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Tagged with editing suggested-edits
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How to tell an editor they are doing something consistently wrong?
Occasionally someone edits a bunch of posts incorrectly in the same way. These edits seem to be made in good faith, but the editor's grammar/syntax/spelling is consistently incorrect. Perhaps this has ...
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Please explain the rejected outcome for this suggested edit
I'm on a bit of an "edit rampage" on AskUbuntu.
According to https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1183929 ...
Two users rejected my edit and cited:
The edit does not improve the ...
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Why do people edit in (usually pointless) bold and italics to questions?
I'm not pointing about any users, but there are a few I know that like bolding things in questions. Is there a specific reason to do this?
Readability is the largest reason I have heard. However, I ...
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Is it acceptable for users to only gain reputation through a plethora of tiny edits?
To what extent is it acceptable for a user to only gain reputation through minor edits? This is a question somewhat in reply to: http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3946/is-it-acceptable-to-make-small-...
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Does this sound a bit condescending?
I discovered this old answer thanks to an edit suggestion which may look somewhat unnecessary. The suggestion was to remove the following phrase from the answer
and read a basic bash programming ...
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How many Questions can I edit in a bulk before they are reviewed?
I like to edit question and answers by new users, but I don't have edit privileges. So every time I edit a couple of posts I receive this message:
I just want to know
How many posts I can edit in a ...
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Where can I find a list of rejected edit suggestions?
I was just looking at my edit suggestions. Last I checked, I had 51 edits accepted and 2 rejected. Where can I find out what those rejected edits were, so I can learn from the experience?
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Edit approved by no-one?
Consider this approved edit (edit by me): https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/170518
Why is reviewer field blank? Who really approved the edit? This only occurs on that particular review and ...
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Suggested edits count includes a user's own tag wiki edits
In review, I'm told there are 3 suggested edits for me to approve/reject/improve:
(These images are from the old review system; the new system's interface is different but this still seems to occur.)
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Allow 2k+ users to suggest edits
Every now and then, a user is unsure about an edit they make. For the under 2k rep users, this is great. It goes to the review board and is dealt with.
However, users above 2k aren't given this ...
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What to do with tag-only edits?
Here's the suggested edit in question.
The OP was asking about security on a shared WiFi connecton.
They had it tagged as 16.04, firefox, and security.
An edit came up that only changed the tag 16....
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Why couldn't I edit question 79622?
I had wanted to edit this question to remove the signature in accordance with this policy (which has since been taken care of by zpletan). However, I was unable to do so. Since I only have 1,269 ...
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Edit conflicted with a subsequent edit [duplicate]
Sometimes I like editing questions by adding relevant tags, helping with formatting and overall question refining.
I don't usually get the edit rejected, but this time is was by Community♦, stating "...
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Can users be banned from suggesting edits?
A user can be banned from asking a question and from answering. A user can also be banned from reviewing. So is there any rule for editing posts?
Once they have at least 2k reputation a user can ...
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Design bug in Editing Review, Notifications don't disappear
Unfortunately, I've foolishly closed the tab before I thought to take a screen shot.
I saw a link beneath a question, edit (1), and clicked on it. A notification popped up saying something like that ...
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Can a warning be implemented when the "Pending Edit Queue" is full?
My Reputation isn't high enough yet to edit questions/answers without moderator review. Therefore, any edits I do are entered into a queue for these pending edits. I'm aware of this and accepting of ...
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Retagging untagged questions "too minor"?
Since when is retagging an untagged question "too minor"?
The community clearly thinks that retagging untagged questions is good (see links below), but still, half of my retags get rejected by being "...
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Edit rejected as conflicted with a subsequent edit
As a beginner I usually answer questions very rarely as I think my knowledge not sufficient yet. So I read questions and answers as much as I can and edit questions to correct spelling and formatting ...
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What should I do about edit suggestions being rejected?
One of the members who has a higher reputation than me rejects my edits on the wrong basis. I know that on this site, we write Ubuntu and not ubuntu. Even when I write ubuntu, other members correct it....
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"You have too many pending edits"
I know what this means, but it has been like that for about 24 hours. Only once one of my edits was acknowledged, and then this message again. Are there so many pending edits that people are not being ...
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Easier way to see your suggested edits?
Is there an easier way to see your suggested edits, specifically those which are rejected?
You get a '+2' reputation notification for approved edits but you're not notified when an edit is declined (...
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Is there any ability to count edits?
How to know how many post I've edited? Is there any ability to say that in this web site?
Also, how many accepted and how many rejected?
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How to suggest an editing only changing one character? [duplicate]
Looking at this post. I think
in stead of
should be
instead of
When I try to save, it prompts:
Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to
improve in this post?
How ...
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Why were my edit suggestions of fixing URL rejected?
I recently suggested a very small edit to a post fixing outdated URLs which were rejected 2 times with the same reason.
The rejection notice states:
Rejected 3 hours ago:
Kevin Bowen reviewed ...
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Editor Privilege?
Speaking from experience, waiting for a suggested edit to be approved (before 2000 rep.) can be tiring and annoying. So what I want to know is if you guys think the following is a good idea. For those ...
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