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Should there be a limit to the % change to an original post by anonymous edits?

As others have noted, blocking edits that are too large can prevent legitimate edits from getting through. Example The real issue is the one described at Improve filtering of spam suggested edits. Sp …
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Block suggested edit if the edit summary contains an email address

A follow-up from this question. I've noticed that many spam suggested edits have edit summaries that contain an email address (examples: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]). Spambots seem to be treating the edit su …
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Unable to ask this question

I assume you're getting "It does not meet our quality standards." That means you need to improve upon your question; the easiest way to do so in your case is to add more relevant information to the po …
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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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What are some common "gotchas" associated with moderation activities?

Flagging Don't flag answers as "not an answer" unless they don't attempt to answer the question at all. If an answer post at least tries to answer the question, don't flag it, even if it is factuall …
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What are some common "gotchas" associated with moderation activities?

Over the past few years, I've run into several little "gotchas" when it comes to common moderation tasks such as migrating questions, reviewing posts, or evaluating suggested edits. These mistakes are …
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