I edited this answer, which contains quite a bit of quoted text. While the answer does credit the source, it was not very specific, containing just the company name.

I added an exact link to the source and my edit was approved. But 2 out of 5 reviewers voted to reject the edit using the following reason: "This edit was intended to address the author of the post and makes no sense as an edit. It should have been written as a comment or an answer."

Later the author himself reverted my edit. So I'm wondering if adding source links in edits like I did is ok or not.

  • 1
    I think if it would be a community wiki then it would be okay. But here i would have wrote a comment to OP otherwise i think it's a conflict with the content of OP's original answer – Rizier123 Feb 15 '15 at 9:43
  • Note that typically when people refer to "mods", they are talking about the 17 diamond moderators and the Stack Exchange employees. These users just have more reputation that allows them to review edits. – Qantas 94 Heavy Feb 15 '15 at 10:45
  • 10
    A block quote that large should definitely attribute its source. – Jeffrey Bosboom Feb 15 '15 at 15:59
  • 6
    @Rizier123: How does it "conflict with the content of the OP's answer"? And what does community wiki have to do with it? Q&As are collaboratively edited and this edit did not change the substance of the post at all anyway. – Lightness Races in Orbit Feb 15 '15 at 18:44
  • 5
    I'm the original author. The source was an email from Xilinx, not this link. I was not aware of the availability of this information elsewhere. – cherno Feb 15 '15 at 19:29

Yes, your edit was absolutely sound. The original post author should have included the link.

I cannot for the life of me comprehend why those two reviewers rejected your edit (but I see all sorts of bizarre review decisions, so it's not a big surprise), or why the author reverted it.

  • 15
    I'm the original author. I reverted the answer because my source was an email from Xilinx. I don't know know why the other reviewers rejected the edit. I have since updated the answer to more clearly state the source was an email, and then also to include the link added in the edit as well. – cherno Feb 15 '15 at 19:58

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .