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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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How to edit answers to fix syntax errors when "Edits must be at least 6 characters" [duplicate]
While looking for an answer of my problem "How to round numbers with decimals in javascript", I found this SO answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/14194399/177665
This can be done using Javascript as ...
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Can minimum character limit or reputation threshold for suggested edits be changed locally (per site)?
Is it possible for moderators to request changing of the minimum character limit for suggested edits for a particular site? Or is it at least possible to lower the rep required for edits?
I am asking ...
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Unable to get value from answer due to restricted edit
I was just recently searching here and on other Metas about certain markdown options when writing posts, for example:
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subscripts and others...
Eventually I found the post Different ...
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Why does an edit have to be at least 6 characters? [duplicate]
The "placeholder" says: briefly explain your changes (corrected spelling, fixed grammar, improved formatting)
I just came across an answer which has a misspelled website name in it.
As the "...
