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Please offer guidance as to why this edit was rejected
My purpose in asking this is to better understand what is wrong so I don't repeat the mistake.
I came across the following question, in which the author crafted an extremely complex, in-depth ...
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Should questions be edited to show images in-line?
Looking at the first version of this question.
The image link provided in the question points to an imgur URL, so probably was uploaded using the magic now built in to the site.
So, should this be ...
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What to do with a question about a script for Windows XP that became a list of different types of scripts
How do I set the desktop background on Windows from a script? from 2008 has 8 answers,
the OP usercard shows the OP user name but not a link to their profile.
It hasn't an accepted answer.
none of ...
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Informative comments, should they deleted?
I've recently come over to SU to ask a question, being an active user on SO. It seems at least here, that the opinion is that informative comments ta should be deleted, and wonder why that was so? I ...
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Is approving a edit for 2k users a bug or feature?
A low rep user edited a question I was looking at, I thought the changes he made where good and I clicked to approve it. Now it is sitting waiting for a approval of a 2nd user.
If I had clicked "...
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How do I know how long I am banned for suggesting edits?
One of my edit was rejected then I got banned for suggesting edits. I would like to know when this ban will be removed.
All I got was this:
It doesn't tell me how long it would be. Are you sure the ...
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Why do some answers don't have edit link?
Currently in this answer of question 226923 I am seeing that there is no link to edit the answer, whereas just below that answer I can see that there is link to edit that answer.
Both answers are ...
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answer converted to comment?
so I've been away for a while, and may be behind in the news-on-the-scene, but I am unclear on the mod/administrative rationale for the activity on this question/answer:
Is there any service like ...
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Are edits for just filling in image descriptions accepted?
I'm a somewhat new user on this site and I was wondering, I've come across many posts that have an image within them but with no image description or it still includes the default message of, "enter ...
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Editing "on hold" question
The question
https://superuser.com/questions/612281/reason-for-unexpectedly-shutdown-with-unexpected-symbols
by unregistered user was put on hold with "unclear what you are asking" as reason.
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It is ok to to edit posts to add tags that are related to answers rather than questions? [duplicate]
I'd like to know if it is ok to add a tag to a post that help categorizing it but it is more related to the answer rather than to the question.
This doubt is related to this question How to create an ...
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Question about editing an answer
Sometimes (for no particular reason), I have add my first name (Kevin) to the end of questions or answers that I have posted.
In one particular case, I have posted an answer to a question, months ...
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A neccessary edit? (whitespaces before KB/MB/GB/etc)
If this edit had gone through a review, it would probably be rejected as "too minor" (there, I "misused backticks" again).
What gives?
Edit: Just to clarify, is there really only one way to write ...
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Require users that plan to edit flood over a certain rate / amount to get permission
TL;DR: Users shouldn't flood edits without a consensus. Read my post but skip the optional stuff... :)
Every now and then, we get an edit flood at our front page. This sometimes happens without any ...
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Motivation to answer low-trafic complicated questions?
I started to feel discouradged answering Excel questions here on SU because of my much diminished privileges than I have on SO:
I don't have enought rep to edit questions to make them more searchable ...
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