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    Motion to add a separate answer for tag wiki edits (or queue entirely honestly??) They're really distinct and both should be covered in this thread alone.
    – djechlin
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 16:54
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    I personally think it's a little more organized to separate them. I think more value is added from clear titles than a 1-1 correspondence between review queue / answer here, in particular because I think it really, really should jump out to perusers of this thread that we have comprehensive guidelines on reviewing tag wiki edits. But yes at minimum we need to complete integrating that into this answer.
    – djechlin
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 17:21
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    @djechlin Create a separate Answer for reviewing tag wiki edits, and add a note at the top of this answer explaining that there are two types of Edits for review (normal posts and tag wikis), and link to the tag wiki answer.
    – Rachel
    Commented May 20, 2013 at 19:01
  • Why does the guideline recommend rejection of: "Edits that attempt to add clarification to an answer, like “this doesn’t work in Windows 8”," ? IMO opinion that stops us from 'future proofing' old answers: those that were written for Linux or Windows 7 for example.
    – Qsigma
    Commented Feb 23, 2015 at 9:48
  • @Qsigma That would be considered altering the original answer too much. The preferred solution for this is to comment on the answer, and let the author update it (unless it's a Community Wiki). If the author doesn't update himself, then I believe it would be okay to edit.
    – bfavaretto
    Commented Feb 23, 2015 at 17:29
  • Wait, "Edits that attempt to add clarification to an answer, like “this doesn’t work in Windows 8”, or addendums to the post should be approved." - these I reject as attempts to reply. Unless the edit summary makes it clear they are bringing in info from comments, this kind of edit is not an Accept in my opinion.
    – Kate Gregory
    Commented Feb 19, 2017 at 19:56
  • @KateGregory the help center explicitly states those edits as common reasons of why to edit a post "When should I edit posts? [...] Some common reasons for edits are: [...] to correct minor mistakes or add addendums / updates as the post ages" Through, maybe the example should be "This only works with Windows 8" instead.
    – Braiam
    Commented Feb 19, 2017 at 22:23
  • If I find some typos/mistakes or grammatical errors which I can fix but still it need 6 characters to change to submit the request. How to fix that?
    – Himanshu Bansal
    Commented May 12, 2021 at 20:02