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Minor suggested edits to old posts
There have recently been several edits in a short period of time by a single user. This user does not yet have the Edit Posts ability, so all of the edits are suggested edits, which require review by someone with the Edit Posts ability.
The outcomes of the suggested edits affect whether this user will also gain the Edit Posts ability. Some of the edits have been approved, and some rejected, even though the approved and rejected edits were similar. This makes it difficult for a user to judge which edits they should make and which edits they should avoid, making it difficult for a well meaning user to gain the Edit Posts ability.
Can we discuss whether edits for typos, formatting, and missing tags should be considered acceptable on old posts? I have my own opinion on this, but I'm aiming to keep the question neutral. I believe an answer either way will be more useful to users suggesting edits than having mixed responses to their suggestions.
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This discussion is about whether minor edits should happen on old posts. There are also closely related discussions:
- Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts?
- How should we approach large numbers of edits made all at once?
One of the linked questions, about not bumping minor edits, has a suggestion that would have helped in this case: allow …
2mo ago
My own view is that even minor edits are valuable, even on old posts. I appreciate that there will sometimes be reason t …
2mo ago
I rejected several of the edits as post author, not as a moderator. Edits to the content were trivial at best, usually …
2mo ago
I am the user mentioned in this question. I believe that submitting an edit just for removing or adding a tag is not …
2mo ago
I strongly oppose the refusal to accept these tag edits. Many of the edits were declined by the same reviewer with simil …
2mo ago
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One of the linked questions, about not bumping minor edits, has a suggestion that would have helped in this case: allow edit reviewers to decide if an edit is minor. For that to happen, at last two people were involved, and the owner of the post is also notified of the edit suggestion. If we did just that part, without tackling the larger "minor edits" problem that has to account for direct edits too, then there would be no problem with things like the current situation (adding required tags to old questions that predated the requirement) or small typos.
I propose the following:
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A reviewer can approve normally (bumps), reject normally, or approve as minor edit. (Exact UI TBD.)
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A minor edit does not bump the post in the question list.
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But the "last activity" timestamp/attribution is updated.
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Minor edits are marked as such in the post history.
This means you could, in principle, see a question on page 37 with "last activity 15m ago". But if you look at the history you'll see why, so I think that's ok. I do feel that "last changed by so-and-so at such-and-such time" markers should not lie.
We could also consider adding a filter or other option to allow users to see every bump (current behavior) versus not bumping reviewer-designated minor edits. Moderators and active curators might prefer to see everything.
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