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If edits are made to a large number of posts in a short period, they will push everything else off the front page, taking visibility away from recent questions and answers. They will also take visi...
#2: Post edited
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trichoplax
·
2024-02-17T15:59:05Z (9 months ago)
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- If edits are made to a large number of posts in a short period, they will push everything else off the front page, taking visibility away from recent questions and answers. They will also take visibility away from each other, so malicious or accidentally detrimental edits are less likely to be spotted by the community.
- Is it better to spread such edits over a longer period of time, so they only show on the front page one at a time? Is it better to make them all at once and accept the cost today, to avoid having the small distractions of edits spread over days or weeks?
- I would like to see your advice for several groups:
- - Direct editors (people with the [Edit Posts ability](https://meta.codidact.com/abilities/edit_posts) or post authors).
- - Suggesting editors (people without the Edit Posts ability, making suggested edits).
- - Reviewers (people with the Edit Posts ability, or post authors, deciding whether to accept or reject suggested edits).
In particular, when faced with a long list of edits suggested by one user, should a reviewer accept any they see as useful immediately, or accept them only gradually over time to avoid flooding the front page, or reject them with a message to say there are too many?
- If edits are made to a large number of posts in a short period, they will push everything else off the front page, taking visibility away from recent questions and answers. They will also take visibility away from each other, so malicious or accidentally detrimental edits are less likely to be spotted by the community.
- Is it better to spread such edits over a longer period of time, so they only show on the front page one at a time? Is it better to make them all at once and accept the cost today, to avoid having the small distractions of edits spread over days or weeks?
- I would like to see your advice for several groups:
- - Direct editors (people with the [Edit Posts ability](https://meta.codidact.com/abilities/edit_posts) or post authors).
- - Suggesting editors (people without the Edit Posts ability, making suggested edits).
- - Reviewers (people with the Edit Posts ability, or post authors, deciding whether to accept or reject suggested edits).
- In particular, when faced with a long list of edits suggested by one user, should a reviewer accept any they see as useful immediately, or accept them only gradually over time to avoid flooding the front page, or reject them with a message to say there are too many?
- ## Related
- This discussion is about large numbers of edits made all at once. There are also closely related discussions:
- - [Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts?](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/281610)
- - [Minor suggested edits to old posts](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290841)
#1: Initial revision
by
trichoplax
·
2024-02-17T15:26:22Z (9 months ago)
How should we approach large numbers of edits made all at once?
If edits are made to a large number of posts in a short period, they will push everything else off the front page, taking visibility away from recent questions and answers. They will also take visibility away from each other, so malicious or accidentally detrimental edits are less likely to be spotted by the community. Is it better to spread such edits over a longer period of time, so they only show on the front page one at a time? Is it better to make them all at once and accept the cost today, to avoid having the small distractions of edits spread over days or weeks? I would like to see your advice for several groups: - Direct editors (people with the [Edit Posts ability](https://meta.codidact.com/abilities/edit_posts) or post authors). - Suggesting editors (people without the Edit Posts ability, making suggested edits). - Reviewers (people with the Edit Posts ability, or post authors, deciding whether to accept or reject suggested edits). In particular, when faced with a long list of edits suggested by one user, should a reviewer accept any they see as useful immediately, or accept them only gradually over time to avoid flooding the front page, or reject them with a message to say there are too many?