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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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Penalty for approving Suggested edit which is rejected with Vandalism flag

Today when I was trying to review suggested edit, I saw a suggested edit like: Suggested Edit on this post CodeIgniter Custom Admin URI Routes At first sight itself it seems as a spam to me, So I ...
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Low-rep user trying to vandalize my posts

I recently improved and approved a suggested edit on a question submitted by a first-time user. The question was later closed as "Not a real question," which is all fine. It appears that the user ...
derekerdmann's user avatar
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What to do if an edit vandalising the original post is approved?

Look at this suggested Edit. In this the anonymous user has added a line please i want to do project that going to done on reporting system so help me and also ruined the formatting of the code....
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Lots of vandalism by anonymous edit suggestions

I often see vandalism while reviewing edit suggestions. Most of these are submitted by anonymous users. Example Is there a way for moderators to block these users? And do we really need anonymous ...
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Do suggested edits rejected for "vandalism" get flagged for moderators in some way? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Does the rejection of a suggested edit with the reason “Vandalism” flag the post in any way? I just ran across this suggested edit. I'm usually fairly reluctant ...
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Formatting as virtue vs formatting as sin

While reviewing suggested edits, I recently ran across a user with a habit of formatting key phrases and non-code keywords as code. Very often, the poster's summary or question statement are ...
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Does the rejection of a suggested edit with the reason "Vandalism" flag the post in any way?

In the process of rejecting a suggested edit, a reason must now be given (copied content, invalid edit, radical change, too minor, or vandalism). If we select vandalism for the reason, does this mark ...
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