It drives me mildly insane to see the "Active" page of a Stack Exchange site filled with old questions that have all had trivial edits from one user.
Modifications I consider trivial are:
a single spelling error that doesn't impact the readability of the question
slight grammar errors (its > it's, then > than, etc)
adding code quotes to single words in a sentence ("Your
TextBox
tag should say...")modifying minor tags that most people wouldn't normally filter/search by and that don't add much to the question, like datagrid
Such minor edits don't bother me when questions are newer, but when the front page suddenly starts becoming full of posts from a few years ago due to these minor edits, it becomes hard to find actual "Active" questions.
Does Stack Exchange have an official stance on if these trivial edits to old questions are welcome or not?
SE => StackExchange
to the list of things I consider "trivial" since I see it happen so much =P – Rachel Feb 1 '13 at 17:43@username
comments even if they haven't posted a comment (the username won't autocomplete, but they'll get an inbox notification regardless). If you spot someone doing a lot of trivial edits and spamming the front page, just comment on one of the posts explaining why they should avoid trivial edits. – yannis Feb 1 '13 at 17:50trusted user
means 20k+ – Lance Roberts Feb 1 '13 at 18:48