Timeline for What is the motivation for pointless edits?
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| Mar 8, 2021 at 4:14 | comment | added | Arctic Char | @XanderHenderson This answers the question. The OP is asking why a certain user make a trivial edit. To me they are pointing at a very specific situation. And the propose (instant rejection of a proposed edit) is the correct explanation here. To me, it is more appropriate to close it as duplicate of one of those older posts which discuss this "reject and edit" trick. | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 13:20 | comment | added | Xander Henderson Mod | I don't see how this answers the question. As stated, your question is about why a user would make a pointless edit. Your answer addresses only one possible explanation, i.e. in order to instantly reject a proposed edit. But this is not the only reason that one might make a pointless edit---indeed, if you look at the edit which was rejected by this "Reject & Edit", it is equally pointless. While I am not a fan of "Reject & Edit"ing in order to instantly remove something from the queue, can you really argue that the rejected edit was any less pointless? How do you explain such edits? | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 3:52 | comment | added | Paramanand Singh Mod | @ArcticChar: my point here is mostly to highlight that accepting self answers on meta discussions is a rare phenomenon and it is best if it remains rare. | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 3:47 | comment | added | Paramanand Singh Mod | @ArcticChar: the current stats is 3170 questions with no accepted answer out of 5338 questions with "discussion" tag. I don't know how to filter specifically for self answered and accepted questions in discussion tag. Maybe if Martin Sleziak sees this they can help with a query. | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 3:30 | comment | added | Paramanand Singh Mod | @ArcticChar: also it should rather be obvious that in a debate the viewpoint most useful is one's own viewpoint (that's why they are ready to debate for it). | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 3:27 | comment | added | Paramanand Singh Mod | @ArcticChar: I know that, but the accepted answer is usually shown first. The system treats the accepted answer as different and somehow more important that other answers. It does give a perception to an unseasoned user that this is the right viewpoint and they may not care to read other viewpoints. When you invite for a discussion you can not unilaterally announce that one particular viewpoint is right. I think the viewpoint of asker on meta should be a part of the question itself. | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 3:01 | comment | added | Arctic Char | Accepting an answer always mean the OP finds the answer the correct/most useful one and just that, @paramanandsingh. I think this is true on both main and meta, self-answered or not. The vote count is probably more important. | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 2:51 | comment | added | Paramanand Singh Mod | Also meta discussions are about expressing different viewpoints. Writing a self answer and then accepting it sends a different message here than accepting a self answer on main. | |
| Mar 7, 2021 at 2:41 | comment | added | Paramanand Singh Mod | I noted that you have edited the question on main in desired form. In fact that should have been your first option instead of targeting specific users on meta. I don't think this was really a problem of that serious nature which warranted so much effort. | |
| Mar 6, 2021 at 23:25 | comment | added | amWhy | But the pointless suggested editor fails to gain 2 points for a trivial edit edited suggestion. I left the post no different than had the trivial suggested edit had not abused the rep credit for suggesting an edit. I gain nothing". I regard your meta post as an abuse of this site, because you had your mind made up *before posting to meta, and before posting your answer, so it was never a question for you. What was your motivation in to accept your misinformed answer, thus giving you an upvoted answer on meta? | |
| Mar 6, 2021 at 21:58 | vote | accept | TonyK | ||
| Mar 6, 2021 at 21:57 | history | answered | TonyK | CC BY-SA 4.0 |