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I don't quite agree as someone with few points on StackOverflow the mods can be quite hostile and inflexible when it comes to the rules. For instance I found a

by Fuxy 10y ago

I don't quite agree as someone with few points on StackOverflow the mods can be quite hostile and inflexible when it comes to the rules. For instance I found a browser bug in the code submitted on a stack overflow answer [1] and I edited it and it got rejected because it wasn't in the spirit of what the original author intended or something like that. I also had no way of replying to the rejection motivating what my reasoning was and maybe reinstating it luckily the original author got in touch and fixed it himself later on. At that point I wasn't even able to comment on the reply since I didn't have enough points so I would ague the barrier to entry is quite high if all you want to do is just fix a few mistakes you spot while using the site. Also there are multiple communities like Ask Ubuntu, Server Fault each with their own points which means I run into the same problem over and over again even though I have proven myself on anther sister community. [1](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12131273/twitter-bootstrap-tabs-url-doesnt-change/36179228#36179228 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12131273/twitter-bootstra...)

guard-of-terra 10y ago
They actually give you 101 points on every new site if you're a proven user, which lets you comment.
- Fuxy 10y ago
  How many points do you need to be a proven user then?
  - tokenizerrr 10y ago
    200
ogrisel 10y ago
> For instance I found a browser bug in the code submitted on a stack overflow answer [1] and I edited it and it got rejected because it wasn't in the spirit of what the original author intended or something like that. It occurred several times that moderators rejected valid or helpful edits to some of my answers for the same "spirit" reason. However I still got notifications and edited my answer accordingly so the effort of the original contributors was not wasted (but they did not get any credit / karma for it).
Mithaldu 10y ago
I ran into the same problem myself recently. Only in my case the original poster didn't agree with the edit either, since the wording was "obvious to him". He recommended i propose an edit and let mods decide (failed twice already, same reason as for you), or write my own answer (question was locked). It led me to try and find the mission statement of SO and it only says it wants to be the biggest resource of questions and answers. No word about quality. I suspect they only care about answer amount as that helps their google rank, and quality doesn't.
V-2 10y ago
> At that point I wasn't even able to comment on the reply That's the root cause of the problem. Once that's fixed, I think commenting is better than editing the answer. As a mod I often can't know - having no time to verify - whether an edit such as yours actually fixes some bug or not. It has nothing to do with being hostile. I agree that you should be able to simply leave a comment (new users used to have the right to comment once, if that's no longer the case, I find it quite stupid) that points something out, while keeping it clear who states what. Then if your fix is helpful, the comment gets upvoted, and everybody's happy. The author of the answer will typically acknowledge it by editing their answer, or risk getting downvotes otherwise (since now it's apparent that the answer isn't fully correct).

by Fuxy 10y ago

guard-of-terra 10y ago

They actually give you 101 points on every new site if you're a proven user, which lets you comment.

Fuxy 10y ago
How many points do you need to be a proven user then?
- tokenizerrr 10y ago
  200

ogrisel 10y ago

> For instance I found a browser bug in the code submitted on a stack overflow answer [1] and I edited it and it got rejected because it wasn't in the spirit of what the original author intended or something like that. It occurred several times that moderators rejected valid or helpful edits to some of my answers for the same "spirit" reason. However I still got notifications and edited my answer accordingly so the effort of the original contributors was not wasted (but they did not get any credit / karma for it).

Mithaldu 10y ago

I ran into the same problem myself recently. Only in my case the original poster didn't agree with the edit either, since the wording was "obvious to him". He recommended i propose an edit and let mods decide (failed twice already, same reason as for you), or write my own answer (question was locked). It led me to try and find the mission statement of SO and it only says it wants to be the biggest resource of questions and answers. No word about quality. I suspect they only care about answer amount as that helps their google rank, and quality doesn't.

V-2 10y ago

> At that point I wasn't even able to comment on the reply That's the root cause of the problem. Once that's fixed, I think commenting is better than editing the answer. As a mod I often can't know - having no time to verify - whether an edit such as yours actually fixes some bug or not. It has nothing to do with being hostile. I agree that you should be able to simply leave a comment (new users used to have the right to comment once, if that's no longer the case, I find it quite stupid) that points something out, while keeping it clear who states what. Then if your fix is helpful, the comment gets upvoted, and everybody's happy. The author of the answer will typically acknowledge it by editing their answer, or risk getting downvotes otherwise (since now it's apparent that the answer isn't fully correct).