I've already mentioned this to a couple of editors in the [`/dev/chat`](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/26/dev-chat) chat, but I think it may be worth mentioning in a Meta post as well.

Please don't make _trivial_ edits to questions that were recently put "on hold". Doing any editing [_within the first five days_](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/196074/lots-of-questions-in-the-reopen-queue/196078#196078) of being put on hold pushes them into the ["reopen" review queue](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/161390/what-are-the-review-queues-and-how-do-they-work/161391#161391).

If your edit is merely a correction of grammatical errors or a cleanup of the question's markup, without addressing the actual reason the question was put on hold, then

* the question will likely not be reopened in review, and
* when the original author fixes whatever the actual issue is with the question, [it will _not_ be put back into the review queue](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/237214/can-multiple-edits-send-an-on-hold-question-to-reopen-queue-more-than-once/239443#239443), and
* as a consequence, the user will be denied the opportunity to have their question _automatically_ pushed into the reopen review queue.

If a question was put on hold, there is _no need_ to edit it, especially not to just remove a couple of lines of "Thank you" or "I'm a noob", or to fix markup or spelling (unless this contributed to the question being put on hold, which would be sad).

If you feel that you can actually _improve_ the state of the question **in such a way that it would be worth reopening**, then by all means edit it, and then vote to reopen it.

This has been mentioned in discussion before, but I felt that it's worth pointing out again. For old discussions, please see

* https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3464
* https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3370