Questions tagged [grace-period]
Edits within 5 minutes of making a post or editing a post are rolled into one revision. (For the bounty grace period of 24 hours, use the [expired-bounty] tag instead.)
106
questions
9
votes
0
answers
98
views
Grace period removed? [duplicate]
The grace period has disappeared.
For example, the history of this now-deleted post shows an edit five and ten seconds after posting.
Is that intentional? I don't see an announcement.
- 375
18
votes
1
answer
269
views
Edits no longer have a grace period?
Usually edits made within 5 minutes of making or editing a post are rolled into a single revision in the edit history. However, it looks like edits are getting listed separately even if they were ...
- 14.9k
4
votes
1
answer
147
views
When submitting a tag wiki edit from the revision history during the grace period, I get redirected to the site home page rather than to the wiki page
When I make a binding edit to a tag wiki or tag wiki excerpt from the revision history as a 20k+ user during the grace period (editing the individual portion rather than both at the same time), and ...
12
votes
0
answers
165
views
Unable to submit grace period edits to tag wikis using the "Edit tag info" button; works fine when editing from revision history
Update: The server error I originally described no longer seems to happen.
However, it seems that when using the "Edit tag info" button to make and submit a tag wiki edit during the grace ...
0
votes
0
answers
39
views
How long is the question/answer edit grace period? [duplicate]
I have observed there is a period of time which edits can be made to a question or an answer within which the edits are not reported by SE as being edits.
There is sometimes a problem when user A ...
- 299
11
votes
1
answer
275
views
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Edit Rate Limit
Due to a recent change in how grace period edits work, users without the "remove new user restrictions" privilege can no longer take advantage of the grace period — all their edits now ...
24
votes
1
answer
317
views
Did the "grace period" for edits on posts break?
Did the grace period for edits on posts recently go away? Or did the mechanism break maybe?
I was recently editing an FAQ post on MSO, and after saving the edit, realized I changed something which I ...
- 8,711
8
votes
0
answers
93
views
Translation of "appended answer {id} as supplemental" is not used on profile page
Translation of "appended answer {id} as supplemental" is not used on profile page:
At the same time all is fine on the post revision page:
It seems that the same issue exists for "[...
- 65.7k
12
votes
1
answer
118
views
Who, if anybody, can see grace period edit history?
I recently made a post with an image in it that had some mildly sensitive information that I forgot to blur out.
I edited the image, then edited the post and replaced it. I managed to do it during the ...
- 25.9k
4
votes
1
answer
89
views
Is there something similar to the quality filter for edits made by the OP?
I have found some recent questions that have by-passed the quality filter and doesn't show any revision. My guess is that the OP found a way to by-pass the quality filter in order to get their ...
- 15.4k
2
votes
0
answers
68
views
Allow editing the edit summary [duplicate]
I just made an edit and saved it without giving it an edit summary. The default summary was
added 24 characters in body
I made another edit to the same post within 5 minutes, this time changing ...
- 2,780
4
votes
1
answer
102
views
Would a 5-minute grace period for moderator messages (both directions) be useful?
I wrote a long reply (1.2k+ words) to a moderator message, and after clicking "Reply", I spotted a typo, just one typo.
Given that moderator messages are private and cannot be edited (by others), it ...
9
votes
0
answers
92
views
"Edit removed during grace period" is not translatable in a couple of contexts
The text "Edit removed during grace period" is out of translation engine for a couple of situations:
on the post edit page:
on the profile activity tab revision subtab
On the same time ...
- 65.7k
47
votes
2
answers
501
views
What can we do to stop spammers from exploiting the grace period?
Recently, spammers on WordPress Development discovered a "new" trick - the grace period. They post a spam post without the link and immediately edit it in.
Yesterday, I happened to spot yet another ...
3
votes
1
answer
64
views
What does it mean when an edit has the description "[Edit removed during grace period]"?
Recently I came across a few edits on the formatting sandbox with the description "[Edit removed during grace period]".
It definitely wasn't made within the 5 minute grace period. What does it mean?
- 8,681
-7
votes
1
answer
510
views
Users can bypass the 30-day username change limit by constantly changing name within 15 minutes
Note: Not a duplicate of Name Change Limiting can be Broken, as the bug reported there is different; it has to do with account association, while this one is a completely different issue resulting in ...
0
votes
1
answer
85
views
Why is edit history being logged during the grace period? [duplicate]
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/posts/367912/revisions
The initial post occurred at 2018-03-19 15:37:03Z.
The first edit (second revision) occurred at 2018-03-19 15:38:52Z and the ...
user102937
31
votes
0
answers
254
views
End the edit grace period upon two or more spam/rude flags being raised
I am aware that a similar suggestion was made and rejected. The major criticism of that one was essentially this
The only problem with this is it's unexpected - there's no visible trace on that ...
- 26.3k
1
vote
0
answers
54
views
Upvote after downvote and after grace period has ended
I understand that undoing a downvote after the grace-period is denied for strategic reasons (explained here: Unable to undo downvote).
But what if your downvote was just an accident which you did not ...
- 127
-4
votes
2
answers
121
views
Why does SE tell others I have edited my question if nobody has viewed it?
If I edit my question five minutes after I ask it, and nobody else has viewed my question yet, then why does Stack Exchange say that I have edited my question?
- 75
4
votes
1
answer
58
views
Do deletions within the grace period count towards one's personal statistics?
If I post a question or an answer and then self-delete it within the 5-minute grace period, will the deleted post be counted into my statistics (like the "Curious" badge)?
16
votes
0
answers
165
views
Terminate the Grace Period When the Post Score Changes
This is a follow-up to Terminate the grace period when a post receives a flag.
Terminating the grace period for flags was status-declined because it would be confusing for users as flags do not have ...
- 8,254
18
votes
2
answers
149
views
Edits suggested within a grace period shouldn't appear as part of the original edit in the review queue
What?
Subsequent edits suggested either
within their own grace period or
within the grace period of the post
but after the initial edit was reviewed by a human, will appear to be a part of the ...
- 969
56
votes
2
answers
317
views
Terminate the editing grace period when a post receives a flag
Occasionally, someone posts something that is completely unintelligible or spam. Users then proceed to flag the post. Then the poster edits to replace the gibberish or spam with something more legit. ...
- 50.3k
25
votes
0
answers
196
views
Let's be smarter when rolling back in the grace-period
Currently, rollbacks are never rolled into the previous revision.
I propose a simple change making the rollback-link more useful:
If the rollback is to the pre-edit revision, and an ordinary edit ...
- 1,641
9
votes
1
answer
237
views
How often do questions get answered after they got closed?
As most of us know, there is a grace period for users who started to write an answer and the question got closed. This grace period is set to 4 hours server-side. In the web interface though sending ...
- 91.6k
10
votes
1
answer
64
views
"modified" instead of "answered" in home page - probably due to grace period editing
The home page list shows the "modified" label, and linking to this answer as last activity.
However, the answer is not modified:
I also took a look in the answer's revisions but nothing in ...
6
votes
1
answer
39
views
When multiple edits are coalesced, does that mean only one bump? [duplicate]
If I write an answer, then edit it 4 minutes later, it doesn't show up as edited. Does it still bump the question?
Similarly, if I edit my answer, and then re-edit it again 4 minutes later, it only ...
- 1,032
10
votes
2
answers
257
views
Where's my 5 minute grace period gone?
I just posted an answer. (Revision history here.)
I edited it a few seconds later (within my 5 minute grace period), and it comes up as a new revision!? Why?
^^You can see 'answered 1 min ago', and ...
- 19.3k
4
votes
2
answers
108
views
Trying to edit a comment after the grace period: The message "This comment was edited 1 time" is misleading
I tried to edit my comment which I had edited already in Pro Webmasters but I'm not allowed to edit and when I moved my mouse courser to edit symbol it indicating a message that "This comment was ...
0
votes
0
answers
11
views
Couldn't revert downvote when answer edited during grace period [duplicate]
I downvoted this answer because it recommended a really terrible library. The author edited the reference out during the initial 5 minute (?) grace period.
I didn't get back to the answer for a ...
- 1,290
2
votes
0
answers
32
views
Grace period edits will still lock in votes [duplicate]
The usual rule is if I vote, it's locked in after 5 minutes or something, unless the question is edited. However, it seems if the edit takes place in a grace period of posting a question or the last ...
- 14.5k
13
votes
2
answers
142
views
Recognize edits that happened after the VLQ flag but during grace period as flag-validating ones
This feature request is posted as a follow-up to discussion in comments related to flagging very low quality "drafts" of fastest gun answers:
edits to a post flagged as Very Low Quality will ...
- 10.9k
2
votes
0
answers
66
views
Preventing abuse of the grace period [duplicate]
From time to time I have noticed what I only can describe as an abuse of the 5 minute grace period when answering a question.
User posts a short incomplete answer, just to be the "first answer" of a ...
- 536
3
votes
0
answers
100
views
Allow a 30-second grace period to change a Leave Open review
Correct me if I'm wrong, but currently there are extremely few actions without a short grace period in which you can undo them (in some way). Why is the "Leave Open" button in the close vote review ...
- 7,315
85
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Reset question grace period once an answer has been posted
When answers are posted within a question's initial grace period, it is possible that further edits could completely change the question (see "chameleon questions"), and render those first few answers ...
Aaron BertrandStaff
- 37.1k
30
votes
4
answers
197
views
Keep track of the number of grace period edits on each revision
Everyone knows about the grace period, and everyone knows the confusion that grace period can cause when it comes to "hidden edits" that seemingly came out of nowhere.
My simple solution: add another ...
- 189k
-1
votes
1
answer
78
views
Comment editing grace period before edit-counter starts (pencil)
I know there's already a similar question. But things have changed recently since now you can even see how many times someone has edited his comment.
Maybe it is not best-practise, but i often post ...
- 1,028
4
votes
0
answers
96
views
Changing votes for an answer, which has been "edited" in the grace period [duplicate]
I upvoted an answer, and remained on the page and read a few more answers, while noticing that the user that I originally upvoted made several edits. I later noticed something from one of the edits ...
- 2,030
14
votes
2
answers
225
views
Do/Should moderators have the ability to see edits performed during the "grace" period?
I'm not sure if this is a legitimate question for Meta, since it may involve information that is purposefully hidden from the public eye to prevent abuse. But the reason I ask is due to an issue on ...
- 1,539
13
votes
2
answers
206
views
Add 5 minute comment edit rule to privilege page
Previously I asked "Is there currently any way a user can find out about the 5 minute rule before actually running into it?" I guess that was a bad question, anyway the answer is no.
My gentle ...
- 273
5
votes
1
answer
190
views
Upvote on answer undone
I want to report something I have noticed. Twice today, I have given answers.
The first time, my answer was upvoted and I gained 10 reputation as always but within 5 minutes I noticed the 10 ...
- 5,675
1
vote
0
answers
52
views
Why doesn't an answer show up as having been edited if it has been replied to within the grace period? [duplicate]
I asked a question earlier and I received a reply with a minute of posting. It didn't answer my question and I replied to state why it did not answer my question. Within that period someone else had ...
- 111
17
votes
1
answer
165
views
Take most recent (or concatenate) edit comments when editing during grace period
Recently, I edited one of my answers to update a link to a better resource. I clicked "Save" without entering a description of the edit (edit #1).
Then I realised that the question was asked by a new ...
- 2,070
36
votes
2
answers
282
views
Grace period for changing close vote reason?
First off, the new close vote retraction option is great. Thanks for that. However, I did notice that any retraction of a close-vote is final (not that this is unreasonable), and I was wondering if it ...
user200500
1
vote
0
answers
49
views
Anyone notice that sometimes edits are not catalogued? [duplicate]
By virtue of the nature of the question, I can't give concrete evidence, since I don't record my screen, but over the past few days, I've tried to change a downvote or an upvote after an edit has ...
- 2,030
-9
votes
1
answer
149
views
I can not edit my own comment which is 20 minutes old [duplicate]
I can not Edit my comment which was posted 20 minutes ago. I can only delete it.
If I add a new comment I can delete or edit it.
Is this a bug or feature? I don't see why someone should not be able ...
- 437
0
votes
0
answers
53
views
Why are edits in the first 5 minutes not recorded? [duplicate]
What is the purpose of the 5 minute grace period for editing a new post? Is there a reason edits during that time aren't displayed as normal? I don't see the rationale for such a feature.
- 2,971
3
votes
0
answers
70
views
How about making the downvote during grace period behavior more clear?
This is a suggestion for a minor user interface tweak. Could SO make the behavior described in this question and this answer (answer edited after downvote but within the grace period still locks ...
- 139
14
votes
0
answers
103
views
Revert Downvote after Quick Edit [duplicate]
I have just downvoted a really bad one-line question. However the author then edited but because it was within the grace period and made good.
The problem is because it appears that the question hasn'...
- 241