Questions tagged [suggested-edits]
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Improve filtering of spam suggested edits
I've been seeing an increasing number of spam edits in the review queues, replacing the entire body of the post with filler text such as a complement (to get past spam filters), then including a link ...
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Users with less than 2k rep cannot edit meta posts
I've edited a number of posts this week, using suggested edits because I don't have 2k on SU yet. It just occurred to me that MSU might also have some posts in need of cleanup, so I came by to check.
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Why did my edit that fixed several spelling errors get rejected as superfluous?
Here is the edit in question. It was rejected for the reason
This edit does not make the post even a little bit easier to read, easier to find, more accurate or more accessible. Changes are either ...
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6-Characters minimum on editing with tag edit
I tried to edit a question because it was tagged badly. It seemed mostly fine otherwise, though I decided to fix 2 punctuation and one capitalization errors (which would not normally warrant a ...
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Should somewhat trivial edits be rejected if there are a lot of them coming from the same user?
If you look at my activity page, you can see a lot of the edits I have reviewed. All but three (of the 20) are by the same user. Over the past few days (probably up to about a week or so now) I've ...
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Is it typical for an edit to be hijacked and then attributed to someone else?
https://superuser.com/posts/663103/revisions Edit #3 (as of currently) is the edit I proposed, but the edit was not credited to me, but to someone else.
I don't mind horribly, because it was only 2 ...
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Where do I see my rejected suggested edits?
According to my suggested-edit stats, I have had one suggestion rejected.
Where can I see that rejected edit?
I looked in my user "Activity" tab and didn't see it. I can filter by "suggestions" but ...
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Edit to correct a basic path syntax error in an answer rejected - why?
I found an answer that was helpful but had a syntax error in the path. I made the correction (so that the answer as-written would at least be accurate in this regard) and it got rejected apparently ...
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Poppin Tags - or an idea anyway
Why are new Tags not treated like first posts from a new user or suggested edits, but a bit more stringent?
My thought:
If a new tag is created, why does it not go to the review bin for voting by ...
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Warn when Approving Edits for Questions On-Hold
Motivated by this similar question, I've noticed a lot of edits being approved when they simply shouldn't be - in particular, for questions that are already on-hold. I've noticed this several times ...
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Why is this user having to suggest an edit on his own answer?
On this suggested edit, the user (same userID) is having to suggest an edit on his own answer.
Is there something I'm missing here?
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Reviewing Suggested Edits when question should be flagged
When reviewing suggested edits, I saw a question that I would have considered NARQ. The edit made to it made sense, mostly grammar and "politeness" we changed, but the question was still NARQ. Do I ...
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Suggested edits on meta - something weird
Normally, on a per-site meta, the suggested edit button is grayed out with a message that says that suggested edits are not permitted on meta sites:
However, when manually typing the URL to suggest ...
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Why can’t I edit this question but I can still edit others?
I don’t have the magically 2,000+ to actually edit content independently, but why can’t I edit this quite obviously messed up post:
Cannot access the Internet even though it shows to be connected on ...
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Suggested edits on child metas
While there is this post on the topic, the reasons for it don't really apply anymore, as there is a review pane (complete with a suggested edits page).
As such, I would like to suggest that users in ...
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Why is a suggested edit not available?
Opening https://superuser.com/suggested-edits/8465 results in a 404 message.
8464 and 8466 can be viewed.
What are possible causes for the unavailability of suggested edits (for 10k+ users)?
Daniel BeckMod
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Suggested edits still not approved
I've submitted too many edits, which isn't unusual for me, and when I try to edit anymore posts, I get the message saying that I need to wait for my other submitted edits to be approved (as you do).
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Why was my edit, correcting a fact, rejected?
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/756623 refers to 'Accent colors', but this ought be 'Theme colors'.
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