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quid comments on "Editing tags once a day indefinitely" (22658)

quid — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:18:53 -0700

Tangentially, tag edits do not bump question in "hot"-view.

Asaf Karagila comments on "Editing tags once a day indefinitely" (22655)

Asaf Karagila — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:45:00 -0700

@Gerald: That's wishful thinking.

geraldedgar comments on "Editing tags once a day indefinitely" (22654)

geraldedgar — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:42:00 -0700

I thought (but maybe that is in SE 2.0 sites?) editing your own question does not bump it to the front page? Or is that just wishful thinking...

Scott Carnahan comments on "Editing tags once a day indefinitely" (22647)

Scott Carnahan — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:24:07 -0700

I think the standard practice is to kindly ask them to stop or let the moderators do so. If that fails, we can give someone a day off.

Oddly enough, editing tags seems to be a kind of edit that doesn't trigger the Community-Wiki transition (but I understand that this point will be moot in a few hours).

Kevin Walker comments on "Editing tags once a day indefinitely" (22646)

Kevin Walker — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:01:50 -0700

Check out the edit history of http://mathoverflow.net/revisions/133458/list . As of today, the author has edited the tags 15 times in 11 days. I can understand bumping a question once or twice, but this seems quite excessive. What's the best way to discourage this sort of behavior (assuming there's a consensus that such behavior should be discouraged)?