Questions tagged [editing]
The editing tag has no usage guidance.
5
questions
10
votes
1
answer
96
views
How can I get more (frequent) users to edit more in a StackExchange community?
The chat regulars on ELL unanimously agree on the fact that it suffers from a lack of avid editors. While we have a fairly large user base in comparison to sites almost as old as us (111 users with ...
- 203
8
votes
1
answer
191
views
Does a monkey-see-monkey-do approach work with self-moderation?
In the context of a Stack Exchange site (or any site with self moderation), is it OK for a very small number of users (1-3) to do most of the work to keep the site clean? Small communities sometimes ...
- 2,739
8
votes
1
answer
189
views
Correcting and explaining corrections without sounding superior
So, I am a moderator on a forum dedicated to scientific exploration, the specifics of which I will not get in to.
The main point of this forum is to correct other's incorrect assumptions and ideas ...
- 365
12
votes
3
answers
276
views
How to deal with a user who deliberately posts answers as comments to evade changes of reputation?
What is best to be done about a user who deliberately posts answers as comments in order to evade (in particular negative) changes of his reputation/karma? The user even admits this behavior.
On our ...
- 1,480
9
votes
2
answers
824
views
Is rolling back a rollback a good idea?
On a Stack Exchange recently, I made an edit, and someone immediately rolled it back. In my opinion, that rollback was invalid, so I re-rolled back to my edit.
I was told that I'm violating an ...
- 499