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Oberoniss I've been here for thirteen years and all I got from PST (Veteran) Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
I've been here for thirteen years and all I got
#1: Oct 29th 2015 at 5:58:32 PM

Inspired by a small conundrum I had today. What about a generous character limit for edit reasons, like 400-500 characters or so? That should be enough to explain the reasoning behind an edit without people writing college essays and such.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#2: Oct 29th 2015 at 7:02:32 PM

Are large edit reasons an actual problem? I don't think I've seen anything beyond 200 characters or so

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#3: Oct 30th 2015 at 9:16:39 PM

Edit reasons should be as concise as is necessary to get the point of the edit across.

EDIT: Hang on...I think I may have misinterpreted the OP. Still, I can't see a need for an edit reason that's longer than 250 characters. That's almost double the length of a Twitter post, and no edit should require that much justification. If it does, post it on the discussion page and make that clear in the edit reason.

edited 30th Oct '15 9:19:37 PM by Willbyr

Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#4: Oct 30th 2015 at 9:41:19 PM

^^ Not a regular one, but it does happen more than "once in a blue moon". There's an Ask The Tropers thread about one example, which was what prompted the thread here.

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