The Way of the Editless Edit: why could this user do a blank edit?

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There are two suggested edits here, and the difference is obvious - there is no edit. While it was rejected, I see a comment but no actual edit. Is this an odd glitch, or something else?

EDIT: Apparently @satya found that even regular users can do it. So now it's not 'how', it's 'why'.

It's not restricted to anon.. even regular users can do it. Here's an example: superuser.com/posts/238818/revisions (FOR SCIENCE, of course!) — Sathyajith Bhat, Commented Jul 2, 2012 at 10:27
This was reported quite some time ago, but I can't find the earlier question... — BoltClock's a Unicorn, Commented Jul 2, 2012 at 10:51
I think the length check or quality filter check are not active on all sites, maybe there are no filters on Super User? — Shadow Wizard, Commented Jul 2, 2012 at 11:00
@ShaWizDowArd: Nope, that's a revision, not an edit suggestion. — BoltClock's a Unicorn, Commented Jul 2, 2012 at 11:14
@Sathya was able to suggest on the same question you edited by adding blank spaces   - maybe that's the case? (please reject :)) — Shadow Wizard, Commented Jul 2, 2012 at 11:24
We've identified the bug and will fix it tomorrow, hopefully. It has to do with the site being extra helpful and stripping spaces from a title's ending punctuation, e.g. "How can I do this ?" — Jarrod Dixon, Commented Jul 5, 2012 at 5:52
@Gilles your example was perfect, note how the main question page doesn't have the space, but the raw revision does. — Jarrod Dixon, Commented Jul 5, 2012 at 5:59
@Anna but did Jarrod fix the bug, or is the code still stripping away such spaces? — Shadow Wizard, Commented May 6, 2014 at 22:34
@ShadowWizard Jarrod sez it should be fixed, and I can't seem to repro it here. — Adam Lear, Commented May 6, 2014 at 22:35

Journeyman Geek · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 23:56:09Z

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This got fixed by Jerrod, as per the comments. Between the status completed and such, self answering to close the loop

answered May 23, 2017 at 23:56

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