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Is translating posts using Google Translate acceptable?
NO.
Sorry, but no. If the OP is so lazy they can't even be bothered to try and use Google Translate themselves, then we should absolutely not do it for them. As you say, Google Translate translations ...
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Bad admin choices regarding a compound question
The body of your question doesn't really seem to relate to the title. You also don't really seem to be asking a question in the first place. Are you complaining about how Thomas rolled back your edit ...
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An appeal to low rep users!
Improving poor answers is what typically makes high rep users out of low rep users. I look closely at any and all critical comments and determine a course of action based on what's said. Often this ...
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Does this sound a bit condescending?
The question indicates that the OP may have not yet achieved in depth knowledge of Bash programming. The recommendation to read some Bash manual is therefore obvious. But I understand that the wording ...
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Should tags be edited out from a question if they appear irrelevant?
You should absolutely remove irrelevant tags, wrong tags, add missing tags and anything else that makes the question better. Collaborative editing is a big part of the SE model and tags are not ...
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Should long questions be edited if parts prove irrelevant?
A question should probably in general be as short as it can be while including all the relevant detail needed to answer. If you are sure some piece of information you've included isn't needed, then I ...
ZannaMod
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Should we roll up the details in this question into its title?
YES!!
Please do make edits like that. As it is anyone suffering from slow wifi is likely to click hopefully on that question and the majority of them will be wasting their time.
Putting hardware ...
ZannaMod
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Why were my edit suggestions of fixing URL rejected?
As you know, I am one of the reviewers who rejected (both of) your attempts to apply this edit.
I think it is far from obvious that the specific change made here is correct or even safe. There are ...
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Please explain the rejected outcome for this suggested edit
The edit suggestion obviously improved the post and should have been approved. I approved it and made some further changes. I also edited the answer slightly.
My take: it is always worthwhile to ...
ZannaMod
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What is our site policy on code/command edits?
TL;DR
I don't think there is a detailed site policy and I don't want there to be one, because it would be too complex to codify*. No policy, however sensitively and scrupulously defined and flexibly ...
ZannaMod
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Messages to close voters in questions: are they OK?
We encourage users to explain what they've tried, what didn't work.
In the case of something like your example:
CLOSE VOTERS: please don't close this as duplicate because it is not because A,B,C.
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OliMod
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Does this sound a bit condescending?
It is a bit condescending... but that's not against the rules.
It comes as both part of an answer to the question, and in answer to a question from somebody starting out with Bash scripting. ...
OliMod
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Should I give extra information on an existing question when I have the same problem on a different version of Ubuntu?
Unless the question is yours to begin with, do not add your own debugging information or information about the system you use to the question.
Editing a question to add that information implies you ...
Thomas WardMod
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Standards for editing
I want to focus first on one of your questions that I consider very important:
Links: should they be shown like "I followed this link" or like "I followed https://foo".
It is true that ...
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Should edits get some rep for upvotes?
I think you get the wrong idea of what actually is the function of an edit.
An edit should contribute to the clarity of a post. A good edit may also clarify that the question is a bad one. Sharing ...
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What is best practice for writing commands? With $ or without $?
The rule of thumb is: if you are only showing the command, don't show the prompt ($). If you are showing the command and its output, use the prompt to distinguish between them. For example:
To foo ...
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Where to use blockquotes, pre formatted text and bold
Thanks for asking.
Indicating what the text is, and making it readable as such, rather than emphasising it, is the most important function of formatting. In general, if you are not completely sure ...
ZannaMod
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Can't format question properly because of character limit
This is indeed an annoying problem.
I think your edit removing some parts of the output which were unnecessary was fine. It was also a good idea to leave a note of what you had removed, because ...
ZannaMod
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Community consensus regarding using backticks or 4 spaces for code
My personal preference is to use the triple backtick as that's the most common way to set code blocks in Markdown outside of Stack Exchange. I find it much easier to use.
When I am editing someone ...
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Bad admin choices regarding a compound question
Three separate problems, entwined:
You removed half their answer and replaced it with a signpost. We have enough problems from new link-only answers. Let's not edit in any more, thanks.
That the ...
OliMod
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Reputation points and badges not incremented
status-bydesign on both the badge and reputation counts.
The Badge
Keep in mind that the requirements for the Copy Editor Badge are as follows (bold emphasis mine):
Edit 500 posts (excluding own ...
Thomas WardMod
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Will I still get +2 for editing questions and answers after I reach 2000 reputation?
You actually get +2 reputation points from suggested edits, and not from edits. And once you hit 2k, you will not be able to suggest edits but you will be doing direct edits.
Simply put, once you hit ...
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What is the logic behind editors losing reputation when a question is removed?
I think this has been discussed before on Meta Stack Exchange but I'm unable to find the exact reference, probably because it's close to midnight already (for me anyway).
The philosophy behind this ...
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Edit queue seems permanently blocked
Woah there. Please don't start by throwing accusations around. Yes, there are limits to the number of edits new (in terms of reputation) users can suggest. This is to prevent abuse. The ability to ...
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Why do people post screenshots of their terminals?
I agree with Oli, that this behaviour isn't policy nor should it be. In fact it should be discouraged for the very reasons you list.
When I come across dialogue text or terminal or file listings ...
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Messages to close voters in questions: are they OK?
I would say no in the post itself, as it's just noise and doesn't really add anything to the question especially in the form that it's in.
If OP really wants to challenge a close vote (especially a ...
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How many Questions can I edit in a bulk before they are reviewed?
The answer to the first question is five.
For how the review works you can see What are the review queues, and how do they work?
Edit reviews don't take long. Currently, there are two pending edits ...
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What should I do when a user persistently insists on poor formatting and resists formatting improvements?
In this case I would suggest doing nothing, because the post is readable as it is. It would look prettier if its two list items were in an actual ordered list, but the 1), 2) formatting is readable ...
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What does it mean when my question is "edited" and how can I investigate?
Simply, editing means changing.
Anyone with less than 2000 reputation can suggest a change to your post. You can approve or reject that. Anyone with more than 2000 reputation can unilaterally change ...
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Unwanted edits to my question in ask Ubuntu
This is not a full answer to the question, as I don't feel I have anything helpful to say about any aspect of the situation except possibly the content of the post.
Firstly, thanks for posting that ...
ZannaMod
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