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@Raven, not sure I agree with you on either point: adding new material is defensible if you're trying to turn the answer into a canonical answer (though it would probably only be diplomatic to do this on older answers), as for stylistic edit, if you're making it more readable, I don't see any problem (except for contentious nit-picking, like changing US/Brit spelling).

Benjol
– Benjol

2011-02-19 16:47:05 +00:00
Commented Feb 19, 2011 at 16:47
but if you allow edits to add wholly new material (instead of, you know, restricting edits to editing) you're effectively making every question community wiki. And yes, those nitpicky things are exactly what I'm talking about -- I've seen edit requests like that, too.

Raven Dreamer
– Raven Dreamer

2011-02-19 19:02:57 +00:00
Commented Feb 19, 2011 at 19:02
@Raven, how's that now?

Benjol
– Benjol

2011-02-21 05:48:35 +00:00
Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 5:48
yup. Looks good.

Raven Dreamer
– Raven Dreamer

2011-02-21 06:42:54 +00:00
Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 6:42
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How about "Sideways edit: You fixed a typo by introducing a new typo"?

Gabe
– Gabe

2011-04-09 08:46:21 +00:00
Commented Apr 9, 2011 at 8:46
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Those are great suggestions. +1

cwallenpoole
– cwallenpoole

2011-08-08 08:52:57 +00:00
Commented Aug 8, 2011 at 8:52

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