Skip to main content

All Questions

-15 votes
2 answers
192 views

Possible incentive problem since edits bump questions

I posted Is armageddon more fair in a Vickrey auction? in Chess Stack Exchange on February 9th 2023. It was bumped a year later when someone edited my post on 18th March 2024. Why doesn't this create ...
BCLC's user avatar
  • 390
10 votes
1 answer
214 views

Update Vue 2 links in all Stack Exchange sites

I'm trying to rewrite legacy Vue 2 links from https://vuejs.org/v2 to https://v2.vuejs.org/v2 across all Stack Exchange sites. I've completed the update on Stack Overflow with a script, but there are ...
tony19's user avatar
  • 215
3 votes
1 answer
78 views

Is there a shortcut for accessing the posts/revisions when an edit hasn't been made? [duplicate]

Edit 2: Let me reopen to have the ff as answer: @BCLC I usually just click the Timeline icon, then manually replace "timeline" with "revisions" in the URL. – 41686d6564 Dec 19 '21 ...
BCLC's user avatar
  • 390
12 votes
0 answers
121 views

Not notified of a rollback to one of my own posts

I was notified that someone edited one of my questions earlier today (because it changed more than 6 characters). Then someone else rolled back that edit and I didn't get a notification so my inbox ...
Laurel's user avatar
  • 53.7k
3 votes
0 answers
76 views

Can I cancel a 'pending edit' [duplicate]

I suggested edits on a few questions/answers and they are now pending. As the Stack Overflow site only allows 5 pending edits, I would like to know if it is possible to cancel any such edits in order ...
L Y E S  -  C H I O U K H's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
25 views

Can I ask that someone reviews my edits [duplicate]

I have enough reputation that my edits are immediately applied. Sometimes I still feel that they should be peer reviewed, just because I'm not completely sure that my edit was correct. On these ...
Hannes Karppila's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
29 views

How can I add explanations to previous edits? [duplicate]

I made an edit to my post while leaving the "explain the reason for your edit" part empty. But now I want to add the reason without re-editing the question. Is there a way for this? Discussion : If ...
jeff's user avatar
  • 365
4 votes
2 answers
110 views

Trying to edit a comment after the grace period: The message "This comment was edited 1 time" is misleading

I tried to edit my comment which I had edited already in Pro Webmasters but I'm not allowed to edit and when I moved my mouse courser to edit symbol it indicating a message that "This comment was ...
Sathiya Kumar V M's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
75 views

How to revert an approved edit for answer

Consider this suggested edit: https://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/4555066 Here the editor has made a factual error, albeit minor, but it adds nothing to original answer (which was ...
c69's user avatar
  • 551
5 votes
0 answers
109 views

Edit behaviour: Yellow line at top is missing (indicating that someone else already edited)

It happened sometimes or since some time, that I can start my edit, but someone else was faster and sent his edit already (into queue e.g.). I found this question , that describes the feature I ...
Shegit Brahm's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
104 views

How can I flag an edit? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to flag an edit for abuse? I came across an answer that was based on a misunderstanding of the question. I pointed this out to the user who wrote the answer, ...
videre's user avatar
  • 144
1 vote
1 answer
60 views

Why can't I even rollback old edits when there's another edit pending?

I just fixed the formatting in a question. Then, the OP turned the changes back (and added an apology for his formatting, so it probably wasn't intentional). Then, someone with not enough rep started ...
Fred Foo's user avatar
  • 1,508
115 votes
5 answers
7k views

How can I cancel an edit I made on another user's question or answer?

Edits made by users who do not have edit privileges are placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed. E.g., I edited someone else's answer. but changed my mind. If I'd edited my own question/answer, ...
tiago2014's user avatar
  • 1,452
1 vote
2 answers
92 views

Is there a way to edit or delete and reenter comments once they're posted?

I just posted a comment to someone's answer on SO and accidentally left off the very first backtick, resulting in a really messed up looking comment. Of course I couldn't see the result of that ...
user avatar