Questions tagged [editing]
About the actual editing of posts, both the questions and their answers.
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Edit history bug
When you, as OP, edit a question/answer in the first minutes after posting, the edit will not be registered in the edit history
Steps to reproduce :
Post a question/answer
Edit it, while leaving the ...
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Why was this suggested edit rejected? Should I quit submitting (some kind of) edits?
I noticed a suggested edit of mine got rejected by Willeke♦, and he says "The edit does not improve the quality of the post. Changes to the content are unnecessary or make the post more confusing....
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My question about prepaid roaming billing was closed. I've improved it. Perhaps we could reopen it, or perhaps I could somehow improve it more?
My question about prepaid roaming billing was closed. Perhaps it was too carrier-specific.
I've now edited it to make it non-carrier-specific.
Is it ready to be reopened? If not, is there some way I ...
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May I request a second opinion on this edit rejection?
I recently edited this question: Is it possible travelling Sweden WITHOUT credit or debit card?
The suggested edit can be seen here: https://travel.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/134533
My ...
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Why do so many identify-this questions feature odd or archaic words for landscape features?
Consider:
Where's this skiier on snow hills with tors behind? by Ghreu
Where's this cwm and mountains in Nunavik, northern QC? by Accounting
Where's this tarn in Mt Garibaldi? by Mark ...
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How much do I cut and how much do I leave
https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/131096/4188 this is a highly upvoted answer but it is now outdated because DT 564 / 565 now exists between Lagos and Luanda M/W/F. This makes most / all of the ...
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Why was my edit rejected?
I suggested an edit to a post and I don't see why it was rejected, can someone please explain?
https://travel.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/116594
The justification was
This edit ...
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What to do if an answer is false?
A question was asked, and an answer was provided. It has 60 upvotes, when no other answer has a score of 0 or higher. However, this answer is false, and if the OP follows this advice, they are very ...
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Changing the meaning of a question
Short summary: Is it acceptable to edit a question, so that it differs from what OP originally asked with the purpose of getting a presumably off-topic question on-topic? Especially, when there are ...
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What is the stance on unfamiliar English words?
This question used the word prepone which I had never heard of and initially thought was a typo. I was going to edit it based on the context1, but on a hunch I googled the word and found that it is a ...
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These edits cleaning up the language, shouldn't have been rejected
https://travel.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/92128
https://travel.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/92129
I made these edits to highly upvoted question regarding toilets, that in my ...
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How to properly remove sensitive information after it was posted?
Sometimes a question is posted, which contains sensitive information the OP shouldn't have shared. Most commonly it's part of a scanned image, but it can be in the message text.
In several cases (...
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Problematic links in a locked answer
This answer to a locked question of historical significance contains links (plural) to www.londonelegance.com. Upon clicking one of the links I was asked to upgrade my Java although it looked more ...
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Should I roll back this edit to my question? (Black-> Dark skinned)
I recently posted this question on black travelers and China (it was my first on Travel.SE). Relatively early into the question, someone changed the title from reading "black travellers" to ...
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How to handle questions if the user changes accounts?
We had an incoming question:
UK visa refusal for my mother
I have received an edit suggestion by another account,
but the addition of private information and a detailed
picture indicates that it is ...
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