Ran into this recently and agree that it’s not ideal, I think the simplest path we can take to improve this for now is to create a draft with the rejected post’s content and link the user to that so they can edit it and post again.
I’ve opened a PR to update the behavior here:
main ← ux-requested-changes-draft
opened 09:39PM - 01 Apr 26 UTC
Currently when a post is queued for review, and the reviewer requests edits — we… send a message to the poster that looks like this...
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> Hi username,
>
> We’ve reviewed your post in [example topic](#) and have some feedback for you.
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> Reason: Does not meet posting guidelines
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> Feedback: Moderator feedback goes here
>
> You can edit your original post below and re-submit to make the suggested changes.
> ___
> this is the original post content
> ___
> Thanks,
> Sitename Moderators
The problem with this is that "you can edit your original post below" isn't actually true — it's just the content of the post so you can copy and paste it into the composer and try again.
This change creates a new draft of the rejected content and links to the posting user's drafts, so they can more easily edit it and resubmit. This is a clearer flow than the current message.
The new message looks like this
> Hi username,
>
> We’ve reviewed your post in [example topic](#) and have some feedback for you.
>
> Reason: Does not meet posting guidelines
>
> Feedback: Moderator feedback goes here
>
> A draft has been saved with your original content. You can find it in your [drafts](/my/activity/drafts), make the suggested changes, and resubmit.
>
> > this is the original post content
>
> Thanks,
> Sitename Moderators
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