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Changing Apple links depending on region
When creating a post, we would recommend that the locale be removed from URLs so that a user's preferred locale is default. An exception is if you have a question where the locale is key to the ...
grgMod
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Why was my edit rejected?
I've posted the question and the answer below to share my thoughts and get community feedback on the action taken.
While there is nothing wrong as such with the edit (it did fix a minor issue in the ...
nohillsideMod
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First suggested edit ban but still unable to suggest edits more than 24 hours later
As you've mentioned in the question, the automated suggested edit bans are just that: automatic. I don't know the specific details of why the system chooses a specific amount of time, but this was ...
grgMod
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What’s wrong with this edit adding an App Store link to an answer?
I agree with that edit being rejected, and while I was not one to make the actual rejection, this would have been my reasoning for rejecting it:
The post already contained a link to the official ...
grgMod
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First suggested edit ban but still unable to suggest edits more than 24 hours later
It looks like you've been tripped up again with a ban. If the system doesn't tell you the length of the ban - I would encourage you to ask here and we'll get an official answer why ban length isn't ...
bmikeMod
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Reviewing/Approving Post Edits for http -> https
I would suggest refraining from any sort of manual cleanup on this. The system cleanup is scripted and unless you are in making a substantive edit and happen to fix http / https you are causing human ...
bmikeMod
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Edits by anonymous users?
Yes - There have been many anonymous edits that are very high quality. Often it's someone who knows their stuff and doesn't want to log in on a strange computer or possibly compromised network but ...
bmikeMod
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Grayed out edit on some questions and most meta questions
Two suggested edits can't be submitted on the same post at the same time. The first suggested edit must be approved or rejected before another suggested edit can be submitted. If the user can approve ...
grgMod
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What is required to approve suggested edits?
You've never been able to single-handedly approve suggested edits (except on your posts).
Suggested edits require two approve or reject votes before being committed. If you are the first reviewer (or ...
grgMod
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Revert a mistakenly approved Suggested Edit
Don't worry, this happens to all of us and therefore it's a good thing that Suggested Edits require two reviewers.
You cannot change your decision, the system simply doesn't allow it. Even ♦ ...
GlorfindelMod
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Approving an edit after one "Approve" and one "Reject" vote
Moderator votes have kind of more power :-)
As always, feel free to rollback the edit if you don't agree (or rollback and edit it yourself if part of the edit looks useful to you).
nohillsideMod
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Reviewing/Approving Post Edits for http -> https
@Glorfindel is going around the tag wikis and moving links to HTTPS.
In my opinion, this is mostly fine:
the links are tidied in other ways too if necessary
the edits are on tag wikis so no bumping ...
grgMod
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How are edited characters counted?
The edited characters count for the purposes of the minimum edit count is based on the number of non-whitespace characters that are edited in a post.
This means that:
example to **example** is an ...
grgMod
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Ask Different needs correct tags for 'Mac OS X Server' (10.0 - 10.6) and 'OS X Server (10.7 - 10.9)
For simplicity I suggest what the tag wikis currently say.
Sever.app for 10.7 and up where you just instal the app on top of normal OSX.
OSX-server for 10.6 and below where you need a license key ...
bmikeMod
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Why was my edit fixing capitalization rejected?
Hopefully I can provide some further context as the person who rejected the edit.
The edit did not substantially improve the post. I understand editing to fix spelling mistakes since Stack Exchange ...
grgMod
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Revert a mistakenly approved Suggested Edit
If all else fails there is always the option of flagging a post for mod attention and including a message when flagging.
nohillsideMod
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Guidance Needed on Question re Network Location & Preferred Networks
The answer below is intended to provide, as you asked for, guidance on how to go about getting an answer to your question/problem. It's scope goes beyond the stated question itself and hopefully ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible