Why do edits from Community require approval? [duplicate]

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This revision has Community User as an editor, not a reviewer*, and it even has summary of its edit:

Community user made an edit

So I think that there is actually a human behind this. But even so, why would its edit need to be approved?

In the approvement page, it appears as an anonymous user:

proposed by an anonymous user

Your answer is right there in the details you provided. It was proposed by an anonymous user. Community just owns the edit if it gets approved. — animuson, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 4:03
@animuson but why not just display "anonymous user" at the revision page? — Ooker, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 4:11
We want to avoid using unlinked anonymous text as much as possible. Community is used for a variety of tasks when a relevant user is unavailable. That's its purpose. — animuson, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 4:13
@animuson I see. Bit why should unlinked anonymous text be avoided? — Ooker, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 4:26
presumably its messy (and might make databases have null values where its messy). ;p — Journeyman Geek, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 7:09

Monica Cellio · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-04 04:13:16Z

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Community owns things that aren't owned by any other user.

Anonymous edits, by definition, do not come from logged-in users.

Therefore, Community owns them. And because they came from people who don't have enough reputation to directly edit posts, they need to be approved.

answered Dec 4, 2017 at 4:13

Monica Cellio

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