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Give back the ability to indicate that a suggested edit is not helpful when improving

Prior to 2014, the ways by which a reviewer of a suggested edit could apply another edit when reviewing were different. The "Reject and Edit" option didn't exist, and the only option was to &...
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Rejected edit banner is too easily overlooked

Ordinarily, when you go to suggest an edit, you see this banner: When your last edit was rejected, you see something like this: According to this post there's two other messages that are ...
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Why does it put on record that I had a edit rejected, if it conflicted with a later one? [duplicate]

If I do an edit, and while it is pending (being approved), someone comes and does the same edit, my edit gets rejected by 'Community'. It doesn't contribute to my edit ban, but it does still ...
Tom Burrows's user avatar
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allow appeals for false and slanderous rejections [closed]

How can one appeal false claims in edit rejections? What I mean, why I ask: I attempted an edit to this answer, seeking to update (e.g., Exuberant -> Universal), add links, improve usage My edit ...
TomRoche's user avatar
18 votes
2 answers
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Any way to view rejected edit source?

Is there any way to view rejected edit source? I have recently suggested an edit which was rejected. All three reviewers decided it better be a comment or an answer. So, how does one find rejected ...
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Retroactively approve suggested and rejected edits [duplicate]

There were already several support questions on applying rejected suggested edits to one's own post. Could this functionality be implemented? It is always possible to do so by hand, but this does not ...
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Could the 'This edit was intended to address the author of the post and makes no sense as an edit.' rejection option be made a bit more clear?

I'm having trouble making sense of this option. No-no-no - Not whining about an edit rejection. More than anything this reason for rejection seemingly makes no sense of the context of the edit ...
Super Cat's user avatar
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Increase threshold for rejected edits

After re-editing a post on Stack Overflow after it was rejected with the same changes, the post was accepted. I didn't notice it was rejected it before and applied the same changes. Why doesn't ...
krisdestruction's user avatar
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Allow the original poster the option to apply a rejected suggested edit on their own post [duplicate]

This isn't to change to the current rejection process or review queue in any way. There was recently a rejected edit on one of my answers. It was correct to reject from the reviewer's point of ...
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Should rejection/approval of suggested edit done by a user who doesn't have knowledge of that particular technology

I suggest that people who don't provide any answer to the related tag of a question should not have the privilege to approve or reject suggested edits to that question. For instance, this one. In ...
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Can we contact the author of a rejected edit? [duplicate]

I just saw a user who has repeatedly tried to edit a question on Meta. Judging by the edit comments, the user seems to be mistaken about the nature of Meta Stack Overflow. I would like to point this ...
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Suggestion to revert to older revision got rejected as "too much change"

I wish to call the suggested edits review process to question. Specifically I want the reviewers to be alerted when a suggested edit is reverting to an older version of the post, ideally with an ...
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Show rejected edits in inbox to users who approved

This is part 2 of a two-part suggestion. Part 1 is here. Many borderline or bad suggested edits are still getting approved. At the moment, there is no good way to educate users who make bad reviews. ...
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Rejected edits should have consequences

One of the special things that makes Stack Exchange different from sites like Reddit or countless discussion forums is the ability of anyone (with a minimum of rep) to suggest improvements to any post....
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6 votes
1 answer
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Can I comment on a rejected edit suggestion?

I've recently suggested an edit to update an invalid url documentation to a correct one, however the edit was rejected with the reason: This edit is too minor; suggested edits should be substantive ...
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