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Edit activity show, but not allowed to approve

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Now having a dot next to the "Edits" button to indicate pending edits brings up a new issue. It seems everyone is notified of all pending edits, whether they have the ability to approve them or not. Here is what I see when looking at the pending edits in Physics:

Users should only be notified of pending edits if there is something they can actually do about them.

Thanks for adding the notification dot, though. That's an improvement even with the above.


On a separate topic, shouldn't I have the ability to approve edits? I've written 35 posts in Physics, and have more than twice the rep of any other user there. Lighten up a bit.

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The requirements for earning the Edit Posts ability which would allow reviewing suggested edits can be found in each community's help section. For example, the Physics Edit Posts Ability page:

How do I earn this ability?

To earn this ability, you need to have at least a 95% approval rate for your suggested edits, with a hard minimum of 30 approved suggested edits (these numbers may vary from site to site).

Note that abilities are not related to how much general activity or reputation a user has, but their activity in that specific area. To see how many suggested edits you have had approved or rejected you can refer to the Activity tab of your user profile filtered to show only Edits.

  • The Type column shows whether each one was an "Edit" or "Suggested Edit".
  • The Status column shows whether a suggested edit was "helpful" (counts towards earning the ability) or "declined" (counts against earning the ability).

Only suggested edits (those on other people's posts) count towards your 30 approved suggested edits, and your 95% approval rate.

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Olin Lathrop‭ wrote about 1 year ago · edited about 1 year ago

30 suggested edits on other people's posts is a lot. I usually don't do suggested edits because of all the hassle and long lead times to get approved.

And yes, general activity and reputation should matter. What you want is someone familiar with the site and a proven record of posting good content. That's exactly what rep is. Someone with high rep has shown they know what well-written posts look like, as judged by all the other users. Actually editing other people's posts to prove this seems overly bureaucratic and somewhat arbitrary. It might be a good metric for someone with low rep, because they haven't shown any other way they know a good post from a bad one.

trichoplax‭ wrote about 1 year ago

These points sound like they would make a good separate Meta post.

trichoplax‭ wrote about 1 year ago

30 posts is community specific - I believe it can be lowered for new communities (and there may be a case for lowering it for all communities - it would be interesting to hear how many people in each community have the Edit Posts ability by now in case that lends weight to the argument).

trichoplax‭ wrote about 1 year ago

I see the abilities system as a work in progress. I'd like to see a meta discussion about how it could be improved.