviewing Low Quality Posts
When reviewing a low quality post. The whole point of the review is to maintain high standard of the site. There is a gap between answers that should be deleted or just improved bit.
I can see this ...
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Do poor editors get flagged if enough of their edits are rejected? [duplicate]
I have recently reviewed several subsequent edits for the same person placing an "ios" tag on multiple iDevice questions. I saw at least 5 before I decided to stop reviewing and flagging him at "too ...
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What should I do if I think a suggested edit is unjustly rejected?
Today I was reviewing this edit, which according to the provided picture is obviously right, but it got rejected by three reviewers based on the reason
This edit is incorrect or an attempt to ...
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Major Code Rewrite by Editor I Reverted that was reverted back
This answer was posted with non-compiling, invalid code by the original poster, and it was downvoted accordingly for that reason.
An 80K+ reader edited the code to totally rewrite it to working ...
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Errors in Edit description
I made a small edit (please the merits of the edit are not what is in issue here), and made a typo in the edit reason.
Please see
Example
Now, instead of saying popped, you can see what I wrote. In ...
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Minimum edit length should not apply to code blocks [duplicate]
Similar to Minimum edit length causes a problem when fixing math typos, and specifically not a general suggestion such as is implied in Are we discouraged from fixing typos and misspellings on Stack ...
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Editing: add a “require author approval” checkbox
Problem statement
Currently, the FAQ says:
When should I edit posts?
Any time you feel you can make the post better, and are inclined to do
so. Editing is encouraged!
Some common ...
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Question name changes to “undefined” when canceling answer edit [duplicate]
It seems that when I cancel a edit of my answer the subject of the question changes to undefined.
Steps I did:
Open a question where I have answered: Add Values to Existing Entry in Dictionary ...
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Let the minimum edit length depend on a post's age and answered status
For a very old post (especially a question that has accepted/upvoted answers, or any answer to such a question) there is not much point fixing minor spelling errors at the expense of putting it back ...
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Strange Edit behavior
I suggested an edit to this question and noticed some strange behavior. The title was originally "Visual studio 2005 Split coma separated values", I removed the "Visual Studio 2005" part, and made no ...
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Can we have a notification when the answer to any of my question got edited?
If a user asked a question and got an answer which was not helpful.
After sometime the answerer edits the answer with some good content. How the OP will get to know that?
Is it necessary to add ...
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Edit Rejection: “Edit does not address the fundamental issues”
When should the edit rejection option, "Edit does not address the fundamental issues." be used? I hadn't seen this one before, and it was used on this edit. I think that this case was an improper ...
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Questions regarding a project — should I be making new questions or editing old ones?
I've been working on this tree project and I've been having a lot of trouble adapting to the d3 library. I'm learning very fast but I feel sometimes if I really can't figure it out (this is after ...
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Direct notification mechanisms?
While doing a review of Suggested Edits today on SO, I noticed that a certain low rep user was adding the text "Thanks in Advance..." to the end of every single question he edited.
In my opinion, ...
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Don't ask me to approve closure of questions I edited
The closure review queue can include questions I edited but chose not to vote to closure. This seems pointless: if I edited the question I've read it; if I've edited it but not already voted to close ...
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Community wiki'zed by only one contributor [duplicate]
I just did quite some research on one question, editing the answer multiple times.
Here's my answer: How to create a shadow around a background image
I'm the sole contributor to it, but because I ...
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Community Rejecting Suggested Edits (aka Community gone astray) [duplicate]
Community rejected the following edit:
http://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/2455044
I resubmitted a similar edit, which was approved (I think Community was on a coffee break):
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Error when saving suggested edit
I have found this has happened on several occasions. Whilst making a suggested edit, if another user then edits the same post simultaneously, when I go to submit my changes, I get the error 'This Edit ...
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Add info to the help center stating what not to edit
The Help Center has a nice section titled "When should I edit posts?". It comes with a couple of helpful editing suggestions.
What is not made clear in there however is when/what you shouldn't edit. ...
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Post edited while I'm working on my edit - closing the popup
Occasioanlly, while I edit a post, a popup along the top of the screen comes up indicating that another user has already edited this post and that my edit will only be accepted if it is more ...
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How should we deal with OPs that edit in answer to question [duplicate]
It was discussed at Putting found answer in OP that you should answer the question with the solution, not edit that information into the question. But that discussion failed to cover what to do when ...
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Suggested format edits marked as complete rewrite
When reviewing suggested edits, I often face situations like the one here, where the content has not been changed, only formatting, although everything in the OP is red'ed out...
Is there a way to ...
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Is it OK to edit a question you submitted an answer to? [duplicate]
In some cases, I have edited the title and tags of some questions and then answered.
A while ago, I revisited some of those questions and it felt awkward to see that I posted an answer and also ...
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Is the retag privilege gone? [duplicate]
Why does this edit require approval (and gives me 2 reps) while that edit didn't? Is the retag privilege gone?
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Why are edits in the first 5 minutes not recorded? [duplicate]
What is the purpose of the 5 minute grace period for editing a new post? Is there a reason edits during that time aren't displayed as normal? I don't see the rationale for such a feature.
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Question edit made answer off-topic - what to do with that answer? [duplicate]
Let's say there is a question. It was ambiguous. Only for one user it wasn't and he answered. And then question got clarified. It cannot even count as drastic edit. It left answer looking off-topic, ...
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Definitive line between minor and substantial edits
OK, this question has been asked over and over, and I am still unsure. I am just trying to find the thin line between a substantial and minor edit.
I find myself making edits for grammar and poor ...
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Ninja-edit if your comment/answer is less than one minute old [duplicate]
If your comment is less than one minute old at the time you click submit (meaning, not when you click the edit button) the little pencil will not come up:
This is because if your comment is less ...
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How do I deal with code with obvious issues?
I know that it's wrong to edit code in a question/answer, as discussed in "When is it appropriate to edit someone else's code?" and "How far can I refactor someone else's code?". Instead of editing ...
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Does tag edit count for Excavator badge? [duplicate]
Have a look at this question. User is asking for clarification for why he didn't earn that badge. That user edited (re-tagged) this question which was inactive for more than 6 months. But he didn't ...
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Why did community user reject this edit?
I made the following edit whilst reviewing posts in the first posts review queue
http://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/2417824
It was immediately rejected by Community user, there has been ...
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How to handle corrections to answers?
What is the correct action when reviewing this suggested edit?
I approved the edit based on:
It's an answer, not a question
The original answer was given 18 months ago
The original answerer has not ...
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Editing answers
If I've answered a question, then from seeing another users answer, I realise, my answer is wrong. Is it ok to edit my answer, based on this new awareness from another answer, that my answer is wrong?
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Selecting multiple values when editing posts
When editing post, is it possible to select multiple text items e.g. "dont" or "i" and replace with a different value (in this case "don't" or "I")?
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How to easily unindent a block of code?
When editing a post, sometimes the code block has been indented too far and it forces a horizontal scrollbar unnecessarily.
Is there a quick way to correct this type of indentation or do I still have ...
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Please add a link to the custom close form to the moderator links page
I would like the link where moderators can edit close reasons to be part of the moderator links page.
Please add: http://apple.stackexchange.com/admin/flags/close-as-off-topic
To the page: ...
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Alternate edit workflow - Give the OP a say
Given that there are times when the poster's intent may not be entirely clear, and that there seems to be a flat out prohibition on touching any code, I'd like to suggest that one additional element ...
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There should be an option to make the answers 'uneditable' [duplicate]
.. or at least let me preview all suggestions first.
On one of the Stack Exchange sites I had a perfectly good answer, and somebody edited it so that it contained broken English and wrong answers. I ...
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What is reasoning behind disallowing edits less than 6 characters [duplicate]
I get that the mods do not want people to abuse the edit system just to rack up the edit counts, but stack overflow is primarily about code. Therefore we must be exact.
I recently came across a post ...
