Questions tagged [editing]
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Is there a way to flag or question an accepted edit?
I've been following this question (Coworker made unsolicited comments about appearance, how should I handle it?) for the last few days and have noticed that it's been edited. While this improved the ...
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Cannot edit question closed as off-topic (company-specific)?
My question at https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/168304/uncomfortable-with-dress-code-not-in-a-customer-facing-position was closed as off-topic:
Questions seeking advice on company-...
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How do I improve 'ELI5: Explain work hours to young adult'?
How do I improve this question please?
ELI5: Explain work hours to young adult
(answer gets 9 upvotes and question gets 9 downvotes. so much for this Why aren't people voting for questions?. ...
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Offensive Language for sorta-sound-similar words?
Just had a question about a recent update to one of my answers. It's not a huge deal, but:
would be seen as niggling and holding back the company's bottom line
was changed to:
would be seen as ...
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Edit disapproved even when incorrect
Here is the question
I had corrected the spellings and grammatical errors with better readability instead of congested lines. But still, it got rejected with a -2.
Any thoughts?
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Is “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx” an acceptable edit?
I would like to know if Neo's edit to my post is an acceptable change to my contribution?
He changed about 3500 characters to:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx
I see that he is a mod ...
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Why was my edit suggestion to revert vandalism rejected?
I recently suggested this edit to revert vandalism committed by a user against their question. One reviewer accepted the edit, but then I see that it has been rejected (shows as a "rejected edit" in ...
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Is it OK to add “TLDR: [summary]” to others' questions?
Recently I have made a few edits, adding TLDR section on top of the questions which I consider too long, even after removing unnecessary details. Since I have enough rep, these edits are not peer-...
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Is it appropriate to edit questions to change initials into made up names?
This is something I've wondered for a while, and the question which has prompted me to finally ask it is this one.
The first paragraph is
A couple of years ago I was reporting to J as one of ten ...
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Right panel behaviour - Bug or feature?
As you can can see on the image, right panel overlaps main white panel, if in "Edit answer" tab I scroll down. Is it a bug or feature?
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Cannot fix grammar mistakes; how should I proceed?
I wanted to fix a grammar mistake, but I need to edit at least 6 characters. Should grammar mistakes just be left alone then?
The answer I wanted to edit: https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/142324/...
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I can't post or edit - is it related to bot detection?
Did we activate or turn up bot detection lately? I'm getting a lot of "An error occurred during the edit" (or during posting answers) lately. For instance, I just got both errors trying to post and ...
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I don't understand editing functionality - what am I missing?
Sometimes I edit others' questions or answers for minor things like readability and grammar. I have status on this site that lets me edit their content immediately, without my edits going into a queue....
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What is this site's editing policy?
I've become confused by two meta posts:
Edit invalidating top voted answer
(REOPENED) Reopen request: Clean Air & Office
In the first, a diamond user made substantial editorial changes in an ...
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Edits should not get auto-rejected for irrelevant subsequent edits
This is the rejection I got on a title edit because of a subsequent edit. The subsequent edit in question:
It is the only change in the edit by OP and it is not relevant to the title edit that ...
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Community 90 Day Edit/Reopen Challenge
The Workplace's question close rate has been oft discussed on meta here. If you've been around here more than a few minutes, you probably are aware of all the words written on the subject, opinions, ...
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Tag display issue while editing a question
When I edit a question with Chrome v67 tags edits display:
It happens every time for me on this question: How do I communicate to a problem employee that they are being moved to a field office?
The ...
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Editing answers vrs. editing questions: When should we avoid the former?
I recently wondered about the nature of editing answers and when should one avoid doing so.
I believe that editing questions is something really positive that can help OP receive better attention to ...
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Should I address a trend in responses to my question?
I asked a question which become a hot network question recently. There has been a large amount of people commenting.
There seems to be a small trend of people accusing the company I work for of being ...
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Is adding a “(REOPENED)” prefix once a reopen request is completed a good practice?
I have noticed that when a reopen-request is carried out and the Question is finally reopened, some users edit their posts to include a "(REOPENED)" on the title of the Meta Question.
I think I like ...
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Simultaneous Edits
What happens when two users are editing the same piece of content?
Wrote the wrong date in a reply to accept an interview, should I point it out?
GrayCygnus initiated an edit at t<0 and confirmed ...
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Situation Updates
A recent user asked a question about 1.5 months ago regarding his/her boss and how he/she should respond.
Do I confront my boss
Although the question was initially down-voted, the user received a ...
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Reputation gained from a second consecutive minor edit
I just recently answered and edited the question In what order should I list coworkers in emails.
As you can see in the edits, I did a first one that was justifiable, as it removed unnecessary ...
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Standard way to add follow up to a question I asked [duplicate]
I recently asked a question and received some great answers that guided me to handle the situation.
Today (some days later), after addressing the problem with the person involved, I have some new ...
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What to do when you disagree with a non-OP rollback?
https://workplace.stackexchange.com/posts/92003/revisions
I had an edit rolled back by someone other than the OP. Based on the comment that came with it I disagree with the rollback but don't want ...
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1answer
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Can we improve this question title (Salon worker problem)?
This question (Salon worker problem) is currently an advice question, but there seems to be an on-topic question in it, related to the owner's system of scheduling work for the employees, the ...
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How can I prevent “too many” edits on my question?
I have asked a question and it was recently (a couple of hours ago) edited so much that it was no longer "recognisable".
What I mean by this is the editor has edited the question so much that it was ...
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Editing for the primary purpose to avoid HNQ
Recently a certain question (https://workplace.stackexchange.com/q/85829/28939 ) had its title edited from
My coworkers saw me naked. How to handle this situation?
for the purpose
to get rid of ...
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Should edits to Programming Test question be rolled back?
I initially voted to close the question "How do I determine if a programming task doable during interview?" for being not about the workplace, but after a comment from Andrew Berry I retracted my vote ...
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Why don't more people try to edit/fix questions rather than just voting to close?
There are plenty of [on hold] or deleted questions on here which I feel that we could at least ATTEMPT to give an answer to.
Who CARES if the question doesn't exactly fit the workplace "rules", if ...
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My question was edited by a moderator, it was a poor edit, and now edits are locked?
My question New employee has offensive Slack handle due to language barrier
Was met with a rather hostile reaction from a moderator, locking the entire question down so that only they could edit it. ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to delete revision history?
A new user recently asked a question and included their personal contact information. This isn't something you normally want posted on the internet, so I edited it out. However, the info is still ...
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Why was my edit rolled back?
I edited an answer to add clarity, only to find that the author has chosen to rollback to the original version of the answer. Can the community shed some light on this choice?
I thought the ...
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Is it in bad taste to substantially edit the wording of a question when the OP speaks english as a second language?
Is it in bad taste to substantially edit the wording of a question when the OP speaks English as a second language?
How to deal with different daily working hours in a software company?
In my humble ...
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Washing away apparent gender bias conveyed in an original poster’s question?
I'm a little disturbed by the edit history of and comments on the question originally titled
Male seinor [sic] architect bullying junior female developer. What to do?
Edit #4 has the comment "Took ...
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Should we edit an off-topic question so much that it is no longer relevant to the asker?
This question (Is my future mentor "harassing" me?) led to a lot of discussion in comments, chat and meta about whether it is on-topic. Its status also changed between on-topic, off-topic ...
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Why am I unable to edit questions?
I have noticed that since the last few days, I am unable to make edits to questions. The edit option below the question is disabled, although share and flag are available (see below screenshot).
I ...
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Answers affected by question edits performed per Broken Windows Review
What would be an appropriate course of action for answers that are affected by edits done to questions per Broken Windows Review? In particular, how should we (should we?) take answer score into ...
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What's the problem with the 'Are performance bonuses a scam' question, and can it be improved?
Are discretionary bonuses in finance roles essentially scams?
I personally thought that this was a great question, leading to good discussion about the nature of corporate/finance work culture and ...
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Is changing apostrophe type as the predominant part of an edit acceptable?
There's a user who appears to edit posts largely to change ' (apostrophe) to ’ (modified letter apostrophe). Example (revision 2) (includes a minor edit to the title, adding a mistyped question mark ...
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Is it better to ask a new question than edit the existing one, when the existing one was pretty off track?
Regarding this question:
https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/18726/rudeness-back-biting-unprofessional-attitude-common-workplace-problem
The user initially asked 'Does my workplace suck, ...
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Is it reasonable to improve an answer to a question that has been put on hold?
Does it make sense for me to go back and improve an answer to a question that has already been put on hold?
My thought is that it does, because the question may never get deleted, and may even be re-...
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How should we adjust our approach to editing to minimize conflicts?
We've had some questions asked recently that were edited by the community that changed the meaning of the post significantly, at least in the eyes of the asker or other members of the community. This ...
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Aggressive Edits
Update
3 weeks following this discussion, the question has been closed, is
sitting at -2 score, and has two answers with a combined +1 score.
This is not to say "I told you so", but rather ...
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1answer
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Unable to edit a comment on a answer
I was going to make an edit to my comment on the below answer to a question as I feel I may have been a little terse with my response to it. When I went to edit...I can't, only delete. Are you still ...
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Why so much editing of very old or even closed questions?
I see a fair bit of editing of old questions, and closed questions.
I'm wondering why? Most of it is meaningless minor grammar/spelling/typo changes. What's the point?
It seems like a waste to me, ...
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Are the changes here appropriate?
https://workplace.stackexchange.com/posts/8849/revisions
I am considering implementing a policy that all employees must speak
the language of the country where the company is located in when
...
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What should be done with questions where askers edit in a response to all the answerers that doesn't elicit more answers?
I've been guilty of this myself, editing my question to respond to answerers and thank them. However, I'm not sure it's best for the question as it makes it longer and a bit scarier to read. Question ...
