You are forced to wait a few seconds before you can do any review action (such as approving or rejecting a suggested edit), I suppose because they don't want you to mindlessly review things.

This constraint is not enforced by the server, and is very easy to get around. For example, on the suggested edits page, you can just run this script in the browser's console to keep the Approve/Reject buttons enabled:

setInterval(function() {
    $("input[value=Approve], input[value=Reject]").each(function() {
        this.disabled = false;
}, 50);​

If you really want to enforce the wait period, shouldn't it be enforced on the server side? Otherwise, is there really any point to introducing a slightly annoying constraint that can easily be circumvented?

Honest editors who occasionally can review a post in such a short time span will only be annoyed by it, and as it currently stands, it doesn't do anything to prevent a capricious reviewer from automatically submitting erroneous reviews in quick succession.

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Yes, you can circumvent it. But I would think that the majority simply doesn't, making this a theoretical possibility only. I don't think we have a real problem on our hands. And just take your time reviewing. –  Bart Sep 21 '12 at 15:24
@Bart It would become a problem if somebody were to compromise the integrity of the review queues by automatically approving/rejecting things. –  Peter Olson Sep 21 '12 at 15:29
The pattern of abuse is pretty obvious though, I doubt that someone doing this would be allowed to continue to review. –  Tim Stone Sep 21 '12 at 15:35
I don't think the current delay system is designed to stop actively malicious reviewers. Seems more like it's for preventing people from accidentally submitting two reviews by double-clicking on a review button. –  Pops Sep 21 '12 at 20:16
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The client-side delay is not exactly in sync with the server-side validation, but rapid-fire reviews will eventually be automatically invalidated, in similar fashion to upvote and downvote invalidation.

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