Timeline for How much can an answer be modified before it should be its own entity?
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| Sep 25, 2021 at 0:16 | vote | accept | matigo | ||
| Sep 20, 2021 at 11:38 | comment | added | terdon | @BeastOfCaerbannog the problem is the first part. This is what the editor sees: "This edit was intended to address the author of the post and makes no sense as an edit". Yes, after that it does say "it should have been a comment or an answer instead" but the first part is completely wrong here so the editor won't understand why their edit was rejected when it clearly was not in any way attempting to answer the answer. | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 10:23 | comment | added | BeastOfCaerbannog | As for the rejection reason, I think that it should have been an answer! It fully covers my opinion. If I would have written a custom one, it would be almost the same! | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 10:21 | comment | added | BeastOfCaerbannog | Well, everyone's point of view is based on their experience. My point of view is largely based on my accepted and rejected flags, edits, etc., and on things I have seen in other posts and conversations. You (and most mods), on the other hand, being a mod have handled many flags and have seen more reasons why someone would flag a post, etc. You obviously have more internal experience and non-mods learn from mods. | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 10:15 | comment | added | terdon | As for points of view, my "experience" isn't relevant! I am just expressing my own personal point of view, just like you are! Whether or not I have more experience on SE is not relevant in any way. I can very easily be wrong! @BeastOfCaerbannog | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 10:14 | comment | added | terdon | Ah. Please don't use that reason at least. That is for cases where the editor is using an edit to answer the author of the answer. That is stated quite clearly in the rejection reason ("This edit was intended to address the author of the post and makes no sense as an edit"), and the message that the editor will see if you reject with that reason is "This edit was intended to address the author of the post and makes no sense as an edit. It should have been written as a comment or an answer." which is completely misleading here. | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 10:14 | comment | added | BeastOfCaerbannog | I can understand your point of view and, based on your experience, which is unarguably more than mine, you might be right. But that's just my opinion, based on my experience. :) | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 10:10 | comment | added | BeastOfCaerbannog | I don't disagree that the edit is good. I think that the edit is good, but, as I see it, it deviates enough from the original answer that it should be a new answer instead. That's why I also rejected it with the "attempt to reply" reason, as in my opinion fits with what I think of the edit. I also feel that being a separate answer could give the editor some rep, which they deserve for the effort they put in it. I don't really mind if the edit gets finally accepted, as the end result would be an improvement either way. | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 10:01 | comment | added | terdon | @BeastOfCaerbannog why? That is a useful addition and 100% relevant to the original since without it you'd be stuck in kiosk mode. If you do reject, at least don't use one of those two misleading reasons, especially not the "attempt to reply" since that is completely inappropriate and will just confuse the editor. If you really feel it should be rejected, at least use a custom reject reason and explain why. As for flagging, I would have flagged it as a user and I would have accepted the flag as a mod. I have certainly seen flags like that in the past often enough. | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 9:56 | comment | added | BeastOfCaerbannog | I don't think that it would be flagged if it was an answer, as it adds significantly more context and content than the original (in my opinion at least). If the edit hadn't included the "Exiting fullscreen" part, I would probably hesitate to reject it and think more of what action to take. However, with this part included, it's clear for me that it should be rejected. | |
| Sep 20, 2021 at 9:36 | history | answered | terdon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |