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Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts?
Whenever a post is edited, the question is automatically bumped to the top of the category post list.
This is useful for major changes to posts because people can see that something has changed. However, it is a slight annoyance when the edit is extremely minor, such as changing the tags of a question or fixing a spelling mistake. In those touch-up cases, there isn't really a significant change that warrants the increased attention.
Also, I'm sure nobody needs to be subjected to ten posts being bumped to the top of the feed just because a new tag was created, and old posts were updated with it.
I personally have avoided editing old posts for exactly this reason; we don't have much activity as it is, so having already well-answered questions be bumped and push down more recent unanswered questions seems counterproductive.
Could we have a way to mark an edit as "minor" or something, or otherwise have an option to not bump the post? This mark would ideally be applied by the edit reviewers, who we trust to make these types of calls.
Note that other than not bumping the post, there would be no functional difference from normal edits. The edits would still have to be reviewed, would show the edited indicator that includes who edited, and would still appear in the edit history, as normal.
Possible concerns raised
It will allow malicious edits to go unnoticed
[H]ow do you get around the case where someone makes a major or malicious edit, then tries to hide that by claiming it was minor? — Olin Lathrop
The review system exists for a reason. If someone attempts to maliciously edit another's post, that should be caught by the review system.
If they are editing their own post, well, the only harm done is to themselves.
If they can edit others' posts without review, well... I'd be more concerned about how a malicious person managed to gain that ability.
Bumping gives unanswered questions attention
There are better ways of giving attention to unanswered or poorly answered questions. Since they mention SE, I will note they have a specific tab for unanswered questions. They also have a bounty system, though it wouldn't be easy to set up here due to Codidact being relatively less rep focused.
Besides, it's not like this suggestion is to remove the ability to bump; it is to add the ability to not bump. If someone wants to bump a post to give it more attention, they still have that ability[1]
Edits should notify the author regardless of how minor
Edits to other people's posts should always generate notifications to the author, major or minor. — Monica Cellio
I certainly want to know about all edit anyone makes to my posts. — Olin Lathrop
I agree.
How would the minor label be determined?
We shouldn't try to programmatically determine what a "minor" edit is; in the right context, one character is a major edit. Designation as minor needs to be human-powered. — Monica Cellio
I personally think that the label should be applied at the time of review; We already trust reviewers to be able to judge good and bad edits, so it doesn't seem much of a stretch to let them judge whether to bump due to an edit.
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Whether they should be doing such is another issue. ↩︎
Speaking for myself and not the team (I haven't discussed this with anyone else), here are some things I'd like to consi …
3y ago
By default all edits should show Every time an edit is made, the post or its parent should move to the top of the que …
10mo ago
While it would be nice for minor edits to not bump posts, the problem is defining what "minor" is, and leaving it for th …
3y ago
I agree, this is a problem when the site activity is low. For example I wrote a very long answer at Software Dev the oth …
3y ago
As @Lundin explained why minor edits shouldn't bump post. I will say why it has to. For old posts : - There's a l …
3y ago
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As @Lundin explained why minor edits shouldn't bump post. I will say why it has to.
For old posts :
- There's a lot of questions haven't answered in SE sites (It will happen to Codidact when very professional people will ask question). Suppose, I am having
grub-loaderissue on internet. I found some unanswered question inPower Codidact(The site isn't available yet but, I am using Codidact instead of SE). If I edit title/tag only in that post. So, it will bump. For that reason new user can see that post and some of them may answer on that post. If someone answer on that post than it will be helpful for others(who are facing the issue). So, minor is good.
For new posts :
- I found a post in Software Codidact which I can answer and, that is very hard. But I am familiar with that bug. So, no one answered on that question. But, I was very busy that moment. In Codidact there's no way to bookmark post as SE has. And, If I use Codidact than history won't be saved. I became very busy with my works that's why I couldn't answer on that post. So, when I come back again to answer on that question. I notice that I was using this site (Software Codidact) in private (also known as incognito) mode. Although I was searching that post. But, I couldn't find out. So, if you do minor edit in that post. Then, it will bump So, I can find the post easily cause, it will show in top (But, if doesn't bump. Then, it will remain unanswered). That's why minor edit is good.
While I was writing the post I was searching posts like this in SE also. I found a beautiful answer.
Minor edits can be good
1. Codidact is intended to be a top-quality Q&A site, meant not just for the OP, but for posterity. Thanks to search engines, questions and answers become authoritative for the whole Internet.
2. Spelling and grammar mistakes, even small ones, make posts more difficult to read, and negatively reflect on their quality as a whole.
3. Codidact has a very large community, who read and re-read many questions multiple times a day.
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