What to do with "half-hearted" edit suggestions?

Question

I noticed there are many edit suggestions which fix a handful of issues with the post, e.g. some typos & capitalisations, spelling & grammar issues, line breaks etc., but leaves out many more.

Many of these suggestions don't include embedding images from imgur URLs*, usage of code-blocks to fix ugly wall of codes etc.

What should we do with these kinds of suggested edits?

A suggestion like this does technically improve the post, so probably it should be approved (and should certainly be improved upon), but I'm afraid by doing so we will never let the editor know the issues with their suggestion (I think most of the times they won't come back and check further edits to the post once their edit is approved) so that they could come up with better edit suggestions in future.

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*When OP has low reps (< 10 ?) and they try to add a screenshot to their post, it gets added as an imgur link instead of an embedded image. I meant those kind of images, not some random pics from imgur.

Answer 1

I just click Improve edit, edit it to be what I want it to be and then leave the following canned comment:

@WhoeverMadeTheEdit Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! **;-)** Could you please review my [edits]() and also review the [editing help](/editing-help) to improve the readability of your questions/answers/edits in the future... **;-)** 

then I copy-paste the link of the revisions of the Q, A or E in between the ().

That way you kill 3 birds with one stone:

1. It's now a perfect Edit / Question / Answer. ;-)
2. You educate the editors / OPs by leading by example on stuff they might not be aware of... :-)
3. The user still gets his +2 rep (important for beginning users)

_{P.S. If I meet the same user more than 3 times and have given them three examples already, I just Reject and will give another user a chance to edit same...}

Answer 2

I try to assess how much thought/work the suggestor has put into the edit.

• if there is real improvement but some things have been left out I either approve or improve/approve
• if I encounter a suggestion that only corrects the low hanging fruit (like s/ubuntu/Ubuntu/,...) and overlooks several other things I often reject/improve with an appropriate editing message. (upon rejection the suggestor gets a hint to look at the actual edit and might see my comment too)
• I observed that sometimes people with somewhat poor suggestions make several of them in a row. This leads to a third option for me:
  • I approve a borderline suggestion
  • If I (during the same review session) encounter another one by the same user with similar poor quality then I am more likely to reject/improve.

Answer 3

If you're saying the edit actually improves the post, I don't believe it's fair to reject it. Someone may not know how formatting works in the editor, but is very good at English and only improves a post's English, or vice-versa.

Also, I don't believe there's a rule that states we should only use Imgur URLs for images. Some images may be copyrighted, while others may be larger than 2 MB. In both cases, they wouldn't be allowed to be hosted on Imgur

I would choose "Improve" (approve and edit further) if I know that I can improve the post myself.

Answer 4

I don't think incomplete edits should be rejected, since they're still useful and the next editor has less work to do... So it's good teamwork regardless.

I do think, however, that the first editor could get a notification when someone further edits that post, so they can acknowledge the fact that their edits were lacking in certain areas.

Answer 5

New users(like me) have enough motivation to read and correct mistakes, but they don't have enough experience and confidence to make fundamental changes to a post. Personally, I try to correct mistakes without changing the structure of the sentence. But these new users become experienced users and they will suggest better edits. You can also send a message to the editor and tell him what should he do.

Answer 6

No one said ONE edit or ONE reviewer has to clear up all mistakes/issues in a post.

As long as they don't change the meaning of the post (i.e. remove the typo that the question is about) or introduce new issues, approve them.

And as you are well aware, new user do these smaller edits to collect rep. This is actually encouraged, to some extent, I believe. As long as it improves the post and they really find a couple of mistakes ( typos & capitalisations, spelling & grammar issues, line breaks etc ) and not just one or two, it's fine.