Timeline for Is it okay to edit?
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| Oct 28, 2020 at 19:34 | comment | added | Matthew | I have personally wished for this before. I think, however, that the penalty for a rejected edit should be less and/or up to the rejecting author to apply or waive. Penalizing someone for malicious editing is fine, but penalizing someone for a well-meaning but mistaken edit just discourages editing, which seems counterproductive. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 23:30 | comment | added | KeizerHarm | @elemtilas If it were up to me (it is not, I do not work for SE and this will never happen), this would be a separate path specifically for drastic changes that risk going against the original author's intent. Of course such a feature would have little use on Stack Overflow or many of the other sites that are more about facts than about prose subject to interpretation... I think I see the problem you mean. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 23:15 | comment | added | elemtilas | I think this would probably require a pretty hefty overhaul of how SE works in general. How would this be implemented, given that SE is fundamentally community-edited property? | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 6:13 | comment | added | KeizerHarm | @JBH you may see that I talked about b) in my opening paragraph. Regarding a), that's true. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 3:28 | comment | added | JBH | (a) This is impossible as it requires a Stack-Exchange-sponsored system-wide change to the software. Short answer: it ain't never gonna happen. (b) Something like this already exists. Edits by users of less than a particular reputation have their edits placed in a queue for community review. Once you have enough rep, you're supposed to be mature enough and experienced enough to know what to do. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 12:08 | comment | added | In Hoc Signo | That's the intent. There are obvious cases like "OP is a new user and he didn't use any punctuation", and then there are cases where it isn't as definite. It is my opinion that anyone who has 2,000 rep should be capable of distinguishing the two. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 11:39 | comment | added | KeizerHarm | @TheDaleks Yes, I would also have fixing typos and other unambiguous cases remain working as the current system. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 11:36 | comment | added | In Hoc Signo | I personally see this as a valid answer. What I kind of have envisioned is two types of editing: fiat editing ("2,000+ rep = insta-edit") and reviewed editing, which would allow the OP to decide whether or not it is appropriate. Currently we have technically have both, but like you said users cannot do reviewed editing once they are over 2,000 rep. I've considered setting up a low-rep account for myself which is purely for editing. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 11:12 | history | answered | KeizerHarm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |