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Editing to fix minor punctuation / grammar issues
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Dealing with incorrect answers
Edits that go against the author's intent are bad whether the post is an hour old or a year old, so please don't do that. Here are some things you can do instead:
Provide a better answer (if you can)...
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Updating older looking sources with newer looking sources
This is my approach; others can feel free to disagree:
For my own posts I specifically link to certain resources and not others. I prefer linking to something which actually contains the original ...
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Old questions refresh to meet new standards
This is a good issue to raise, and I think there is a simple approach to deal with the problem:
All questions and answers should ideally be as good as possible. Whether a question is old or new is ...
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Changed Questions - answer etiquette
I would say that the answer should not be deleted. We don't want to do something that might discourage users from posting valuable answer content. If answers are subject to deletion (or downvotes) ...
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Updating older looking sources with newer looking sources
I agree with Alex's answer.
I think that the general rule to apply for editing someone else's work is that you should make sure that your edit improves the post without violating the [on-topic] ...
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How can we encourage posters to fix their questions?
One thing I have observed on several sites is that new users don't understand editing. That's not surprising; most forum sites are post-once, and then the discussion happens in comments/answers from ...
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Does a question post body need to have all relevant info for the question in it, or can some, or even all, of the question be in only the title?
I am under the impression that the question title is supposed to be a summary, and the question body is supposed to be a complete question. I can't now find evidence on Meta.SE of a formal guideline ...
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Does a question post body need to have all relevant info for the question in it, or can some, or even all, of the question be in only the title?
I agree with Monica Cellio's answer
In addition, I agree with msh210 in the question that "a written work [should] be self-contained (to the extent possible) and not dependent on its title, of all ...
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Should we edit questions to include relevant information that is already in the answer?
If you can improve a question without invalidating it, please do. Questions are more visible than answers; a well-asked question benefits everyone. Adding specific sources to replace "I heard ...
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Let's fix our now-broken images
Done:
Is there an authentic source for such a partial hair covering for women?
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/125
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/296
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/300
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Editing closed questions to try to reopen when there are answers
It seems to me that there's little value in rescuing an old question that was closed for soliciting opinions, having a bunch of opinion-based answers on it. It would be much cleaner, if you're ...
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Should we correct שליט"א (and the like) to זצ"ל (and the like) when a post is bumped?
I don't think we should make such changes. The issue existed in printed texts too and it's best to let a work reflect accurately on how it was written originally.
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Updating older looking sources with newer looking sources
When I add an archive link to a post, I add it in parentheses after the original link. You could do the same thing. See here for an example: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/30285/603
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