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Are edits involving only adding/removing tags to the body or title of the questions acceptable (assuming everything else looks good), or should they be considered too minor?

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Yes, as long as this is the only thing that needs to be fixed.

It's fine to make minor edits. In fact, it's even encouraged in the how to edit page! But they should fix everything in the post. If the editor leaves something simple out, edit that in for them. If they fixed only one thing, and there's still a lot to fix, that's too minor. Too minor doesn't necessarily mean very little was changed, it means that there's so much more to fix in the post that the edit barely scratched the surface.

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    A simple typo should not be edited by somoeone how goes to the review system. That only wastes the time of the reviewers. Leave such edits to 2k+ users.
    – juergen d
    Apr 18, 2014 at 23:26
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    The only exception to this rule is when a tag was added to specifically trigger the right code formatter and coloring for a code listing. A single tag in that exceptional case can make a world of difference and shouldn't be considered minor if it improves the readability of large chunks of code. Apr 28, 2014 at 7:30
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IMHO it depends on the case.

Personally I have seen lots of suggested edits that did suggest to add an irrelevant tag or to remove an important tag, IMHO of course. I do usually reject those.

If however I see suggested edits that do really add value to the question, I approve them.

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    ... and 10 seconds after you click reject, the swarm of robos will approve the retag anyway. Jul 17, 2014 at 14:51
  • @DanNeely: ... or more likely, you'll get what's commonly known as "the red bar of death". Jul 17, 2014 at 16:09
  • @Qantas94Heavy ? Jul 17, 2014 at 17:11
  • @DanNeely: that's the message you get that says "This edit was already approved - please visit the post and correc the edit" when you try and reject a post. Jul 18, 2014 at 2:01
  • @Qantas94Heavy But is that a reason to approve garbage edits? Don't you become a robot if you approve because you might get a red message?
    – Theolodis
    Jul 18, 2014 at 4:21
  • @Theolodis: I never said that, where are you getting that from? I'm saying that if you try and reject the post, you'll get that message often, which is damm annoying. Depending on the situation, I'll either edit the post again or skip the review (because there's nothing else you can do). Jul 18, 2014 at 4:23
  • @Qantas94Heavy ok, seems to be a misunderstanding ;) I agree
    – Theolodis
    Jul 18, 2014 at 4:24
  • @Qantas94Heavy oh, looks orange on my screen. Jul 18, 2014 at 10:48

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