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> one of my questions from 2011 edited today, to remove the word "Thanks!" from the bottom. A successful edit is a way to gain reputation, which is hard to get
by stuartd 8y ago
> one of my questions from 2011 edited today, to remove the word "Thanks!" from the bottom.
A successful edit is a way to gain reputation, which is hard to get these days for new users.
I know it feels a bit odd when someone else edits your question: you could roll it back, but then again why should you be bothered? It's the same question, with one less word.
- 0x00000000 8y agoI guess that explains why literally almost every single question and answer has been edited by a high ranking user to add a comma or change one word usually
- stuartd 8y agoNo, not at all. Once you have earned enough reputation to have the right to edit a question without moderation, you don't gain any reputation from doing so. It's only given to editors under that threshold.
- sigstoat 8y agoas someone who can edit posts freely, you've got to change a minimum amount of stuff. you can't just add a comma or change one word. (also as the sibling comment points out, once you can do that, you don't get anything for it.)
- shagie 8y agoWith sufficient reputation (2000), one can make changes to any post on Stack Overflow without review or reward - no longer does one get reputation from having an edit approved. Those who subscribe to the "the information in this post should be available to everyone in the most readable way" will make changes to curate the material. Reading a post where the wrong 'their' or 'they're' or 'there' is used by someone can be very distracting and these edits serve to make that post more useful to more people as well as helping the OP become more proficient at English through correction. Its not for the reputation (which they don't get) but rather the "this is good, but can be better" and trying to make Stack Overflow the best place it can be.