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Tagged with feature-request suggested-edits
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The 6 character edit threshhold and replacing links
Say you come across an old post and linked in it is this URL:
https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/shelve.html
Updating the URL changes only three characters and doesn't surpass the edit threshold:
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Some banners still have the yellow colour scheme. Can it be changed to blue like the rest of the post notices?
When I suggested an edit to a question here on MSE, I noticed that the banner saying "Thanks for submitting an edit" is yellow in colour, which was the colour scheme before the new post ...
user313042
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Notify me that the edit queue is full before I suggest an edit
I have been editing an answer on Stack Overflow, with some considerable amount of effort, and when I hit on Save Edits, the edit gets rejected with the following error. I got to know the meaning of ...
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'Thanks for submitting an edit' banner is missing a period
When you submit a suggested edit, the following notice is shown:
Thanks for submitting an edit. It is only visible to you until it’s been approved by trusted community members
(the word 'approved' ...
GlorfindelMod
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Enable vote breakout and the timeline button on suggested edit reviews
At the Established User privilege level, you gain the ability to break out the vote counts into up and down votes, which is very useful in determining whether a post is generally well-received, ...
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Improve the edit notice which was changed to "until it’s been approved by trusted community members"
The previous edit notice read:
Thanks for your edit! This edit will be visible only to you until it is peer reviewed.
Now it says:
Thanks for submitting an edit. It is only visible to you until ...
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"How to Edit" sidebar shows up in wrong, awkward place when improving a suggested edit from the "edit (1)" popup
When improving a suggested edit from the Q&A page itself (as opposed to from the review queue), the sidebar widget is positioned awkwardly, both to the right and under the edit form:
It also ...
GlorfindelMod
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"Rejected" suggested edit as "This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit" - show "dismissed" instead of "rejected" [duplicate]
I am going to make a "traffic-light" diagram of the final result status of the suggested edits:
Red (Bad) edits:
Reject
Reject and Edit
Yellow (Neutral) edits:
Reject as "this edit conflicted ...
user447378
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While editing a question, why isn't the question locked for other editing attemps?
After the numerous downvotes I have to say first that this special case occurs for users with (Rep >= 500) and (Rep < 2000). Although this is a special case it could be a "first experience" in ...
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New users should not be able to VOTE to accept / reject edits
Currently, new users are able to see PENDING edits on their own questions. They can also accept or reject this edit directly withouth the need to VOTE.
For new users there is more possibility that ...
user517588
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Inbox should say what tag wiki I edited [duplicate]
If a suggested edit by me to a post is approved, I get a message saying it got approved and what post it was:
If a suggested edit by me to a tag wiki is approved, I get this unspecific message (and a ...
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Should we remind users with a link to their question?
What this question is about:
It occurred to me that even experienced users occasionally forget that they either:
received viable answers to existing questions or
need to edit existing questions to ...
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Use the wording and links of "you don't have edit privileges" banner from mobile web in the desktop version
Prompted by the comments on this answer.
On mobile, when I try to edit a post on a site I don't have edit privileges on, I get this banner:
You do not have edit privileges. Your edit will be ...
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Should we change the phrasing of the "under 6 characters minimum" message to prevent confusion and duplicate questions
When making a small edit (say to code or hyperlinks) to fix something that's testably broken, you may get the error message forcing you to leave provably broken code.
Edits must be at least 6 ...
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Use comment @reply to contact reviewers
With respect to this meta post on SO, Are answers which drip feed information in subsequent comments acceptable?, wouldn't it be a useful feature to be able to also contact the reviewers of both ...
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