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Somebody suggested an edit for the tag wiki. Despite fitting one of the new reject reasons perfectly,* the edit was approved by three other reviewers.

The same user also suggested an edit for the tag wiki excerpt. This edit was rejected.

Now when you navigate to the tag info page, it says:

There is no tag wiki for this tag … yet!

But if you click on the history link, the approved edit is shown as revision 2:

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Is this just because there is no excerpt, or is this a bug?


* "This edit copies a significant amount of content from an external source. Generic descriptions such as encyclopedia articles and ad copy do not provide useful guidance; try creating something useful to this community specifically, and be sure to attribute the original author."

Note that I'm not asking about the validity of the edit; I think it was crap so I voted to reject it, and I'm not convinced that the tag itself is even useful.

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It is, as you surmised, because there is no excerpt. Conceptually, the excerpt is part of the wiki - and until that part exists, the wiki is considered incomplete and will not be displayed.

This behavior replaces a previous, rather more severe behavior, and can be found documented on Meta SE:

There is a slight edge condition:

If somebody submits a tag wiki edit for a blank wiki and only the wiki body is accepted (wiki excerpt rejected) the wiki will still appear blank. No information is lost in this case, and the next editor will see the body.

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  • I assume the same thing happens when an excerpt is approved but the wiki text is not? Oct 9 '14 at 13:04
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    @ThisSuitIsBlackNot: no, a blank wiki with just a excerpt is fine.
    – Martijn Pieters Mod
    Oct 9 '14 at 13:29

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