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Asking ...
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Roll out 10k tools gradually between 3k and 10k reputation for users who have shown interest in helping the site
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Make it easier for lesser rep users who actually contribute in janitorial work, by giving them access to some of these tools between 3k and 10k.
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What should the standard spelling be - British or US?
I just saw someone edit the title of this question to change the spelling from favourite (The British spelling) to favorite (The US-English spelling).
Does Stack Exchange have an accepted standard on ...
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Is seeing other people's bookmarks a privacy issue? [closed]
I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative ...
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Is it correct to edit a question to remove a verbose introduction?
The question starts with
I know that this isn't the first post with this problem, but I am
stuck with this for a day (total, not 1 day in a row). Somehow I can't
get this to work, maybe it is ...
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Was this a valid edit that I should have approved? [closed]
This edit came up in the queue the other day, which I rejected as I felt it should have been a comment, and I checked, was already a comment by the editor.
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Why are approved edit suggestions worth reputation?
I'm not against it at all. I like it. I'm just curious what the rationale is/was. Of course I agree that good edits are good and that good things should be incentivized, but why with rep?
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Sandboxing the FAQ for Stack Exchange sites to make it international
The content was taken from the rev. 233 of FAQ for Stack Exchange sites to test an idea shared on a comment to my answer to Help develop the site and community knowledge base in your language.
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Why are questions edited so much and so thoroughly?
Often when I ask a question, the tiniest mistakes in it will get edited out almost immediately, sometimes entire sentences will be reformulated in a better way. I am assuming that's done by actual ...
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Minimum reputation to edit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can any user edit any other user’s question or answer?
Given how reputation privileges are gradually earned, how is a user with 1-rep enabled to suggest edits?
This user, now ...
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Should I be seeing an edit button for other users while logged in to stackexchange? [duplicate]
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Why can any user edit any other user’s question or answer?
I am logged in to stackexchange using chrome mobile and it looks like I can edit other users posts. There is an edit ...
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Why do we allow multiple peer edits for a given question? [duplicate]
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Why can any user edit any other user's question or answer?
If the person asking the question wants to edit the details of the question that's fair. But I am wondering why ...
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Why is there an edit link for answers from other people? [duplicate]
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Why can any user edit any other user’s question or answer?
I just asked a question and I was going to comment on one of the answers. Instead, I accidentally hit edit and I ...
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Can I add examples/citations to another person's answer? [duplicate]
Recently I was asking a question on the Stack Exchange network and received a very brief description of how to handle my issue.
Unfortunately the answer didn't have any citations or examples. As ...
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How to ask about the origin of certain "rule" and its "ruling" attributes
How do I ask about the source of terms and "rules" not explained on a per-site Tour and Help Center without disturbing too much Meta Stack Exchange? Should I make a post for each term and a ...
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