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I'd like to have this remark by animuson confirmed or refuted:

This is unverified, but I remember reading somewhere that an edit can only bump a question into the Reopen Votes queue once. Further edits would not continue bumping it into review. I could not find a source for that, though.

I could not find a source, either. There is an explanation of how edits send questions into Reopen queue, but it does not address this point.

My reason for asking: I often see questions with minor formatting edits (made by someone other than OP) in the Reopen queue. The reviewers decide to Leave Closed, since the reason for closure still applies. Suppose that OP edits the question later; will the edit send it to be reviewed again? If not, this means that minor edits to an on-hold question reduce the chance of the question being reopened.

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    Shog9's answer meta.stackoverflow.com/a/256572 confirms the remark. The last sentence I quote: "A question will only be enqueued once per closure via editing. It will be enqueued once per reopen vote as long as there are no outstanding reopen votes that've already triggered a review."
    – Willie Wong
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 11:33
  • Thanks; I did not think to search meta.SO for this.
    – user259867
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 12:02
  • Don't thank me. Thank Google. :-)
    – Willie Wong
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 12:03
  • This statement in the proposed duplicate indicates both "yes", and that the decision may be revisited: > "Multiple opportunities to send question for review We’ll be launching this feature without any limits – users will be able to submit multiple edits on individual posts. We’ll take a look at the data in a few weeks to see if any abuse of the feature has occurred and take mitigation steps as needed.". Source: meta.stackexchange.com/q/369013/282094
    – Rob
    Commented Nov 14, 2021 at 2:31

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Shog9 answered this question on meta.SO:

A question will only be enqueued once per closure via editing. It will be enqueued once per reopen vote as long as there are no outstanding reopen votes that've already triggered a review.

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  • interesting that this isn't the case for close queue; when prior votes expire, question can re-enter it: Same question goes through close review queue twice, is that good or bad?
    – gnat
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 12:11
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    But this is the same for reopen votes, as the second sentence says. Only edit-induced reviews are limited to "once per closure".
    – user259867
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 12:17
  • ah I see! that makes more sense now, thanks
    – gnat
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 12:22