Timeline for Change this behavior to allow for spelling corrections and the like: "Edits must be at least 6 characters"
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| Apr 27, 2011 at 23:11 | comment | added | Jason S | Please do this. I just attempted to fix "Irak" as "Iraq" and had to go through the whole rigamarole. security.stackexchange.com/questions/3378/… | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 14:23 | vote | accept | Abel | ||
| Mar 11, 2011 at 16:38 | comment | added | Abel | @Shog9 that sheds some new light on this, tx for explaining. | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 15:30 | history | edited | Grace NoteStaffMod | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 11, 2011 at 15:29 | comment | added | Shog9 | @Abel: yes, users with more than 2K can edit without restrictions. The limitations imposed on low-rep editors are largely there to discourage incomplete edits - since each low-rep edit must be reviewed and approved, edits that make only small corrections impose an unfavorably high cost for the benefit they provide. | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 15:26 | comment | added | Grace Note StaffMod | Yes, it is dependent on reputation, as explained in the other post. When you're at 2k, you can make edits under 6 characters. This is fine because at that reputation, your edits don't need to be reviewed by 2+ people to go through. | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 15:15 | answer | added | Pops | timeline score: -5 | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 10:29 | comment | added | Abel | @Shog9: I know and read the others. A significant number: isn't it obvious then? I often correct spelling and at the same time, I often make spelling mistakes. Btw, is it possible that it depends on your rep? On SO, I don't seem to have this problem, and I saw others correcting my posts like "its" > "it's" and "loosing" > "losing". | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 4:38 | comment | added | Shog9 | See also: 6 character long edits, hack and Remove “corrected spelling” from the Edit Summary suggestion. And I'd really like to see evidence that there are a significant number of perfect-but-for-5-chars posts out there. | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 1:52 | comment | added | Abel | @BalusC I saw that duplicate before posting this, including some others. I would like to reopen this discussion and present it as a feature request (if allowed and/or possible). | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 1:45 | comment | added | user138231 | possible duplicate of How to overcome "Edits must be at least 6 characters"? (which is currently the top ranked "Related" question by the way) | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 1:44 | answer | added | user138231 | timeline score: 62 | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 1:43 | history | asked | Abel | CC BY-SA 2.5 |