A bad edit in a wiki is one that does not or should not last.
All editing in a wiki is about getting good edits to "stick" and making bad edits to go away.
A bad edit can be any of the following:
Certain forms of weak edits that verge on bad:
The "bad"ness of an edit has nothing to do with whether you disagree with the content.
All editing in a wiki is about getting good edits to "stick" and making bad edits to go away.
A bad edit can be any of the following:
- removes a good edit without explanation. Should have had an "edit comment"
- violates the revert rule (you should never revert a revert)
- adds misleading information or rhetoric
- omits vital information, or employs spin.
- one which discourages others from editing.
- one which weakens a positions being taken.
- reorganizes a page in a way that is not like other pages in the wiki.
Certain forms of weak edits that verge on bad:
- too wordy.
- irrelevant to the page, or out of scope.
- uses too much jargon
- messy
The "bad"ness of an edit has nothing to do with whether you disagree with the content.