Edit suggestion rejected don't know why

Question

First of all this is not a duplicate of why was this edit suggestion rejected by community.

Last day I was browsing questions on MSE and I found a mistake(or you call it the criteria of Explainer badge is wrongly written) on a question New three-tiered badge idea: Explainer -> Refiner -> Illuminator.

In the question it is written as:

• Explainer (Bronze): Answered & edited 10 questions

I reviewed the criteria on MSE Badges and it is written clearly that:

• Explainer (Bronze): Edited and answered 1 question (both actions within 12 hours, answer score > 0)

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The criteria of awarding Explainer Badge is changed and the badge is currently awarded on Edited and answered 1 question (both actions within 12 hours, answer score > 0) on MSE Badges, MSO Badges and SO Badges.

That's why I made an edit suggestion just because lot's of users visits this question everyday and they are misleading with this information. I made some improvement in the post by adding the criteria properly and initially my edit was approved by afterwards it was rejected by other users.

I didn't do it for gaining reputation but the whole point of this question is wasted if the core criteria of awarding such badges is wrongly written.

Could someone explains me that either my edit was wrong or my reputation is not enough for you guys to take my edit suggestion seriously?

I am an active user on SO and continuously contributing in this community.

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EDIT:

The comment that I left for edit suggestion reviewers:

It is not correct "Answered & edited 10 questions". Explainer is currently awarding on "Answered & edited 1 question" as it is written on badges page.

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with your reputation. The edit, while well-intentioned, was unfortunately inappropriate. And here's why.

The users who rejected your edit left the following reason:

This edit deviates from the original intent of the post. Even edits that must make drastic changes should strive to preserve the goals of the post's owner.

Take a closer look at that question. It's not an announcement of the new badges, it's a proposal.

What you're attempting to edit was the original suggested criteria for the badge, not necessarily the implementation we ended up with. Editing it would change the whole proposal and make the discussion in the answers and comments much harder to follow.

See also Tim Post's comment (emphasis mine):

I want to thank everyone so far that has provided feedback, you folks are just amazing. So far, I'm pretty convinced that we'd have to drop the bronze requirements down a bit, those need to be a bit easier to earn. I need to think about concerns regarding folks gaming to get the badge (and the annoyance that can create), as well as the time window being a bit too narrow. Thank you, everyone for making this as productive as its been today - and please keep at it for any ideas or concerns that have not come up yet. I think most like the idea, I'm going to take another look at the mechanics.

That's exactly what happened. The requirements were reduced from 10 questions to 1. When it comes to feature requests (even ones that come from employees), you gotta expect changes between initial idea and implementation plus as the sites grow and we tweak things along the way.