Timeline for Is it OK to edit an answer just to rescind one's own old vote?
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| Apr 4, 2018 at 20:08 | comment | added | Machavity | Meta.SE on why votes lock and a mod explaining it in more detail | |
| Apr 4, 2018 at 3:07 | comment | added | Kevin | Re "Why does SE do this in the first place?" - It's because votes show up in the user's achievements. If you could vote and then unvote, you could create an endless stream of meaningless rep events and annoy people. That Chesterton's fence is making it difficult for me to upvote this answer. | |
| Apr 3, 2018 at 23:35 | comment | added | Valorum | @Randal'Thor - I've edited the header slightly. | |
| Apr 3, 2018 at 23:35 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2018 at 23:34 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | The wording of, and voting on, this answer is slightly confused. I suspect (especially judging from the comments) that a lot of the DVers downvoted this because of the big bold header which suggests all 2k+ users should have carte blanche to make any edits they want in order to reverse their vote ... whereas in fact you say useless edits are an abuse and all edits should have some value. | |
| Apr 3, 2018 at 23:16 | comment | added | Valorum | @Randal'Thor - Do you mean that I have met a post/s that can't be improved? | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 23:50 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | Personally I don't like the idea of giving people carte blanche to make useless edits. My general rule of thumb is "if it'd be rejected as a suggested edit, consider rolling it back as a 2k+ user's edit". Of course some minor few-character edits are objective improvements, but I don't believe you've never met a post that couldn't be improved. | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 21:49 | comment | added | Valorum | @phantom42 - It depends how egregious the punctuation errors are. Some of them make me weep bitter tears, especially when the answer is a solid block of text several dozen lines long. | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 21:45 | comment | added | phantom42 | Emphasis on the fact that edits should have some value. I'd argue that in most cases, tidying up punctuation is not really an edit of any substantial value. The system reminds new users of this, and it's general policy. | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 20:45 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 2, 2018 at 19:17 | comment | added | Valorum | @DCOPTimDowd - I've never met an answer, no matter who it's been written by, that couldn't stand some improvement. Even if that improvement is just tidying up punctuation. | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 19:16 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 2, 2018 at 17:45 | comment | added | DCOPTimDowd | Your last paragraph is the better idea. If the answer could use an edit by itself, and that happens to allow you to recast your vote, then you might as well. Editing an answer simply to re-vote should not be happening. | |
| Apr 2, 2018 at 17:00 | history | answered | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |