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  • No, a badge for a number of edits is only going to lead to more gaming. I think that not handing out rep for edits is going to lead to a lot of confusion, complicating the rules too much. Commented Dec 22, 2013 at 14:10
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    @MartijnPieters, handing out almost unlimited rep is just as bad. Ok scratch the badge, why not limit the rep rate? if someone invested 5 seconds in an edit (like the guy above who probably didn't even read the questions), does he deserve the rep for it? Commented Dec 22, 2013 at 14:26
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    There is already a cap on suggested edit reputation. You cannot earn more than 1000 points that way. Commented Dec 22, 2013 at 14:53
  • I vote for option #2. Commented Jun 12, 2014 at 14:00
  • @MartijnPieters Huh, I didn't know about that. Why is that? It seems odd that no matter how many good edits you have, you'll never earn the ability to skip the suggested edit approval process at 2k. (It would take a pretty long time to get 1000 good edits, but still...) Commented May 11, 2017 at 14:48
  • @jrh: at 2 points per edit, you'd only need 500 edits to get there. We want you to do other things besides editing to gain reputation. Commented May 11, 2017 at 15:00
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    But I enjoy editing posts, and tons of posts need it... Commented Aug 9, 2019 at 18:50
  • @ejderuby, that's great, and you can continue doing so, but the reputation award should be limited. Editing is not efficiently peer-reviewed so, by itself, it should not give you enough rep to get advanced privileges. You need to combine it with answering and receiving votes on your answers. The +2 award is just a good way to attract beginner participation. Commented Aug 11, 2019 at 17:19