Timeline for How to discourage excessive self-edits?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:58 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 28, 2016 at 14:36 | comment | added | Gottfried Helms | @Gerry: thanks! Meanwhile I'd found that discussions myself - and again I feel very basical alienated by the arguments - but well, indeed such ideas of the ability to be selective has been discussed often and in length and broadth in various forums, so I think my basic behave with /expectations in software is far too unfamiliar with the trend - and I'm since usually stepping aside when I see that orchestra of opinions and interests. Thanks anyway for your reminding of earlier discussions here. | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 11:16 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | @Gottfried, silent edits have been proposed, and rejected, and for good reasons. Look for previous discussions of the topic. | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:18 | answer | added | Mikhail Ostrovskii | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 25, 2016 at 12:14 | comment | added | Gottfried Helms | If the only problem is the bumping-up which is connected with an edit - why not call the SE-developers for an additional button at the edit-box which can switch off that behave - perhaps with a default depending on size of the edit or the like and/or only accessible for the owner of an answer/question. A misbehave after we had such a button is then more easy to define and then to administrate. | |
| Feb 21, 2016 at 4:29 | answer | added | Włodzimierz Holsztyński | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 14:31 | comment | added | Gerald Edgar | I say: don't worry about edits within the first day or two, for an inexperienced user it could take that long to get the problem right. (Also for some experienced users...) Only start to get upset if the frequent edits seem to be only for the purpose of bumping the question. | |
| Feb 19, 2016 at 23:52 | answer | added | David White | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 19, 2016 at 0:35 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | Edits in which hypotheses or problem statements are repeatedly shifting and changing shape in response to comments are among the types of edits that I find annoying after a while. Questions should not be moving targets. | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 23:29 | comment | added | user9072 | @StefanKohl I can imagine situations where somebody does not notice it bumps, but if one looks a bit at the site it should become clear quickly. The thing harder to know is the "thus cause inconveniences" as it is individual if (or at what level) one feels inconvenienced or irked by the bumps. // Generally, I feel too much editing is not among MO's pressing problems. Yes, some edits can be annoying, but overall I am with JDH the site would rather need more than less editing. | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 23:22 | answer | added | Gil Kalai | timeline score: 14 | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 23:05 | comment | added | Joel David Hamkins | I would be a little worried that any official obstacles we put up for self-editing would have the negative side-effect of curtailing edits that actually improve a question or answer. Those edits should be encouraged, as they improve the site. Too often, for example, a suggestion is made in the comments for improving or clarifying a question, and the OP never edits. | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 21:01 | answer | added | Ali Taghavi | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 20:59 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | Is it at all obvious for a new user that by editing their question they always bump it to the top and thus cause inconveniences for other people if they do it often? | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 20:36 | comment | added | user9072 | Tangentially, one can see in the revision-history if an edit was a suggested edit. If it is is, it says "edit approved" (and not only "edited") and a link to the review-card is provided. For an example see mathoverflow.net/posts/230666/revisions | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 20:30 | comment | added | Nik Weaver | @ToddTrimble: good, thank you. | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 20:07 | history | edited | user9072 |
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| Feb 18, 2016 at 20:05 | answer | added | user9072 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 20:04 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | I have been known to leave comments asking users to please curb their excessive minor edits, for the reasons you give. In fact I have done so now. I do encourage people to flag for moderator attention in such cases, if (or especially if) they don't want to leave such comments themselves. If the pattern continues, a private moderator message may go out. | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 19:57 | history | edited | Nik Weaver | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 18, 2016 at 19:32 | history | asked | Nik Weaver | CC BY-SA 3.0 |