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What is (or what should be) the etiquette for editing old questions or posts?

Given that I've been told this approach is drowning out new posts when it bumps them all to the top of the active list, and I don't see anything here or in the FAQ about the etiquette on editing old posts …
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What is, or should be the "right way" to edit a post for readability/formatting, and usage o...

EDIT: Since a bunch of people are going tl;dr and wall-of-text, an example. Basically, is there anything "wrong" about the way I changed the readability of my answer from its original edition, "ver …
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Editing content on 4 year-old questions isn't always necessary

Not liking or disagreeing with part of a post is not justification for editing that part out, it is justification for using that little down arrow off to the side. …
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