Questions tagged [editing]
Editing is a core, fundamental Stack Exchange value; we allow editing by registered and unregistered users (if peer reviewed).
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How much editing is too much editing?
Many of our users will not have extensive written English skills. We can't give a lot of feedback about the edits we make in the description box, but those edits might make it difficult for the OP to ...
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Is it really pointless to edit questions to use correct English on ELL?
I would have thought that, on a site aimed at language learners, it would be helpful to edit questions so they at least use correct English.
The following edits have had rejections when they ...
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Changing the title of a somewhat unclear question to literally say that it is an unclear question, and nothing more
I just saw a question with a peculiarly meta title; when I looked at it, it seemed normal enough for the most part, except the title. Turns out, a high-rep user had rewritten just the title to ...
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Should posts containing abbreviations be edited?
I have come across many posts lately containing abbreviations such as sth, sb/sbd, pls, ur, etc. At first I had no idea what these abbreviations meant (except for pls). I even posted a comment on the ...
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"Unified" answers
A user with almost 20k reputation has edited all the answers of "You are your self first supporter", a more proper way to say it to have "consistent" numbering amongst the answers.
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My comment edited by someone else
My comment here did not originally include the google search link. In fact, I intentionally did not do this style of link. However, it looks like I did to anyone reading, and I have no way to correct ...
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What's our editing policy?
I am now invited to review proposed edits on this site, and would like some guidance from the Community.
This morning I was presented with an edit to this question. It consisted of adding a single ...
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Extensive edits and bounty allocation by same user
On the following question there was a 150 rep bounty which was allocated to an answer after the bounty proposer had largely edited it.
This is an unusual course of action that I have never seen ...
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How should we review format edits?
I am feeling increasingly iffy about where the line should be drawn with regard to certain edits on formatting.
For example, this edit struck me as sensible because the editor @Maryam highlighted the ...
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I want to talk about some recent corrections
One of my questions has recently been edited and I’d like to know why “is gone” is used was changed to “is gone” used, in fact people use that thing rather than is gone uses something, i.e. this gotta ...
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When should I correct an ELL's grammar?
Let's say "Bob", a hypothetical ELL, comes to this site and posts this question.
Which of this sentences is grammatically correct?
How is you feel today?
or
How are you feel today?
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Is it okay for me to edit my old posts?
When I was a novice user on ELL, I asked lots of silly questions because I was—and maybe am still—an incompetent speaker of English. I'm happy that our contributors treated those posts ...
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When should a question be edited in these situations?
I have noticed that some editors don’t consider correcting some specific errors in questions. In my opinion, such errors should be corrected so that the asker of the question becomes aware of the ...
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Question about uncorrected errors
I have noticed on this forum that answers are accepted, irrespective of minor errors. I am saying this because I have seen some of the answers with wrong capitalization and others with minor grammar ...
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Why sometimes my question shows "modified by", but the content hasn't been edited?
Why sometimes my question shows "modified by", but the content hasn't been edited?
For example, my most recent question shows in the list that it has been modified by a user.
But in fact, when I ...
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How do I input symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet?
How do I input symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet?
I have looked at the Editing Help but there is nothing about it.
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Do you see the need for "buzzwords-in-question-titles" edits?
I see a pretty similar discussion (no, not that similar) here.
It's an ancient tradition in chemistry.SE to edit the buzzwords in question titles. (Don't think so? Take a look at these: 1, 2, 3, and ...
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Is the minimum character edit limit useful?
I sometimes see a clear, well-framed question with one tiny but glaring error, for example "have" instead of "had" or "loosen" instead of "looser". It's a good question, but a good answer is going to ...
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Why was my edit rejected even though the OP requested edits?
I just proposed an edit to this answer at When to pronounce ‹s› as /z/ in the middle of words? My edit basically fixed some formatting, and added additional tendencies and example words.
My proposed ...
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What is to be done when some user suggests edits that are necessary but isn't what OP provided info for?
So I believe I did a mistake today. There were four suggested edits pending when I came in here today. So naturally I thought of looking into them.
This was the very first question that came in. The ...
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Using symbols without explanation
Several posts use symbols, such as asterisks, without explaining what they are supposed to mean. Because of this, users may not know what they mean, particularly if they are not linguists.
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An Editing Manual
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
I noticed (or re-noticed, studies say people's attention span on the internet decreases by . . . Oh I love that GIF, it never gets old) that we have an Editor's Lounge. Nice.
There ...
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Edits to my answers sometimes generate multiple answers rather than applying the edits
In this question, I answered it, then edited my answer a few times in rapid succession. Each time I used the "edit" link.
Now I notice that there are two separate answers, one being an ...
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After editing a question, what should I do if I understand that sentence is too broad or something?
I usually edit questions that are not very well-formatted. In fact, before reading such a question, I instantly start to edit it. In other words, I read and edit the questions simultaneously. Recently,...
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Should a refutation to an answer be added to the question?
Can "strong" be used as a noun?
In this question there is a situation that the word "strong" seems to be ungrammatical or even nonsense. But because the source is a clip, not a text, therefore some ...
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If I have editing powers, can I/should I go on an editing spree to remove a tag?
I was looking through some old meta posts, mostly about tags, and I found this post.
I originally thought:
Hey, I can fix this! There are only 7 tags, and I have editing power, so I can get rid of ...
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Why was my edit rejected, although I consider it substantial?
Following up on several comments I made in a recent Meta discussion, I edited a question today. The OP of that question is asking about a specific passage from an online article. They posted the link ...
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What does "edit removed during grace period" mean?
This question is showing an edit done almost an hour later. However when I clicked on the revision history, I got this:
What does this line mean? Rather, I want to know when it is shown? Also, what ...
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notify poster of need to clarify, but not via comments?
While editing a post, I realized a sentence's unclear meaning made completing the edit unconscionable. I might change the meaning.
Likely such is not at all uncommon here on ELL. I'm not asking for ...
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Why is my edit rejected?
Few days ago, I edited this question.
The original post looks like this:
Can we omit the subject and object at the same time?
example:
1 Although he is hurt by her, he still loves her. (nothing ...
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How many edits is "too many pending edits"?
I was about to submit an edit on a question, when I got this:
I do not remember how many edits I did in the whole day, and how many of them are yet pending. So I would like to know when do we get ...
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Broader acceptance of revisions from community
Background
Discussion has been limited regarding the acceptable extent and nature of revisions for questions,
by contributors other than the author,
especially over any considerations that might be ...
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How come I can cast/review close votes, but not have my edits apply immediately/review suggested edits?
First off, I understand on a technical level that I can't do this because these are the milestones set by the site, but I wanted to know why it was this way.
On StackOverflow, you require 3000 rep ...
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How far does one go when copyediting?
I was editing a few questions but was cautious as to how strongly I should correct orthographic mistakes?
I went with the strategy of adjusting the endings of individual words to better capture the ...
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Considering different English varieties
In the question When can we omit “does” in the question sentence, the OP asked a question, and Invoker answered it, which is fairly straightforward. However, in the answer, he stated that:
We only ...
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Community edits should be made visible
I am not sure if it is only me, but sometimes I can't see the edits made by Community moderator. And by Community moderator, I am talking about this person or this person. I did not get any relevant ...
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Editing questions
I am assuming that this site follows similar rules to other sites:
if your edit is minor you can edit but do not try to edit too many posts or else it will pile up on the home page (unless all under ...
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Old answers help OP gets clear on what they want, but this would make them disqualified. Should new requests be added to the question?
For example, the original revision of the question Is there an idiomatic way to say "go to the path of no way out"? only asked for "the only way to get out is to go backward". After receiving some ...
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How to know if a question edit is too big?
Generally on SE sites there are rules about not significantly changing a question after it has been answered. This is a problem because it can invalidate the answers.
This question on Meta is highly ...
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Editing old posts
I know that it is fine to edit old posts, especially if the edits help e.g. accessibility and readability. But should I do it a lot? @gotube has edited a lot of old posts, but @gotube is a moderator ...
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Is it possible to edit questions that have answers?
I am new to this site. Is it possible here to edit questions which already have answers?
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Why do ELL posts need to be edited before reversing a downvote to an upvote?
I mistakenly downvoted a question and would like to change it to upvote. However, the ELL system requires the edit first before changing. Why and for what purpose? Anytime I try to change from ...
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Why was an edit which improves an imprecise point of the original answer rejected? [duplicate]
https://ell.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/122559
Two reviewers rejected it with the following reason:
This edit deviates from the original intent of the post. Even edits that must make ...
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Suggestion for helping ELLers in general and their questions
It occurred to me that when we edit questions for punctuation or use of capitals or lower-case letters, and also make minor usage corrections (prepositions or verb tense), it might be useful to put ...
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Why was an edit which adds new points rejected?
https://ell.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/122575
(noun) a social butterfly /queen
Two reviewers rejected it with the following reason:
This edit was intended to address the author of the ...
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Informality, modern messaging, and editing
The "acceptable" modes of messaging and exchange of information are constantly evolving. A forum such as this one was unimaginable* just twenty years ago, yet today it can seem positively antiquated ...
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Is an edit to change only "formatting" warranted on ELL?
Since I joined this community, I've noticed many edits which seem to be trivial and not helpful enough to this community. The edit guidelines on ELL's help center clearly states that "tiny, trivial ...
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