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10 questions linked to/from Suggested edits that change links should jump out and punch reviewers in the face
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Show where added links in edits lead [duplicate]
On the suggested edits page, there will occasionally be somebody who adds or updates a link.
If most of the reviewers are like me, they're too lazy to actually hover over the link and just think "...
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Can the CSS be adjusted to make links stand out more in rendered output mode [duplicate]
I recently got an edit rejected and upon asking for clarification, it emerged that based on my edit suggestion, it looked like I had removed the links from the post when I hadn't.
It is clear that ...
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Option to view entire markdown source text in suggested edit review [duplicate]
I recently encountered a suggested edit which replaced the display text of several links (the text in square brackets) which were using the "URL is in footnote" markdown. I couldn't see the URLs ...
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Spam edit approved
Here's an edit that replaced the useful link with some youtube video: https://stackoverflow.com/suggested-edits/346238
I'm not sure how else to go about flagging it, but clearly the editor needs a ...
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Suggested edits that change code should jump out and punch reviewers in the face (aka mark edited code blocks differently)
If you see the following suggested edit (https://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/11026733), it will look like there is only one word change, and someone seeing is can quickly take the ...
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Suggested edits with HTML comments and other sneaky stuff: can we alert reviewers?
When suggested edits contain possible spam, the system adds a notice to the review task that says something like "hey, be careful -- the system identified this as possible spam" so that reviewers know ...
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The side-by-side diffs should make it clear when a link is added
On Meta:
On SO (rev 2):
As you can see, on SO you can't easily notice that a link was added in the side-by-side view. This way spam can get through the suggested edits review process....
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Should I edit an accepted answer which need updating because the URLs have changed or make a new answer?
I have tried to edit this accepted answer because 3 out of the 4 URL are dead because the site has moved.
My 2 edit suggestions (first and second) have been rejected even though they improve the ...
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Abuse of "This edit is too minor ..." hinders link and spelling correction [duplicate]
Why do reviewer block improvements of tag wikis, which just fix spelling and broken links? Is it more important to have larger edits than better content? And why is there no flag option to report such ...
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Suggested edits that deserve to be an answer on its own
I saw multiple suggested edits today that would have been good answers … I they weren't appended to an older post. When I see that someone put much effort in his (her) answer, then I don't to reject ...
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