@DarkCygnus Please make sure you submit your actual nomination as well. You can do that before the questionnaires, but at this time you have only 7 hours left to do so.
@AnneDaunted I will go first, I think the edit war should have ended with the @MonicaCellio edit. I think it did the best job of capturing the spirit of the question with minimal to no side effects.
@MisterPositive I agree with the edit, too (and if half of the highest-voted answer didn't consist of quotes from the original revision (including a meta statement), it wouldn't really have been invalidated). But imagine you are a mod now, what do you do?
@AnneDaunted At the moment, it has essentially been rolled back to the original format, this is not the ideal result, but at least we are back to what the OP had originally. ( This edit had a minor grammar correction by Killisi )
@AnneDaunted I second Neo's comment. I think Monica did an excellent edit and salvaged that answer, removing details that do not focus on the solution.
What I would not do is to roll it back again, as that would only trigger a real edit war
I also feel it was not such a war... I've seen far worse edit wars on posts, this one barley had one rollback from OP
Perhaps the course of action is to comment and bring this to OP's attention, explaining to them that it's better to focus on the solution and not the story/tangential details, and encourage them to consider keeping Monica's edit.
@DarkCygnus Just to clarify, the OP hasn't logged in since they posted the question. Another user rolled back Monica's edit.
Thanks for the answers! My question is not so much about that post specifically, it's just a good "real-life" example of a situation you might face as a mod.
So basically, if you had been in Monica's shoes, you would have edited it and after the roll back now leave it alone?
If you think the question itself is valuable, and think it would help to keep it, an alternative I can think of is to ask it "again" (after the closure or deletion) with a better phrasing
@DarkCygnus Nitpicking: The OP didn't decide anything, they were not involved in it. Might be of importance, since an OP's opinion about their post carries more weight than a regular user's. In this case, a regular user decided to roll back.
Well, let's hope OP comes back eventually and does what they think is better for their question
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But for now I would avoid doing more rollbacks. Keep an eye on the post if problems arise and to be ready when OP becomes engaged again... worst case, write a better version of the post.
@AnneDaunted Yes, we should take the consensus into account, after allowing the OP a bit of time to weigh in on their question and any additional edits.
For now, I will leave you in peace :-) (if the other two candidates come in and feel like giving their opinion, too, they are welcome to do so, for sure, though)
2019 The Workplace Moderator Election…
2019 The Workplace Moderator Election…