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I mentioned this in comments already, but worth elaborating on it a bit... The most immediate way to stop a bad editor is to educate them in the context of a bad edit. There are two convenient ways to do this:

  1. Reject the edit. If there are bad edits still pending review and you reject them, the editor will be warned the next time he goes to edit.the editor will be warned the next time he goes to edit. Don't forget, you can single-handedly reject any pending edit by choosing "Reject and Edit" and submitting a different (hopefully exemplary) edit to the post.

  2. Leave a comment on a post that was edited. A little-known feature of comment @repliescomment @replies is that you can notify anyone who has ever edited a post in a comment on that post by prefixing their name with @. Use this - along with judicious edits or rollbacks - to inform editors of problematic behaviors, and guide them away from trouble.

You can also flag for moderator attention if need-be, but please consider first offering some guidance to the editor yourself; the only additional option available to moderators is the formal "contact user" system, which sends a private message and is reserved for extremely serious behavioral problems.

I mentioned this in comments already, but worth elaborating on it a bit... The most immediate way to stop a bad editor is to educate them in the context of a bad edit. There are two convenient ways to do this:

  1. Reject the edit. If there are bad edits still pending review and you reject them, the editor will be warned the next time he goes to edit. Don't forget, you can single-handedly reject any pending edit by choosing "Reject and Edit" and submitting a different (hopefully exemplary) edit to the post.

  2. Leave a comment on a post that was edited. A little-known feature of comment @replies is that you can notify anyone who has ever edited a post in a comment on that post by prefixing their name with @. Use this - along with judicious edits or rollbacks - to inform editors of problematic behaviors, and guide them away from trouble.

You can also flag for moderator attention if need-be, but please consider first offering some guidance to the editor yourself; the only additional option available to moderators is the formal "contact user" system, which sends a private message and is reserved for extremely serious behavioral problems.

I mentioned this in comments already, but worth elaborating on it a bit... The most immediate way to stop a bad editor is to educate them in the context of a bad edit. There are two convenient ways to do this:

  1. Reject the edit. If there are bad edits still pending review and you reject them, the editor will be warned the next time he goes to edit. Don't forget, you can single-handedly reject any pending edit by choosing "Reject and Edit" and submitting a different (hopefully exemplary) edit to the post.

  2. Leave a comment on a post that was edited. A little-known feature of comment @replies is that you can notify anyone who has ever edited a post in a comment on that post by prefixing their name with @. Use this - along with judicious edits or rollbacks - to inform editors of problematic behaviors, and guide them away from trouble.

You can also flag for moderator attention if need-be, but please consider first offering some guidance to the editor yourself; the only additional option available to moderators is the formal "contact user" system, which sends a private message and is reserved for extremely serious behavioral problems.

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I mentioned this in comments already, but worth elaborating on it a bit... The most immediate way to stop a bad editor is to educate them in the context of a bad edit. There are two convenient ways to do this:

  1. Reject the edit. If there are bad edits still pending review and you reject them, the editor will be warned the next time he goes to edit. Don't forget, you can single-handedly reject any pending edit by choosing "Reject and Edit" and submitting a different (hopefully exemplary) edit to the post.

  2. Leave a comment on a post that was edited. A little-known feature of comment @replies is that you can notify anyone who has ever edited a post in a comment on that post by prefixing their name with @. Use this - along with judicious edits or rollbacks - to inform editors of problematic behaviors, and guide them away from trouble.

You can also flag for moderator attention if need-be, but please consider first offering some guidance to the editor yourself; the only additional option available to moderators is the formal "contact user" system, which sends a private message and is reserved for extremely serious behavioral problems.