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I say no. The author of a question doesn't own the contentdoesn't own the content, SE / the community does.

As this is the case, there is the possibility that an editor makes an edit that the author likes, but the community thinks is unacceptable and, when the answer would then be flagged, the OP gets the punishment for the edit which was made, and not the editor.

In this specific case, however, I don't think the edit was major enough to warrant an approved suggested edit at all, and should have been instead left as a comment (which the reviewer could have done, he has 54 reputation).

I say no. The author of a question doesn't own the content, SE / the community does.

As this is the case, there is the possibility that an editor makes an edit that the author likes, but the community thinks is unacceptable and, when the answer would then be flagged, the OP gets the punishment for the edit which was made, and not the editor.

In this specific case, however, I don't think the edit was major enough to warrant an approved suggested edit at all, and should have been instead left as a comment (which the reviewer could have done, he has 54 reputation).

I say no. The author of a question doesn't own the content, SE / the community does.

As this is the case, there is the possibility that an editor makes an edit that the author likes, but the community thinks is unacceptable and, when the answer would then be flagged, the OP gets the punishment for the edit which was made, and not the editor.

In this specific case, however, I don't think the edit was major enough to warrant an approved suggested edit at all, and should have been instead left as a comment (which the reviewer could have done, he has 54 reputation).

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I say no. The author of a question doesn't own the contentdoesn't own the content, SE / the community does.

As this is the case, there is the possibility that an editor makes an edit that the author likes, but the community thinks is unacceptable and, when the answer would then be flagged, the OP gets the punishment for the edit which was made, and not the editor.

In this specific case, however, I don't think the edit was major enough to warrant an approved suggested edit at all, and should have been instead left as a comment (which the reviewer could have done, he has 54 reputation).

I say no. The author of a question doesn't own the content, SE / the community does.

As this is the case, there is the possibility that an editor makes an edit that the author likes, but the community thinks is unacceptable and, when the answer would then be flagged, the OP gets the punishment for the edit which was made, and not the editor.

In this specific case, however, I don't think the edit was major enough to warrant an approved suggested edit at all, and should have been instead left as a comment (which the reviewer could have done, he has 54 reputation).

I say no. The author of a question doesn't own the content, SE / the community does.

As this is the case, there is the possibility that an editor makes an edit that the author likes, but the community thinks is unacceptable and, when the answer would then be flagged, the OP gets the punishment for the edit which was made, and not the editor.

In this specific case, however, I don't think the edit was major enough to warrant an approved suggested edit at all, and should have been instead left as a comment (which the reviewer could have done, he has 54 reputation).

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I say no. The author of a question doesn't own the content, SE / the community does.

As this is the case, there is the possibility that an editor makes an edit that the author likes, but the community thinks is unacceptable and, when the answer would then be flagged, the OP gets the punishment for the edit which was made, and not the editor.

In this specific case, however, I don't think the edit was major enough to warrant an approved suggested edit at all, and should have been instead left as a comment (which the reviewer could have done, he has 54 reputation).