Hey Aiden,
We raised the rep required to edit posts and answers. You can see the updated required rep for different actions at https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/About.
The highlights are:
- You can now categorize a device at 100 rep instead of 1000. These categorizations will go through Patrol and need to be approved by a Site Admin.
- You can categorize a question at 200 rep.
- You now need 5k rep to edit a question.
- You need 50k rep to edit an answer.
I know it's a little weird that all the fields appear even though you can only edit the category and tags. We'll be fixing that in the coming weeks.
Our site mods and high-rep users can handle editing questions and answers that need it. Plus, anyone can see the history of a post, so removing personal information has no long-term effect on protecting users. All we can do is warn them to be safe and trust them to follow best practices. If you see spam, you can still report it using traditional means.
