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11 questions linked to/from How to make or suggest good edits
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What is the motivation for pointless edits? [duplicate]
I am trying to understand why a certain user keeps making pointless edits that add nothing to a question. The one that sparked this post is the fourth edit to this question, which simply inserts a ...
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Does MSE discourage users to edit new users' or "low quality" posts? [duplicate]
Does MSE discourage users to edit new users' or "low quality" posts?
This seems to be a bit counter-intuitive but I'm unable to think otherwise.
So, we know that when a user below 2000 rep ...
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How to ask a good question.
How to ask a good question.
This thread has advice on the following aspects of writing a good question on this site. Each item in this list links to an answer below about that specific aspect of ...
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Sandbox for drafts of long, complex posts
This sandbox is intended for saving drafts of long, complex posts, especially posts whose composition takes a long time. It serves to localize to one thread the front-page "bumps" caused by edits to ...
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Why was my suggested edit rejected despite correcting a calculation error?
I recently found some mistake in the calculation in an answer.
The formula $\color{red} {\int_{x=0}^\infty e^{-(ax^2+bx)}\,dx=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{a}}\exp\left(\frac{b^2}{4a}\right)}$ used in ...
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Deleting 'thanks for help' from posts
What's the stance on edits where the only real change is deleting, "Thanks for the help in advance," or similar? I think it'd be best if the OP didn't write them in the first place but I ...
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Should I avoid minor edit of a question which was put on hold? [obsolete] [closed]
There was a recent (end of August 2021) change in the way Stack Exchange handles such edits. When editing a closed question, now there is a checkbox to say whether the edit is substantial - and only ...
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Guidelines for context edits and rewrites
Suppose you come across a question that has been closed for lack of context, has high quality answers, and on its way to being deleted. Can you save the post by editing it to include more context?
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Why was this question and its answer deleted, and how to undelete it?
I noticed by accident that the question
Recurrence on partial orders [closed],
asked by user948104 on Sep 11, has been closed and deleted.
Along the question went also my answer, to which I had spent ...
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Why my edit to remove irrelevant commentary was rejected?
I suggested an edit to this question, in order to remove irrelevant commentary, like the intro:
I have been out of school for a long time an have an assignment that I am finding hard to grasp, I ...
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Why was my edit rejected by deviating from the original intent?
My edit on this answer just got rejected with the reason below:
This edit deviates from the original intent of the post. Even edits that must make drastic changes should strive to preserve the goals ...
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