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Should <2k rep users avoid making small-character edits?

Since I'm under 2k rep, I'm limited to making edits that meet the character limit. Accordingly, I worked around the system :) with a little markdown hack. … Related: Any way around this: “Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to improve in this post?”, which encourages the use of hacks to get around the edit character limitation. …
Xiong Chiamiov's user avatar
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Edits shouldn't require a minimum number of characters changed

But I couldn't submit it as intended because it only added up to 4 characters changed, and the requirement (at least for my reputation) is 6. … Furthermore, typos that would otherwise be worth correcting are often not more than 6 characters. …
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Any way around this: "Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to improv...

See the accepted answer on this question: Give user-creation privileges to a user There's a small mistake (my fault): the .should be *.*. Changing that is only two characters. There's nothing else th …
Steve Bennett's user avatar
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Is there recourse to a user making persistent trivial edits?

Someone should probably tell him that edits of less than 6 characters don't count toward Copy Editor. …
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Any way around this: "Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to improv...

Not all valid edits require 6 characters. Same story with comments. Just have a look at how many times we've added something like "(stupid 15 character minimum)" to the end of our comments. …
John Gardeniers's user avatar
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Edits shouldn't require a minimum number of characters changed

The 6-character minimum is part of the software used across all SE sites and is unlikely to be changed. … character for edits, or drop the ability to edit for users under 2K? …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar