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19 questions linked to/from Change this behavior to allow for spelling corrections and the like: "Edits must be at least 6 characters"
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How to fix the indentation of a question? [duplicate]
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Change this behavior to allow for spelling corrections and the like: “Edits must be at least 6 ...
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Indentation only edits in python code [duplicate]
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Edits under 6 characters need to be allowed for code ...
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Editing an SO answer with < 6 characters to correct code syntax [duplicate]
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This has been asked before here, but I think this rule ...
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What to do with the 6 character edit limit? [duplicate]
Disclaimer: I searched and I found a lot of questions about the character limit, but none include the comprehensive feature request I make here, so I kindly request to consider this post not a ...
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Edits must be at least 6 non-space characters [duplicate]
I fixed the formatting to an answer for this question but was unable to proceed as I hadn't changed 6 characters. I added a couple links to utilities mentioned.
I then noticed the links weren't ...
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Allow "suggested edits" to be less than 10 characters [duplicate]
Right now, a user making a suggested edit to a Q or A, must make at least 10 chars change, as there is a filter to that effect which seems to be active on all subsites.
The problem is that quite ...
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Cannot suggest basic formatting edits based on whitespace: "Edits must be at least 6 characters" [duplicate]
I often find myself wanting to improve new member's OPs readability by only doing basic formatting:
adding whitespace to break down one chunk of text into several lines/sections
adding - to format ...
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How to overcome "Edits must be at least 6 characters"
On Stack Overflow, there was a question with an incorrectly formatted list, which lacked a newline before it and thus came out like this:
1. Hello
2. Something else
3. Goodbye
I changed it to the ...
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Is it a good idea to either drop requirement for a limit of 6 character for edits, or drop the ability to edit for users under 2K?
I have just attempted to make my first edit of another user's post - correcting a reference to a single-letter class name, which otherwise could throw a novice (see paercebal's answer in In C++, what ...
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6 character long edits, hack
I think you Jeff should really fix this:
When you are such a noob user (as i am) and you cannot edit directly other people questions, you can provide an edit that will be moderated(?). Now, your edits ...
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Cannot suggest a single-character fix for a typo in a URL [duplicate]
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How to overcome “Edits must be at least 6 characters”?
I noticed a typo in URL posted in an answer. I know the correct URL, so I decided to correct it. I got this:
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Why are trivial edits prohibited in StackOverflow? [duplicate]
Ok, I'm going to try and phrase this in the such away that people don't downvote based on any implied opinion on my part.
I realize edits less than six characters are prohibited on Stack Overflow. ...
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Why should an edit be of at least 6 characters? [duplicate]
I'm doing my first reviews on Stack Overflow, and sometimes just formatting need to be corrected.
I formatted a code snippet but the system does not allow me to save the changes because
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Remove "corrected spelling" from the Edit Summary suggestion
I cannot imagine a spelling correction that changes at least 6 characters. Spelling corrections are discouraged, whether explicitly or through this limit (I'm not sure whether they are explicitly ...
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Why is there a 10-character minimum on edits? [duplicate]
Sometimes I come across errors in answers that are small, but "catastrophic". For example, they wrote is when they meant isn't, or they mis-typed a bash command that could damage someone's system. I ...
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