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Due to the recent discussion about edit flooding, and one possible counter measure mentioned by @Grace Note ... You may consider that it is often wiser to perform massive edit jobs during low peri …

Now, editing tags only is fine. There was no suggestion involved here. … Also, editing is very subjective. But in some cases it's very clear that there is more to do than just fix a letter or a tag. …

To make this as precise as possible: YES, please. If you have the time to check the linked site and distill the most essential parts, then post them here, you've done us a big favor. First of all, yo …

You can only submit edits without providing a summary when you have full editing privileges (i.e. at 2,000 reputation). So yes, you have to enter a summary. …

Editing notice: Please don't edit and bump posts that are old, have no answers, low views, and are generally of low quality. …

Now, should I just edit the post, killing the second part and changing the meaning, or flag the question or just comment and ask the user to do the editing? You're not changing the meaning. … If a question can be saved by editing it, just do it. You're also doing the OP a favor. Sometimes users don't know how to word a question perfectly, and if you can do it for them, why not? …

That's absolutely fine to do. Here's what's wrong with rants: They distract from the actual content of a post They offer a possibility for off-topic discussion and flamewars. They make you look unp …

See if there's anything else worth fixing in the post. Are there any spelling errors? Acronyms missing explanation? Capitalization issues? Could you add a little formatting to make it easier to …

But editing a post just to change from "4GB" to "4 GB" would be unnecessary. The rules for "too minor" edits are less strict for users with edit privileges. …

My take on this… if we were to decide on a policy that'd discourage users from editing only code (anonymous and registered users alike), we'd have a hard time enforcing it. …

Is clicking approve and requiring a 2nd users intervention to also approve if I am a 2k user a bug or a feature? Yes, indeed. We require two reviewers to agree on a suggested edit. This is mostl …

users are still often treating our sites like forums, where everything is based on chronologically sorted threads—so they'll post comments or even answer their question with further info, rather than editing …

Steps to reproduce Find a migrated or closed question Edit it (or just save, without editing anything) Result: "migrated from", or "closed" message appears twice Refresh the page and the duplicate …

So I would really encourage all users with editing privileges to watch out for bad edits and in case they spot one, roll it back. … But there clearly are situations when some users should probably have their editing privileges removed, at least temporarily. …

While I was editing, the "1 new answer has been posted" message appeared on top of the page, but I just continued editing. … There is no sign of me editing the answer though. I use Chrome 14, and while editing I always stayed in the same page, i.e. didn't close the tab or refreshed before. …